[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 80 (Friday, April 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22954-22955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09377]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Reestablishment of Department of Defense Federal Advisory
Committees
AGENCY: DoD.
ACTION: Reestablishment of Federal Advisory Committee.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to
announce that it is reestablishing the charter for the Board of
Advisors to the Presidents of the Naval Postgraduate School and the
Naval War College (``the Board'').
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
reestablished 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 Board is a discretionary Federal advisory committee and shall
provide independent advice to the Secretary of Defense through the
Secretary of the Navy and other Navy Component Heads as determined by
the Secretary of the Navy on matters relating to the Naval Postgraduate
School and the Naval War College. These matters included, but are not
limited to, organizational management, curricula and methods of
instructions, facilities, and other matters of interest.
The Board shall report to the Secretary of the Navy, through the
Chief of Naval Operations and the Presidents of the Naval Postgraduate
School and the Naval War College. The Secretary of the Navy may act
upon the Board's advice and recommendations.
The DoD, through the Office of the Secretary of the Navy and the
Naval Postgraduate School and the Naval War College, shall provide
support services as deemed necessary for the Board's performance, and
shall ensure compliance with the requirements of the FACA, the
Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended)
(``the Sunshine Act''), governing Federal statutes and regulations, and
established DoD policies and procedures.
The Board shall be comprised of no more than 10 members, who are
eminent authorities in the fields of academia, business, national
defense and security, the defense industry, and research and analysis.
Not less than 50 percent of Board members shall be eminent authorities
in the field of academia. Board members shall be appointed by the
Secretary of Defense, with annual renewals.
The Secretary of the Navy may select and appoint the Chair of the
Board from members previously approved by the Secretary of Defense to
serve on the Board. The Chief of Naval Personnel/Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations for Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education and the
Commanding General, Training and Education Command, United States
Marine Corps shall serve as ex-officio members of the Board. Ex-officio
members shall have voting rights and count toward the Board's total
membership.
Board members appointed by the 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. Those individuals
who are full-time, or permanent part-time, Federal employees will be
appointed as regular government employee (RGE) members.
The Secretary of Defense may approve the appointment of Board
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.
Regardless of the individual's approved term of service, all
appointments to the Board shall be renewed on an annual basis. In
addition, they shall serve without compensation, except for
reimbursement for official travel and per diem.
Each Board 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 Board's
mission and DoD policies and procedures, may establish subcommittees,
task groups, or working groups deemed necessary to support the Board.
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 Secretary of the Navy.
The Board shall establish two permanent subcommittees:
a. The Naval Postgraduate School Subcommittee shall be comprised of
no more than 15 members and shall focus on the Naval Postgraduate
School. The Chief of Naval Personnel/Deputy Chief of Naval Operations
for Manpower,
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Personnel, Training and Education Command; the Commanding General USMC
Training and Education Command; the Commandant Army War College; the
Chief of Naval Research; and the Commander and President of the Air
University, shall serve as ex-officio members of the subcommittee with
voting rights and counting towards the subcommittee's total membership.
The subcommittee shall meet a minimum of two times annually.
b. The Naval War College Subcommittee shall be comprised of no more
than 10 members and shall focus on the Naval War College. The Chief of
Naval Personnel/Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Manpower,
Personnel, Training and Education shall serve as an ex-officio member
of the subcommittee with voting rights and counting towards the
subcommittee's total membership. The subcommittee shall meet a minimum
of two times annually.
These subcommittees shall not work independently of the chartered
Board, and shall report all of their recommendations and advice to the
Board for full deliberation and discussion. Subcommittees have no
authority to make decisions on behalf of the chartered Board; nor can
any subcommittees or any of its members update or report directly to
the Department of Defense or any Federal officers or employees.
Such subcommittee members shall be appointed in the same manner as
the Board members; that is, the Secretary of Defense shall appoint
subcommittee members even if the member in question is already a Board
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 permanent part-time
government employees, shall be appointed in the same manner as the
Board members. Such individuals shall be appointed to serve as experts
and consultants under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, and serve as
special government employees, whose appointments must be renewed by the
Secretary of Defense on an annual basis. Those individuals who are
full-time, or permanent part-time, Federal employees will be appointed
as regular government employee (RGE) members. With the exception of
reimbursement for official travel and per diem, subcommittee members
shall serve without compensation.
The Secretary of the Navy may select and appoint the chair of both
the Naval Postgraduate School Subcommittee to the Board and the Naval
War College Subcommittee of the Board from subcommittee members
previously approved by the Secretary of Defense to serve on the
subcommittee in question.
All subcommittees operate under the provisions of FACA, the
Sunshine Act, governing Federal statutes and regulations, and governing
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, an Alternate DFO,
duly appointed to the Board according to DoD policies and procedures,
shall attend the entire duration of the Board or subcommittee meetings.
The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall call all of the Board's and
subcommittees' meetings; prepare and approve all meeting agendas; and
adjourn any meeting, when the DFO or Alternate DFO, determines
adjournment to be in the public's interest or required by governing
regulations or DoD policies/procedures.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or
interested organizations may submit written statements to Board of
Advisors to the Presidents of the Naval Postgraduate School and Naval
War College 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 Advisors to the Presidents of the
Naval Postgraduate School and Naval War College. All written statements
shall be submitted to the DFO for the Board of Advisors to the
Presidents of the Naval Postgraduate School and Naval War College, and
this individual will ensure that the written statements are provided to
the membership for their consideration. Contact information for the
Board of Advisors to the Presidents of the Naval Postgraduate School
and Naval War College 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 Board of Advisors to
the Presidents of the Naval Postgraduate School and Naval War College.
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 21, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2014-09377 Filed 4-24-14; 8:45 am]
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