[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38855-38857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15998]
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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
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Advisory Council on Dependents' Education (``the Council'').
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
pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929 and in accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and 41
CFR 102-3.50(a).
The Council is a statutory Federal advisory committee that shall
provide independent advice and recommendations to the Director,
Department of Defense Education Activity (``the Director'') and the
Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, on the following:
a. Recommend to the Director general policies for operation of the
defense dependents' education system with respect to curriculum
selection, administration, and operation of the system;
b. provide information to the Director from other Federal agencies
concerned with primary and secondary education with respect to
education programs and practices which such agencies have found to be
effective and which should be considered for inclusion in the defense
dependents' education system;
c. advise the Director on the design of the study and the selection
of the contractor referred to in 20 U.S.C. 930(a)(2); and
d. perform such other tasks as may be required by the Secretary of
Defense.
The Council reports to the Director for all matters listed in a
through c above, and any other matters involving the DoD dependents'
education system that are within the Director's purview. All matters
outside the Director's purview shall be reported to the Secretary of
Defense, through the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness (USD(P&R)).
The USD(P&R) or the Director, as appropriate, may act upon the
Council's advice and recommendations.
The Council, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a), shall be comprised of
the following 16 members:
a. The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Education, or
their respective designees;
b. Twelve individuals appointed jointly by the Secretary of Defense
and the Secretary of Education who shall be individuals who have
demonstrated an interest in the field of primary or secondary education
and who shall include representatives of professional employee
organizations, school administrators, and parents of students enrolled
in the defense dependents' education system, and one student enrolled
in such system; and
c. A representative of the Secretary of Defense and of the
Secretary of Education.
Members appointed to the Council from professional employee
organizations, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(2), shall be individuals
designated by those organizations and shall serve three-year terms of
service, not to exceed two full terms.
The Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Education may approve the
appointment of individuals appointed pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(1)(B)
for one-to-four year term of service; however, no member appointed
pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(1)(B), unless authorized by the Secretary
of Defense and the Secretary of Education, may serve more than two
consecutive terms of service, unless authorized by the Secretary of
Defense and the Secretary of Education. Any member appointed to fill a
vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term of service for
which his or her predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the
remainder of such term. Individuals who are not full-time or permanent
part-time Federal employees shall be appointed as experts or
consultants pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109 to serve as special government
employee (SGE) members. Individuals who are full-time or permanent
part-time Federal employees shall be appointed pursuant to 41 CFR 102-
3.130(a) to serve as regular government employee (RGE) members. All
members shall have their appointment renewed on an annual basis.
Pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(d), members of the Council who are not
full-time or permanent part-time employees of the Federal government
shall, while attending meetings or conferences of the Council or
otherwise engaged in the business of the Council, be entitled to
compensation at the daily equivalent of the rate specified at the time
of such service for level IV of the Executive Schedule under 5 U.S.C.
5315. All Council members, while on official travel, shall be entitled
to compensation for travel and per diem.
Pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(3), the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Education, or their designated representatives, shall
serve as the Council's co-chairs.
Pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(4), the Director, Department of
Defense Education Activity, shall be the Executive Secretary of the
Council, but shall not vote on matters before the Council.
All members of the Council are appointed to provide advice on the
basis of their best judgment without representing any particular point
of view and in a manner that is free from conflict of interest.
DoD, when necessary and consistent with the Council's mission and
DoD policies and procedures, may establish subcommittees, task forces,
or working groups to support the Council. 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 USD (P&R), as the Council's sponsor.
Such subcommittees shall not work independently of the Council and
shall report all of their recommendations and advice solely to the
Council for full and open deliberation, discussion, and voting.
Subcommittees, task forces, or working groups have no authority to make
decisions and recommendations, verbally or in writing, on behalf of the
Council. No subcommittee or any of its members can update or report,
verbally or in writing, on behalf of the Council, 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,
with annual renewals, even if the member in question is already a
member of the Council. 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 or consultants pursuant
to 5 U.S.C. 3109 to serve as SGE members. Subcommittee members, who are
full-time or permanent part-time Federal employees, shall be appointed
pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.130(a) to serve as RGE members. With the
exception of reimbursement of official travel and per diem related to
the Council 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 Council'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.
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The Council's DFO is required to be in attendance at all meetings
of the Council and any subcommittees for the entire duration of each
and every meeting. However, in the absence of the Council's DFO, a
properly approved Alternate DFO, duly appointed to the Council
according to established DoD policies and procedures, shall attend the
entire duration of all meetings of the Council and its subcommittees.
The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall call all meetings of the
Council 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 Advisory
Council on Dependents' Education membership about the Council's mission
and functions. Written statements may be submitted at any time or in
response to the stated agenda of planned meeting of the Advisory
Council on Dependents' Education.
All written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the
Advisory Council on Dependents' Education, and this individual will
ensure that the written statements are provided to the membership for
their consideration. Contact information for the Advisory Council on
Dependents' Education 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 Advisory Council on Dependents' Education. 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: July 3, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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