[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 81 (Monday, April 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23329-23330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09502]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees
AGENCY: 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 Air University Board
of Visitors (``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 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 Board is a discretionary Federal advisory committee that shall
provide the Secretary of Defense, through the Secretary of the Air
Force, with independent advice and recommendations on educational,
doctrinal, and research policies and activities of the Air University
(``the University''). The Board shall:
a. Review and evaluate progress of the educational programs and the
support activities of the University;
b. Review and evaluate the published statement of purpose,
institutional polices, and financial resources of the University; and
c. Review and evaluate the educational effectiveness, quality of
student learning, administrative and educational support services, and
teaching, research, and public service of the University.
The Board shall report to the Secretary of the Air Force through
the Commander and President of the University. The Secretary of the Air
Force may act upon the Board's advice and recommendations.
The Department of Defense (DoD), through the Department of the Air
Force, shall provide support 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 governing DoD policies and procedures.
The Board shall be comprised of no more than 15 members appointed
by the Secretary of Defense who are eminent authorities in the field of
air power, defense, management, leadership, and academia.
The Secretary of Defense authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force
to appoint the Board's Chair from among the membership approved by the
Secretary of Defense or Deputy Secretary of Defense, and this authority
may be further delegated in writing but no lower than to the Commander
and President of the Air University.
The Board members will be appointed by the Secretary of Defense or
the Deputy Secretary of Defense for a term of service of one-to-four
years and their appointments will be renewed on an annual basis in
accordance with DoD policies and procedures. Those members, 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. Board members who
are full-time or permanent part-time Federal employees will serve as
regular government employee (RGE) members. In addition, all Board
members, with the exception of reimbursement for official Board-related
travel and per diem, shall serve without compensation.
No member, unless authorized by the Secretary of Defense, may serve
more than two consecutive terms of service on the Board, to include its
subcommittees, or serve on more than two DoD Federal advisory
committees at one time.
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 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 Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of
Defense, or the Secretary of the Air Force, as the Board's sponsor.
Subcommittees shall not work independently of the Board, and shall
report all their recommendations and advice solely to the Board for
full deliberation and discussion. Subcommittees have no authority to
make decisions on behalf of the chartered Board; nor can any
subcommittee or its members update or report directly to the DoD or to
any Federal officers or employees.
All subcommittee members shall be appointed in the same manner as
the Board members; that is, the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy
Secretary of Defense shall appoint subcommittee members to a term of
service of one-to-four years with annual renewals, even if the member
in question is already a Board member. Subcommittee members shall not
serve more than two consecutive terms of service, without
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approval by the Secretary of Defense or Deputy Secretary of Defense.
Subcommittee members are appointed to provide advice on the basis of
their best judgment without representing an particular point of view
and in a manner that is free from conflict of interest.
Subcommittee members, if not full-time or part-time government
employees, shall be appointed to serve as experts and consultants
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109 to serve as SGE members. Those individuals
who are full-time or permanent part-time Federal officers or employees
shall serve as RGE members, subject to annual renewals. With the
exception of reimbursement for official Board-related travel and per
diem, subcommittee members shall serve without compensation. The
Secretary of Defense authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to
appoint the chair of any appropriately approved subcommittees from
among the subcommittee membership approved by the Secretary of Defense
or Deputy Secretary of Defense, and this authority may be further
delegated in but no lower than to the Commander and President of the
Air University.
All subcommittees operate under the provisions of FACA, the
Sunshine Act, governing Federal statutes and regulations, and
established DoD policies and procedures.
Currently, DoD has approved the following permanent subcommittee to
the Board:
a. The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) subcommittee shall
be comprised of no more than fifteen members. The President of the
Naval Postgraduate School shall serve as an ex-officio RGE member. The
primary focus of the subcommittee is to provide advice and
recommendations to the Board concerning engineering and technology
graduate programs. The estimated number and frequency of subcommittee
meetings is one per year.
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 meetings of
the Board and any subcommittees for the entire duration of each and
every meeting; however, in the absence of the DFO, a properly approved
Alternate DFO shall attend the entire duration of all of the meetings
of the Board and its subcommittees.
The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall call all meetings of the Board
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.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or
interested organizations may submit written statements to Air
University Board of Visitor 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 Air University
Board of Visitors.
All written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the Air
University Board of Visitors, and this individual will ensure that the
written statements are provided to the membership for their
consideration. Contact information for the Air University Board of
Visitors 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 Air University Board of Visitors. 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 22, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2014-09502 Filed 4-25-14; 8:45 am]
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