[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 222 (Friday, November 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68747-68748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27923]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Reestablishment of Department of Defense Federal Advisory
Committees
AGENCY: DoD.
ACTION: Notice to reestablish Federal Advisory Committee.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 5 CFR 532, Federal Wage System (Pub.
L. 92-392), 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(c), the Department of Defense (DoD) gives notice
that it is reestablishing the charter for the Department of Defense
Wage Committee (hereafter referred to as ``the Committee'').
The Committee is a discretionary federal advisory committee that
shall provide the Secretary and 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.
The Committee shall report to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of
Defense, through the USD(P&R). The USD(P&R) may act upon the
Committee's advice and recommendations.
The Committee, consistent with 5 CFR 532.227, shall be comprised of
seven members--a chairperson and six additional members. Committee
members shall be appointed by the Secretary of Defense and their
appointments will be renewed on an annual basis. Those 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. Sec. 3109 and serve as special government
employees. 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. With the exception of travel and per
diem for official Committee related travel, Committee members shall
serve without compensation, unless authorized by the Secretary of
Defense.
The Secretary of Defense may approve the appointment of Committee
members for one-to-two year terms of service,
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with annual renewals; however, no member, unless authorized, by the
Secretary of Defense, may serve more than two consecutive terms of
service.
The Department, when necessary, and consistent with the Committee's
mission and DoD policies/procedures, may establish subcommittees to
support the Committee. Establishment of subcommittees will be based
upon a written determination, to include terms of reference, by the
Secretary of Defense, or the Committee's sponsor.
These 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.
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, unless authorized by
the Secretary of Defense.
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. Sec. 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 the Sunshine Act, governing Federal statutes and
regulations, and governing DoD policies/procedures.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, 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
Committee's Chairperson. The estimated number of Committee meetings is
twenty-six 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, a properly approved Alternate Designated
Federal Officer shall attend the entire duration of the Committee or
subcommittee meeting.
The Designated Federal Officer, or the Alternate Designated Federal
Officer, shall call all of the Committee's and Subcommittee's meetings;
prepare and approve all meeting agendas; adjourn any meeting when the
Designated Federal Officer, or the Alternate Designated Federal
Officer, determines adjournment to be in the public interest or
required by governing regulations or DoD policies/procedures; and chair
meetings when directed to do so by the official to whom the Committee
reports.
Pursuant to 41 CFR Sec. Sec. 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the
public or interested organizations may submit written statements to
Department of Defense Wage 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 Department of
Defense Wage Committee.
All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal
Officer for the Department of Defense Wage Committee, and this
individual will ensure that the written statements are provided to the
membership for their consideration. Contact information for the
Department of Defense Wage Committee's 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 Sec. 102-3.150,
will announce planned meetings of the Department of Defense Wage
Committee. 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: November 13, 2012.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2012-27923 Filed 11-15-12; 8:45 am]
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