[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 24 (Monday, February 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5779-5780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2579]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory Committee.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 7903, the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972, (5 U.S.C. Appendix), the Government in the
Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102-3.50(a), the
Department of Defense gives notice that it is renewing the charter for
the Ocean Research Advisory Panel (hereafter referred to as ``the
Panel'').
The Panel is a statutory federal advisory committee that shall
provide the National Ocean Research Leadership Council (hereafter
referred to as ``the Council'') with independent scientific advice and
recommendations. The Panel shall: (a) Provide advice on policies and
procedures to implement the National Oceanographic Partnership Program;
(b) provide advice on selection of partnership projects and allocations
of funds for partnership projects for implementation under the program;
(c) provide advice on matters relating to national oceanographic data
and requirements; and (d) fulfill any additional responsibilities that
the Committee considers appropriate.
The Panel shall report to the National Ocean Research Leadership
Council.
The Panel shall consist of no less than 10 and no more than 18
members, representing the National Academy of Sciences, the National
Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, ocean industries,
State Governments, academia and others including individuals who are
eminent in the
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fields of marine science, marine policy or related fields including
ocean resource management.
Panel Members, shall be appointed by the Chairman and their
appointments shall be renewed on an annual basis by the Secretary of
Defense. The panel Membership shall select the Chairperson and Vice-
Chairpersons of the Panel for renewable one-year terms. In addition,
the Secretary of Defense may invite other distinguished Government
officers to serve as non-voting observers of the Panel, and appoint
consultants, with special expertise, to assist the Panel on an ad hoc
basis. Non-voting observers and those non-voting experts and
consultants appointed by the Secretary of Defense shall not count
toward the Panel's total membership. Panel Members who are not full-
time or permanent part-time federal officers or employees, shall be
appointed to serve as experts and consultants under the authority of 5
U.S.C. 3109 and shall serve as special government employee members.
With the exception of travel and per diem for official Panel related
travel, Panel members shall serve without compensation.
The Secretary of Defense may approve the appointment of Panel
members for one to four year terms of service; however, no member,
unless authorized by the Secretary of Defense, may serve more than two
consecutive terms of service. This same term of service limitation also
applies to any DoD authorized subcommittees.
Each Panel member is appointed to provide advice on behalf of the
government on the basis of his or her best judgment without
representing any particular point of view and in a manner that is free
from conflict of interest.
The Department, when necessary, and consistent with the Panel's
mission and DoD policies and procedures, may establish subcommittees
deemed necessary to support the Panel. Establishment of subcommittees
will be based upon a written determination, to include terms of
reference, by the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense
or the advisory committee's sponsor. Such subcommittees shall not work
independently of the chartered Panel, and shall report all their
recommendations and advice to the Panel for full deliberation and
discussion. Subcommittees have no authority to make decisions on behalf
of the chartered Panel; nor can any subcommittee or its members update
or report directly to the DoD or any Federal officers or employees.
All subcommittee members shall be appointed in the same manner as
the Panel members; that is, the Secretary of Defense shall appoint
subcommittee members even if the member in question is already a Panel
member. Subcommittee members, with the approval of the Secretary of
Defense, may serve a term of service on the subcommittee of one to four
years; however, no member shall serve more than two consecutive terms
of service on the subcommittee. Subcommittee members, if not full-time
or part-time government employees, shall be appointed to serve as
experts and consultants under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, and shall
serve as special government employees, whose appointments must be
renewed by the Secretary of Defense on an annual basis. With the
exception of travel and per diem for official Panel related travel,
subcommittee members shall serve without compensation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Deputy Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-692-5952.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Panel shall meet at the call of the
Panel's Designated Federal Officer, in consultation with the Panel's
Chairperson. The estimated number of Panel meetings is two per year. In
addition, the Designated Federal Officer is required to be in
attendance at all Panel and subcommittee meetings for the entire
duration of each and every meeting; however, in the absence of the
Designated Federal Officer, the Alternate Designated Federal Officer
shall attend the entire duration of the Panel or subcommittee meeting.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or
interested organizations may submit written statements to Ocean
Research Advisory Panel's membership about the Panel's mission and
functions. Written statements may be submitted at any time or in
response to the stated agenda of planned meeting of Ocean Research
Advisory Panel. All written statements shall be submitted to the
Designated Federal Officer for the Ocean Research Advisory Panel, and
this individual will ensure that the written statements are provided to
the membership for their consideration. Contact information for the
Ocean Research Advisory Panel Designated Federal Officer can be
obtained from the GSA's FACA Database--https://www.fido.gov/facadatabase/public.asp.
The Designated Federal Officer, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150, will
announce planned meetings of the Ocean Research Advisory Panel. The
Designated Federal Officer, at that time, may provide additional
guidance on the submission of written statements that are in response
to the stated agenda for the planned meeting in question.
Dated: February 1, 2012.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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