[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 138 (Monday, July 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42794-42795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17696]
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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: Amendment of Federal Advisory Committee.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to
announce that it is amending the charter for the Defense Business 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 amended in
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5
U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and 41 CFR 102-3.50(d).
The Board is a discretionary Federal advisory committee that
provides the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense
with independent advice and recommendations on critical matters
concerning the Department of Defense (DoD). The Board shall examine and
advise on overall DoD management and governance from a private sector
perspective.
The DoD, through the Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer
(DCMO), shall provide support 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, as
amended) (``the Sunshine Act''), governing Federal statutes and
regulations, and established DoD policies and procedures.
The Board shall be composed of no more than 35 members. The members
must possess the following: (a) A proven track record of sound judgment
in leading or governing large, complex private sector corporations or
organizations and (b) a wealth of top-level, global business experience
in the areas of executive management, corporate governance, audit and
finance, human resources, economics, technology, or healthcare. The
Board members will be appointed by the Secretary of Defense or the
Deputy Secretary of Defense for a term of service of one-to-four years
and will be renewed on an annual basis in accordance with DoD policies
and procedures. Members of the Board 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. Members of the Board 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 regular government employee
(RGE) members. All members of the Board 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.
Consistent with Deputy Secretary of Defense policy, the DCMO may
appoint the Board chair or vice chairs from among the Secretary of
Defense approved Board membership and, in doing so, the DCMO shall
determine the term of service for the Board chair and/or chairs, which
shall not exceed the member's approved term of service.
All Board members will be reimbursed for travel and per diem as it
pertains to official business of the Board. Board members will serve
without compensation. No member, unless authorized by the Secretary of
Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense, may serve more than two
consecutive terms of service on the Board, to include its
subcommittees, or serve on more than two DoD federal advisory
committees at one time.
The Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense,
according to DoD policies and procedures pertaining to inviting or
appointing individuals to serve on advisory committees, may invite the
chairs of the Defense Policy Board and the Defense Science Board to
serve as non-voting ex-officio SGE members of the Board and the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Comptroller
General of the United States to serve as non-voting ex-officio RGE
members of the Board. The non-voting ex-officio SGE members may speak
to the Board membership only on those topics governed by their
respective advisory boards provided the information has been voted on
by their membership and is available to the general public. They do not
represent their respective advisory boards. These non-voting ex-officio
SGE and RGE members, when invited by the Secretary of Defense, will not
count toward the Board's total membership and may not participate in
the Board's deliberations.
The Director of Administration, Office of the DCMO, on behalf of
the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and the DCMO
and pursuant to DoD policies and procedures, may appoint, as deemed
necessary, non-voting subject matter experts (SMEs) to assist the Board
or its subcommittees on an ad hoc basis. These non-voting SMEs are not
members of the Board or its subcommittees and will not engage or
participate in any deliberations by the Board or its subcommittees.
These non-voting SMEs, if not full-time or permanent part-time Federal
government officers or employees, will be appointed pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 3109 on an intermittent basis to address specific issues under
consideration by the Board.
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 or the Deputy Secretary of
Defense. Such subcommittees shall not work independently of the Board
and shall report all their recommendations and advice solely to the
Board for full 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, directly to the DoD or to any Federal officer or employee.
The Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense shall
appoint subcommittee members even if the member in question is already
a member of the Board. Subcommittee
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members, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense, may serve a
term of one-to-four years, subject to annual renewals of their
appointment; however, no individual appointed to any subcommittee of
the Board shall serve more than a total of two consecutive terms of
service on the Board including any subcommittees unless otherwise
authorized by the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of
Defense.
Subcommittee members, if 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 SGE members. Those
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 RGE employees. With the exception reimbursement of official
travel and per diem related to the Board or its subcommittees,
subcommittee members shall serve without compensation.
Each subcommittee 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.
Consistent with Deputy Secretary of Defense policy, the DCMO may
appoint the subcommittee chair or chairs from among the Secretary of
Defense approved subcommittee membership and, in doing so, the DCMO
shall determine the term of service for the subcommittee chair or
chairs, which shall not exceed the member's approved term of service.
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 employee, designated in accordance with
established DoD policies and procedures.
The Board's DFO is required to attend 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 DoD policies
and procedures, must attend the entire duration of all meetings of the
Board or its subcommittees.
The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall call all of the Board and its
subcommittees meetings; 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 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: July 15, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-17696 Filed 7-17-15; 8:45 am]
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