[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 108 (Thursday, June 5, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32535-32536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12997]
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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. Strategic Forces
Strategic Advisory 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 Sec. 102-
3.50(d).
The Board is a discretionary Federal advisory committee that shall
provide independent advice and recommendations to the Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, on
matters regarding enhancements in U.S. Strategic Command's mission area
responsibilities.
The DoD, through the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 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 Group shall be comprised of not more than 20 members who are
eminent authorities in the fields of strategic policy formulation;
nuclear weapon design; national command, control, communications,
intelligence, and information operations; or other important aspects of
the Nation's strategic forces.
The Secretary of Defense shall select the Group's Chair from among
the membership approved by the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy
Secretary of Defense. 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,
pursuant to 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 one-to-four 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 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 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 one-to-four 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, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Sec. 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 estimated number of Board meetings is two 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
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appointed in accordance with established DoD policies and procedures.
In addition, the DFO is required to be in attendance at all
committee and subcommittee meetings for the entire duration of each and
every meeting. However, in the absence of the Committee's DFO, an
Alternate DFO, duly appointed to the Committee according to the DoD
policies and procedures, shall attend the entire duration of the
Committee or subcommittee meeting. 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.
Strategic Forces Strategic Advisory 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.
Strategic Forces Strategic Advisory Board.
All written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the U.S.
Strategic Forces Strategic Advisory Board, and this individual will
ensure that the written statements are provided to the membership for
their consideration. Contact information for the U.S. Strategic Forces
Strategic Advisory 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. Strategic Forces Strategic Advisory 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 30, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2014-12997 Filed 6-4-14; 8:45 am]
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