[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 241 (Tuesday, December 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 81186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27587]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE


Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that it is 
renewing the Department of Defense Wage Committee (``the Committee'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Advisory Committee 
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-692-5952.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Based on its decision to renew the 
Committee, the DoD is filing a new Committee charter in accordance with 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C., App) and 41 CFR 
102-3.50(c). The charter and contact information for the Committee's 
Designated Federal Officer (DFO) are found at https://www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/apex/FACAPublicAgencyNavigation.
    The Committee provides independent advice and recommendations on 
matters relating to the conduct of wage surveys and the establishment 
of wage schedules for all appropriated fund and non-appropriated fund 
wage areas. The Committee, as directed by 5 CFR 532.209, 532.227 and 
the Office of Personnel Management Operation Manual, Federal Wage 
System, Appropriated and Non-Appropriated Funds, S3-2 Agency Level, 
provides the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense, 
through the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness 
(USD(P&R)), independent advice and recommendations on all matters 
relating to the conduct of wage surveys and the establishment of wage 
schedules for all appropriated fund and non-appropriated fund wage 
areas of blue-collar employees within the DoD.
    a. The Committee considers and makes recommendations to the DoD on 
any matter involved in developing specifications for a wage survey on 
which the DoD proposes not to accept the recommendations of a local 
wage survey committee and any matters on which a minority report has 
been filed;
    b. Upon completion of a wage survey, the Committee considers the 
survey data, the local wage survey committee's report and 
recommendations, and the statistical analyses and proposed pay 
schedules derived from them, as well as any other data or 
recommendations pertinent to the survey, and recommends wage schedules 
to the pay-fixing authority; and
    c. A majority of the Committee constitutes a decision and 
recommendation of the Committee, but a member of the minority may file 
a report with the Committee's recommendations. The Committee, pursuant 
to 5 CFR 532.227, is composed of five members, a chair and four 
additional members. One member shall be designated by each of the two 
labor organizations having the largest number of wage employees covered 
by exclusive recognition in the DoD. The other two members will have 
management backgrounds. Committee members who are not full-time or 
permanent part-time Federal civilian officer or employees, or active 
duty members of the Uniformed Services will be appointed as an expert 
or consultant, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, to serve as special 
government employee (SGE) members. Committee members who are full-time 
or permanent part-time Federal civilian officers or employees, or 
active duty members of the Uniformed Services will be appointed 
pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.130(a), to serve as regular government 
employee (RGE) members. Those who are not full-time or permanent part-
time Federal officers or employees and are selected for the purpose of 
obtaining the point of view or perspective of an outside interest group 
or stakeholder interest must be appointed pursuant to 41 CFR 102-
3.130(a), to serve as representative members.
    SGE and RGE members of the Committee are appointed to provide 
advice on the basis of their best judgment without representing any 
particular point of view and in a manner that is free from conflict of 
interest. Except for reimbursement of official Committee-related travel 
and per diem, members serve without compensation.
    The public or interested organizations may submit written 
statements to the Committee membership about the Committee's mission 
and functions. Written statements may be submitted at any time or in 
response to the stated agenda of planned meeting of the Committee. All 
written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the Committee, and 
this individual will ensure that the written statements are provided to 
the membership for their consideration.

    Dated: December 10, 2020.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2020-27587 Filed 12-14-20; 8:45 am]
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