[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 74 (Thursday, April 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21738-21739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08766]
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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: The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to
announce that it is renewing the charter for the Defense Advisory
Committee on Women in the Services (``the Committee'').
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-692-5952.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This committee's charter is being renewed
under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5
U.S.C. Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of
1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b) (``the Sunshine Act''), and 41 CFR 102-3.50(d).
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 (USD(P&R)), independent advice and
recommendations on matters and policies relating to women in the Armed
Forces of the United States.
The Committee shall report to the Secretary of Defense and the
Deputy Secretary of Defense through the USD(P&R). The USD(P&R) may act
upon the Committee's advice and recommendations.
The DoD, through the Office of the USD(P&R), shall provide support,
as deemed necessary, for the Committee's performance and functions, and
shall ensure compliance with the requirements of the FACA, the Sunshine
Act, governing Federal statutes and regulations, and established DoD
policies and procedures.
The Committee shall be comprised of no more than 20 members who are
appointed by the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary of Defense and who
have experience with the military or with women's workforce issues. The
Secretary or Deputy Secretary of Defense shall select and appoint the
Committee's chair from the total membership. All Committee member
appointments must be renewed by the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of
Defense on an annual basis.
The Secretary or Deputy Secretary of Defense may appoint the
Director of the Center for Women Veterans for the Department of
Veterans Affairs to serve
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as a non-voting ex-officio regular government employee (RGE) 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 appointed by the Secretary of Defense or the
Deputy Secretary of Defense, who are not full-time or permanent part-
time federal employees, shall be appointed as experts and consultants
under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109 to serve as special government
employee (SGE) members. Committee members appointed by the Secretary of
Defense, who are full-time or permanent part-time Federal employees,
shall serve as RGE members. Committee members shall serve a term of
service of one-to-four years on the Committee. No member may serve more
than two consecutive terms of service without Secretary or Deputy
Secretary of Defense approval. This same term of service limitation
also applies to any DoD authorized subcommittees.
All Committee members will be reimbursed for travel and per diem as
it pertains to official business of the Committee. Committee members,
who are appointed by the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of Defense as
SGE members, will serve without compensation.
DoD, when necessary and consistent with the Committee's mission and
DoD policies and procedures, may establish subcommittees, task forces,
or working groups 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 USD(P&R), as the DoD Sponsor.
Such subcommittees shall not work independently of the Committee
and shall report all of their recommendations and advice solely to the
Committee 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 Committee. No
subcommittee or any of its members can update or report, verbally or in
writing, on behalf of the Committee, directly to the DoD or any Federal
officer or employee.
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 Committee.
Subcommittee members shall not serve more than two consecutive terms of
service unless authorized by the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy
Secretary of Defense.
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. 3109, to serve as SGE members, whose
appointments must be renewed on an annual basis. Subcommittee members
appointed by the Secretary of Defense, who are full-time or permanent
part-time Federal employees, shall serve as RGE members. With the
exception of reimbursement of official travel and per diem related to
the Committee or its subcommittees, subcommittee members shall serve
without compensation.
All subcommittees operate under the provisions of FACA, the
Sunshine Act, governing Federal statutes and regulations, and
established DoD policies and procedures.
The estimated number of Committee meetings is four per year.
The Committee's DFO shall be a full-time or permanent part-time DoD
employee and shall be appointed in accordance with established DoD
policies and procedures.
The Committee's DFO is required to be in attendance at all meetings
of the Committee and its subcommittees for the entire duration of each
and every meeting. However, in the absence of the Committee's DFO, a
properly approved Alternate DFO, duly appointed to the Committee
according to established DoD policies and procedures, shall attend the
entire duration of all meetings of the Committee and its subcommittees.
The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall call all of the Committee and
its subcommittees; prepare and approve all meeting agendas; and 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 USD(P&R). 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 DFO 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 DFO can be obtained from
the GSA's FACA Database--http://www.facadatabase.gov/.
The DFO, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150, will announce planned
meetings of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services.
The DFO, 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: April 14, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2014-08766 Filed 4-16-14; 8:45 am]
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