[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 235 (Thursday, December 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75239-75240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26725]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Committee Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory 
Committees--Department of Defense Wage Committee

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Committee 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 DoD Wage 
Committee'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Advisory Committee 
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-697-1142.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DoD Wage Committee is being renewed, 
pursuant to 5 CFR 532.227(a), as directed by 5 U.S.C. 5343(c), and in 
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C., 
Appendix) and 41 CFR 102-3.50(c), and as part of the renewal process, 
the DoD is filing a new DoD Wage Committee charter along with its 
membership balance plan. The charter and contact information for the 
DoD Wage Committee's Designated Federal Officer (DFO) are found at 
https://www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/apex/FACAPublicAgencyNavigation.
    The DoD Wage 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 DoD Wage Committee, as directed by 5 
CFR 532.209 and 532.227 and the Office of Personnel Management 
Operating Manual, Federal Wage System, Appropriated and Non-
Appropriated Funds, S3-2 Agency Level, provides the Secretary of 
Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense (``the DoD Appointing 
Authority''), 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 Federal Wage System.
    The DoD Wage Committee shall: (a) consider 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) consider the 
survey data, upon completion of a wage survey, of 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) have a majority of the 
DoD Wage Committee to constitute a decision and recommendation of the 
DoD Wage Committee, but a member of the minority may file a report with 
the DoD Wage Committee's recommendations. All DoD Wage Committee work 
will be in response to written terms of reference approved by the DoD 
Appointing Authority or the USD(P&R), unless otherwise provided by in 
statute or Presidential directive.
    The DoD Wage Committee; pursuant to 5 CFR 532.227(b), shall consist 
of five members, with the chairperson and two members designated by the 
head of the DoD. Of the remaining two members, pursuant to 5 CFR 
532.227(b)(1), 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 shall have 
management backgrounds.
    The appointment of DoD Wage Committee members will be approved by 
the DoD Appointing Authority, for a term of service of one-to-two 
years, with

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annual renewal, in accordance with DoD policy and procedures. No 
member, unless approved by the DoD Appointing Authority, may serve more 
than two consecutive terms of service on the DoD Wage Committee or 
serve on more than two DoD Federal advisory committees at one time.
    DoD Wage Committee members who are full-time or permanent part-time 
Federal civilian officers or employees, or active duty members of the 
Uniformed Services, shall be appointed pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.130(a) 
to serve as regular government employee members. As determined by the 
DoD Appointing Authority, the individuals designated by each of the two 
labor organizations having the largest number of wage employees covered 
by exclusive recognition in the DoD shall be appointed pursuant to 41 
CFR 102-3.130(a) to serve as representative members consistent with 5 
CFR 532.227(b)(1). Individual members who are appointed to serve as 
representative members shall represent the views of their designated 
labor organizations. All other members of the DoD Wage Committee are 
appointed to exercise their own best judgment on behalf of the DoD, 
without representing any particular point of view, and to discuss and 
deliberate in a manner that is free from conflict of interest. With the 
exception of reimbursement of official DoD Wage Committee-related 
travel and per diem, DoD Wage Committee members serve without 
compensation.
    The DoD Appointing Authority shall appoint the DoD Wage Committee's 
leadership from among the membership previously approved to serve on 
the DoD Wage Committee in accordance with DoD policy and procedures for 
a term of service of one-to-two years, with annual renewal, not to 
exceed the member's approved appointment.
    The public or interested organizations may submit written 
statements to the DoD Wage Committee membership about the DoD Wage 
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 DoD Wage Committee. All written statements shall be submitted to 
the DFO for the DoD Wage Committee, and this individual will ensure 
that the written statements are provided to the membership for their 
consideration.

    Dated: December 5, 2022.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2022-26725 Filed 12-7-22; 8:45 am]
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