[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 159 (Tuesday, August 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49996-49997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20293]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
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 (DoD) is publishing this notice to
announce that it is renewing the charter for the Defense Policy 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 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 discretionary Federal advisory committee that,
through the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USD(P)), provides
the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense,
independent, informed advice and opinions concerning matters of defense
policy in response to specific tasks from the Secretary of Defense, the
Deputy Secretary of Defense, or the USD(P). Specifically, the Board
focuses on issues central to strategic DoD planning; policy
implications of U.S. force structure and force modernization on DoD's
ability to execute U.S. defense strategy; U.S. regional defense
policies; and any other topics raised by the Secretary of Defense, the
Deputy Secretary of Defense, or the USD(P).
The DoD, through the Office of the USD(P), shall provide support
for the Board's performance and shall ensure compliance with the
requirements of the FACA, the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976
(``the Sunshine Act'') (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), governing Federal
statutes and regulations, and established DoD policies and procedures.
The Board shall be composed of no more than 35 members who have
distinguished backgrounds in defense and national security affairs.
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 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 be appointed pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.130(a)
to serve as regular government employee (RGE) members. Board members
shall serve a term of service of one-to-four years on the Board,
subject to annual renewals. No member may serve more than two
consecutive terms of service without Secretary of Defense or Deputy
Secretary of Defense approval.
The Secretary of Defense has approved the appointment of the Chairs
of the Defense Business Board and the Defense Science Board to serve as
non-voting ex-officio members of the Board, whose appointments shall
not count toward the Board's total membership.
The Chair will be appointed by the Secretary of Defense or in
accordance with DoD policy from among those Board members previously
appointed by the Secretary of Defense and permitted to vote.
With the exception of reimbursement of official Board-related
travel and per diem, members of the Board serve without compensation.
The USD(P), pursuant to DoD policies and procedures and as deemed
necessary, may appoint, 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 officers or employees, will be appointed as experts
or consultants pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109 to serve 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, the Deputy Secretary of
Defense, or the USD(P), 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.
Each subcommittee 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 for a term of service of one-to-four years, with annual
renewals, even if the individual in question 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 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
officers or employees will 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 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
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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: August 12, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-20293 Filed 8-17-15; 8:45 am]
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