[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36540-36541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14433]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Establishment of the Board of Visitors, Marine Corps University
AGENCY: Department of Defense.
ACTION: Establishment 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(a), the Department of Defense gives
notice that it is establishing the charter for the Board of Visitors,
Marine Corps University (``the Board''). The Board has been determined
to be in the public interest.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-692-5952.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board shall provide independent advice
and recommendations on matters relating to the Marine Corps University,
as set forth in this notice.
The Board shall provide the Secretary of Defense, through the
Secretary of the Navy and the Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat
Development Command, independent advice and recommendations on matters
pertaining to:
a. U.S. Marine Corps Professional Military Education;
b. All aspects of the academic and administrative policies of the
Marine Corps University (``the University'');
c. Higher educational standards and cost effective operations of
the University; and
d. The operation and accreditation of the National Museum of the
Marine Corps. The Board shall be composed of at least 9 and not more
than 11 members who are appointed by the Secretary of Defense or the
Deputy Secretary of Defense. The members will be eminent authorities in
the fields of education, defense, management, economics, leadership,
academia, national military strategy, or international affairs.
Board members will be appointed for a term of service of one-to-
four years, and their appointments will be renewed, on an annual basis,
according to DoD policies and procedures. No member, unless authorized
by the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense, may
serve more than two consecutive terms of service on the Board, to
include its subcommittees. Board members who are not full-time or
permanent part-time Federal officers or employees shall be appointed as
experts and consultants, under the authority of 5 U.S.C. Sec. 3109, to
serve as special government employee (SGE) members. Board members, who
are full-time or permanent part-time Federal employees, will serve as
regular government employee members. All Board members are appointed to
provide advice to the Government 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.
All Board members will be reimbursed for travel and per diem as it
pertains to official business of the Board. Board members, who are
appointed by the Secretary of Defense as SGE members, will serve
without compensation.
The Secretary of Defense authorizes the President of the University
to select the Board President from among the members of the Board. The
position of the Board President will be for a two-year period, not to
exceed a member's term of service.
The Secretary of Defense authorizes the President of the University
to serve as a non-voting ex-officio member of the Board, whose
membership shall not count toward the total membership of the Board. No
other full-time or permanent part-time University employee will serve
on the Board.
The Secretary of the Navy, pursuant to DoD policies and procedures,
may appoint, as deemed necessary, non-voting subject matter experts
(SMEs) to assist the Board or its subcommittees on an ad hoc basis.
These non-voting SMEs are not members of the Board or its subcommittees
and will not engage or participate in any deliberations by the Board or
its subcommittees. These non-voting SMEs, if not full-time or permanent
part-time Government employees, will be appointed as experts and
consultants, under the authority of 5 U.S.C. Sec. 3109, to serve on an
intermittent basis to address specific issues under consideration by
the Board.
DoD, when necessary and consistent with the Board's mission and DoD
policies and procedures, may establish subcommittees, task forces, or
working groups to support the Board. Establishment of subcommittees
will be based upon a written determination, to include terms of
reference, by the
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Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary
of the Navy, as the DoD Sponsor.
Such subcommittees shall not work independently of the Board, and
shall report all of their recommendations and advice solely to the
Board for full and open deliberation and discussion. Subcommittees,
task forces, or working groups have no authority to make decisions and
recommendations, verbally or in writing, on behalf of the Board. No
subcommittee or any of its members can update or report, verbally or in
writing, on behalf of the Board, directly to the DoD or any Federal
officer or employee.
All subcommittee members will be appointed in the same manner as
Board members; that is, the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy
Secretary of Defense will appoint subcommittee members, to a term of
service of one-to-four years, even if the member in question is already
a member of the Board.
Subcommittee members, if not full-time or permanent part-time
Federal employees, will be appointed as experts and consultants, under
the authority of 5 U.S.C. Sec. 3109, to serve as SGE members, whose
appointments must be renewed on an annual basis. With the exception of
travel and per diem for official travel related to the Board or its
subcommittees, subcommittee members shall serve without compensation.
With the exception of the President of the University, no full-time
or permanent part-time University employee will serve on any
subcommittees, task forces, or working groups. Each subcommittee member
is appointed to provide advice to 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.
All subcommittees operate under the provisions of FACA, the
Sunshine Act, governing Federal statutes and regulations, and
established DoD policies and procedures.
The Board's Designated Federal Officer (DFO), pursuant to DoD
policy, shall be a full-time or permanent part-time DoD employee, and
shall be appointed in accordance with established DoD policies and
procedures.
The Board's DFO is required to be in attendance at all Board and
subcommittee meetings for the entire duration of each and every
meeting. However, in the absence of the Board's DFO, a properly
approved Alternate DFO, duly appointed to the Board according to
established DoD policies and procedures, shall attend the entire
duration of all of the Board and subcommittee meetings.
The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall call all of the Board and its
subcommittees meetings; prepare and approve all meeting agendas;
adjourn any meeting when the DFO, or the Alternate DFO, determines
adjournment to be in the public interest or required by governing
regulations or DoD policies and procedures; and chair meetings when
directed to do so by the official to whom the Board 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 the
Board of Visitors, Marine Corps University membership about the Board's
mission and functions. Written statements may be submitted at any time
or in response to the stated agenda of planned meeting of Board of
Visitors, Marine Corps University. All written statements shall be
submitted to the Designated Federal Officer for the Board of Visitors,
Marine Corps University, and this individual will ensure that the
written statements are provided to the membership for their
consideration. Contact information for the Board of Visitors, Marine
Corps University'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 Board of Visitors, Marine Corps
University. 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: June 13, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2013-14433 Filed 6-17-13; 8:45 am]
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