[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 109 (Monday, June 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32367-32368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13847]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Charter Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory
Committees
AGENCY: Department of Defense.
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 Board of Visitors,
Marine Corps University (``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
pursuant to 10 U.S.C Sec. 7102 (d) 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 Board is a statutory Federal advisory committee that provides
independent advice and recommendations on matters pertaining to the
Marine Corps University (``the University'').
The Board provides the Secretary of Defense, through the Secretary
of the Navy and the Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development
Command, independent advice and recommendations on matters pertaining
to:
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a. U.S. Marine Corps Professional Military Education;
b. All aspects of the academic and administrative policies of the
University;
c. Higher educational standards and cost effective operations of
the University; and
d. The operation and accreditation of the National Museum of the
Marine Corps.
The DoD, through the Secretary of the Navy and the Marine Corps
University, provides support for the performance of the Board's
functions, and ensures 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
established DoD policies and procedures.
The Board shall be composed of at least 7 and not more than 11
members. The members will be eminent authorities in the fields of
education, defense, management, economics, leadership, academia,
national military strategy, or international affairs.
The Secretary of Defense authorizes the President of the University
to serve as a non-voting ex-officio member of the Board, whose
membership shall not count toward the total membership of the Board. No
other full-time or permanent part-time University employee will serve
on the Board.
Board members that are not ex-officio 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 according to DoD
policies and procedures. Each member, based upon his or her individual
professional experience, provides his or her best judgment on the
matters before the Board. Board members who are not full-time or
permanent part-time Federal officers or employees will be appointed as
experts or consultants pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109 to serve as special
government employee (SGE) members. Board members who are full-time or
permanent part-time Federal officers or employees will serve as regular
government employee (RGE) members pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.130(a).
Members of the Board shall serve a term of service of one-to-four
years, and their appointments must be renewed by the Secretary of
Defense on an annual basis. No member may serve more than two
consecutive terms of service without Secretary of Defense or Deputy
Secretary of Defense approval.
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 Navy, as the Board's Sponsor.
Such subcommittees will not work independently of the Board and
will 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
officers or employees. Each member, based upon his or her individual
professional experience, provides his or her best judgment on the
matters before the Board, and he or she does so in a manner that is
free from conflict of interest. All subcommittee members will be
appointed by the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of
Defense to a term of service of one-to-four years, with annual
renewals, even if the individual is already a member of the Board.
Subcommittee members will not serve more than two consecutive terms of
service, unless authorized by the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy
Secretary of Defense. Subcommittee members who are not full-time or
permanent part-time Federal officers or employees will be appointed as
an expert or consultant pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, to serve as a SGE
member. Subcommittee members who are full-time or permanent part-time
Federal officers or employees will be appointed pursuant to 41 CFR 102-
3.130(a), to serve as a RGE member. With the exception of reimbursement
of official travel and per diem related to the Board or its
subcommittees, subcommittee members will 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's Designated Federal
Officer (DFO) must be a full-time or permanent part-time DoD officer or
employee, appointed in accordance with established DoD policies and
procedures. The Board's DFO is required to attend at all meetings of
the Board and its subcommittees for the entire duration of each and
every meeting. However, in the absence of the Board's DFO, a properly
approved Alternate DFO, duly appointed to the Board according to
established DoD policies and procedures, must attend the entire
duration of all meetings of the Board and its subcommittees.
The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, calls all meetings of the Board and
its subcommittees; prepares and approves all meeting agendas; and
adjourns 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 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 the Board.
All written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the Board,
and this individual will ensure that the written statements are
provided to the membership for their consideration. Contact information
for the Board's 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 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: June 2, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-13847 Filed 6-5-15; 8:45 am]
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