[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 61 (Thursday, March 29, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19007-19008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7537]
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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 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(d), the Department of Defense
gives notice that it is renewing the charter for the Defense Advisory
Committee on Women in the Services (hereafter referred to as ``the
Committee''). The Committee is a discretionary federal advisory
committee that shall provide the Secretary of Defense through the Under
Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, independent, advice
and recommendations on matters and policies relating to women in the
Armed Forces of the United States.
The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness may act
upon the Committee's advice and recommendations.
The Committee shall be comprised of no more 20 members appointed by
the Secretary of Defense who have experience with the military or with
women's workforce issues. The Secretary of Defense shall select and
appoint the Committee's chairperson from the total membership. All
Committee member appointments must be renewed by the Secretary of
Defense on an annual basis.
The Secretary of Defense may appoint the Director of the Center for
Women Veterans for the Department of Veterans Affairs to serve as a
non-voting, ex-officio member, who participates in the Committee's
deliberations. If appointed, he or she will not count toward the
Committee's total membership, or to determine whether a quorum exists.
The Under Secretary may request the appointment of additional
experts and consultants to advise the Committee as subject matter
experts. If approved by the Secretary of Defense, these experts and
consultants, appointed under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall have
no voting rights on the Committee or its subcommittees, shall not count
toward the Committee's total membership, and shall not engage in
Committee deliberations.
Committee 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 Committee related travel, Committee members shall
serve without compensation.
The Secretary of Defense may approve the appointment of Committee
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. To the extent possible,
approximately one-third of the membership should rotate on an annual
basis.
Each Committee 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 Committee's
mission and DoD policies and procedures, may establish subcommittees
deemed necessary to support the Committee. 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
Committee, and shall report all their recommendations and advice to the
Committee for full deliberation and discussion. Subcommittees have no
authority to make decisions on behalf of the chartered Committee; nor
can any subcommittee or its members update or report directly to the
DoD or any Federal officers or employees. Subcommittees shall comply
with FACA.
All subcommittee members shall be appointed in the same manner as
the Committee members; that is, the Secretary of Defense shall appoint
subcommittee members even if the member in question is already a
Committee 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 Committee related travel, subcommittee members shall serve
without compensation.
All subcommittees operate under the provisions of FACA, the
Government in
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the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), governing Federal statutes
and regulations, and governing DoD policies/procedures.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Deputy Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-692-5952.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee shall meet at the call of the
Committee's Designated Federal Officer, in consultation with the
Committee's Chairperson. The estimated number of Committee meetings is
four per year.
In addition, the Designated Federal Officer is required to be in
attendance at all Committee 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 Committee 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 Defense
Advisory Committee on Women in the Services' 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
Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services.
All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal
Officer for the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services,
and this individual will ensure that the written statements are
provided to the membership for their consideration. Contact information
for the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services 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
Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services. 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: March 26, 2012.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2012-7537 Filed 3-28-12; 8:45 am]
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