[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 97 (Tuesday, May 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28912-28913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11633]
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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 (DoD) is publishing this notice to
announce that it is renewing the charter for the U.S. Army Science
Board (``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 independent advice and recommendations to the Secretary of
Defense; the Secretary of the Army; the Under Secretary of the Army and
Department of the Army Chief
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Management Officer; the Assistant Secretary of the Army for
Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology; and other Army organizations as
determined by the Secretary of the Army and according to DoD policy, on
matters relating to the Army's scientific, technical, manufacturing,
acquisition, logistics, and business management functions, and other
matters as determined by the Secretary of the Army.
The Board is not established to advise on individual DoD or
Department of the Army acquisitions, but instead shall be concerned
with the pressing and complex technology and business management issues
facing the Department of the Army.
The DoD, through the Department of the Army, 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 20 voting members who
are eminent authorities in one or more of the following disciplines:
Science, technology, manufacturing, acquisition, logistics, and
business management functions, and other matters of special interest to
the Department of the Army. The Secretary of the Army, as authorized by
the Secretary of Defense, shall designate the Board's Chairperson and
Vice Chairperson from the Board's total membership. All Board member
appointments must be renewed by the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of
Defense on an annual basis.
Board 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. Board members appointed by the Secretary of Defense, who
are full-time or permanent part-time Federal employees, shall serve as
regular government employee (RGE) members. Board members shall serve a
term of service of three years on the Board. No member may serve more
than two consecutive terms of service without the Secretary or Deputy
Secretary of Defense approval. This same term of service limitation
also applies to any DoD authorized subcommittees.
With the exception of reimbursement for official Board-related
travel and per diem, Board members shall serve without compensation.
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 Army, 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.
The Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense will
appoint subcommittee members to a term of service of three years, even
if the member in question is already a member of the Board.
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 Board 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 Board shall include up to four permanent subcommittees
consistent with its mission and established Federal and DoD policies
and procedures. The four Board subcommittees (Basic Sciences and
Disruptive Technologies subcommittee; Weapon Systems subcommittee;
C4ISR subcommittee; and Systems Engineering, Integration, and
Sustainment subcommittee) reflect the Army core competency areas
recommended by the 2013 Army Science & Technology Core Competency Study
briefed to the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Staff of the U.S.
Army.
The estimated number of Board meetings is four per year.
The Board's Designated Federal Officer (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 Board's 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 U.S. Army
Science Board 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 U.S. Army Science Board.
All written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the U.S.
Army Science Board, and this individual will ensure that the written
statements are provided to the membership for their consideration.
Contact information for the U.S. Army Science Board 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 U.S. Army Science Board. 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: May 15, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2014-11633 Filed 5-19-14; 8:45 am]
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