[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 145 (Friday, July 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 35624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16049]


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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 (DoD) is publishing this notice to 
announce that it is renewing the charter for the Army Education 
Advisory Committee (``the Committee'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Advisory Committee 
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-692-5952.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 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(d). The Committee's 
charter and contact information for the Committee's Designated Federal 
Officer (DFO) can be found at http://www.facadatabase.gov/.
    The Committee provides the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy 
Secretary of Defense, through the Secretary of the Army, independent 
advice and recommendations on Army educational matters, pertaining to 
the educational doctrinal, and research policies and activities of the 
U.S. Army's educational programs, to include the U.S. Army's joint 
professional military education programs. The committee will access and 
provide independent advice and recommendations across the spectrum of 
educational policies, school curricula, educational philosophy and 
objectives, program effectiveness, facilities, staff and faculty, 
instructional methods, and other aspects of the organization and 
management of these programs. In addition, the Committee will provide 
independent advice and recommendations on matters pertaining to the 
Army Historical Program and the role and mission of the U.S. Army 
Center of Military History, particularly as they pertain to the study 
and use of military history in Army schools.
    The Committee is composed of no more than 15 members and will 
include the following: a. Not more than 13 individuals who are eminent 
authorities in the fields of defense, management, leadership, and 
academia, including those who are deemed to be historical scholars; b. 
the Chief Historian of the Army, U.S. Army, Center of Military History; 
and c. the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7 for U.S. Army 
Training and Doctrine Command, who will serve as a non-voting member of 
the Committee. All members of the Committee are appointed to provide 
advice on behalf of the Government 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. Except for reimbursement of official 
Committee-related travel and per diem, Committee members serve without 
compensation.
    The public or interested organizations may submit written 
statements to the Committee membership about the Committee's mission 
and functions. Written statements may be submitted at any time or in 
response to the stated agenda of planned meeting of the Committee. All 
written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the Committee, and 
this individual will ensure that the written statements are provided to 
the membership for their consideration.

    Dated: July 24, 2018.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2018-16049 Filed 7-26-18; 8:45 am]
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