[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 125 (Monday, June 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36787-36788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15227]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Re-Establishment of Department of Defense Federal Advisory
Committees
AGENCY: DoD.
ACTION: Re-establishment of Federal Advisory Committee.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to
announce that it is re-establishing the charter for the Defense
Acquisition 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 re-
established 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 Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD(AT&L)) and the
President of the Defense Acquisition University, independent advice and
recommendations on the organizational management, curricula, methods of
instruction, facilities, and other matters of interest to the Defense
Acquisition University.
The Board shall report to the Secretary of Defense, through the
USD(AT&L) and the President of the Defense Acquisition University. The
USD(AT&L) or a designated representative may act upon the Board's
advice and recommendations.
The DoD, through the USD(AT&L) and the President of the Defense
Acquisition University, shall provide support, as they deem necessary,
for the performance of the Board's functions, and shall ensure
compliance with the requirements of the FACA, the Government in the
Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b) (``the Sunshine Act''), governing
Federal statutes and regulations, and established DoD policies and
procedures.
The Board shall be composed of not more than 14 members, who are
former senior Defense officials, or are eminent authorities in
academia, business, and defense industry. Board members shall be
appointed by the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of
Defense, and their appointments will be renewed on an annual basis.
Board members, who are not full-time or permanent part-time Federal
officers or employees, shall be appointed as experts and consultants
under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, and serve as special government
employee (SGE) members. Board members who are full-time or permanent
part-time Federal employees shall serve as regular government employee
(RGE) members.
With the exception of travel and per diem for official Board
related travel, Board members shall serve without compensation.
The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the USD(AT&L), shall
select the Board's Chairperson from the approved Board membership, and
this individual shall serve at the discretion of the Secretary of
Defense, through the USD(AT&L).
In addition, the USD(AT&L) may invite other distinguished
Government officers to serve as non-voting observers of the Board, and
appoint, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, non-voting consultants, with
special expertise, to assist the Board on an ad hoc basis.
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. This same term of service limitation also
applies to any DoD authorized subcommittees.
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.
[[Page 36788]]
The DoD, when necessary and consistent with the Board's mission and
DoD policies and procedures, may establish subcommittees, task forces,
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 USD(AT&L), as the Board's sponsor.
Such subcommittees shall not work independently of the chartered
Board, and shall report all their recommendations and advice to the
Board for full deliberation and discussion. Subcommittees have no
authority to make decisions, verbally or in writing, 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 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.
Subcommittee members, if not full-time or part-time government
employees, shall be appointed to serve as experts and consultants under
the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, and shall serve as SGE members, whose
appointments must be renewed by the Secretary of Defense on an annual
basis. Subcommittee members who are full-time or permanent part-time
Federal employees shall be appointed as RGE members. With the exception
of travel and per diem for official Board related travel, 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 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 governing DoD policies and procedures.
In addition, the Board's DFO is required to be in attendance at all
Board and any subcommittee meetings 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 the Board or
subcommittee meetings.
The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall call all meetings of the
Board's 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 official to whom the Board reports.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or
interested organizations may submit written statements to Defense
Acquisition University Board of Visitors 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 Defense
Acquisition University Board of Visitors.
All written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the
Defense Acquisition 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 Defense
Acquisition 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 Defense Acquisition 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: June 25, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2014-15227 Filed 6-27-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 5001-06-P