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(DFO) is Phyllis Ferguson, Defense 

Business Board, 1155 Defense Pentagon, 

Room 5B1088A, Washington, DC 

20301–1155, Phyllis.ferguson@osd.mil, 

703–695–7563. For meeting information 

please contact Ms. Debora Duffy, 

Defense Business Board, 1155 Defense 

Pentagon, Room 5B1088A, Washington, 

DC 20301–1155, Debora.Duffy@osd.mil, 

703–697–2168. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of 

the Meeting: At this meeting, the Board 

will deliberate on the draft findings and 

recommendations from the ‘‘Linking 

and Streamlining the Defense 

Requirements, Acquisition, and Budget 

Processes’’ and ‘‘Promoting Veterans’ 

Employment through Concurrent 

Credentialing’’ Task Groups. The Board 

will also receive an update from the 

Task Group on ‘‘Leveraging PublicPrivate Collaboration to Augment the 

Department of Defense’s Mission.’’ The 

mission of the Board is to advise the 

Secretary of Defense on effective 

strategies for implementation of best 

business practices of interest to the 

Department of Defense. 

Agenda: 

Public Session 

9 a.m.–10:30 a.m.—Task Group 

Outbriefs and Board Deliberations. 

Linking and Streamlining the Defense 

Requirements, Acquisition, and 

Budget Processes. 

Promoting Veterans’ Employment 

through Concurrent Credentialing. 

10:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m.—Task Group 

Update. 

Leveraging Public-Private 

Collaboration to Augment the 

Department of Defense’s Mission. 

10:45 a.m.—Adjourn Public Session and 

Dismiss Public Guests. 

End of Public Session 

Availability of Materials for the 

Meeting: A copy of the agenda for the 

April 19, 2012 meeting and the terms of 

reference for the Task Groups may be 

obtained at the meeting or from the 

Board’s Web site at http://dbb.defense.

gov/meetings.shtml. 

Public’s Accessibility to the Meeting: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 

102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and the 

availability of space, part of this meeting 

is open to the public. Seating is limited 

and is on a first-come basis. All 

members of the public who wish to 

attend the public session of the meeting 

must contact Ms. Debora Duffy at the 

number listed in this notice no later 

than noon on Wednesday, April 11 to 

register and make arrangements for a 

Pentagon escort, if necessary. Public 

attendees requiring escort should arrive 

at the Pentagon Metro Entrance in time 

to complete security screening no later 

than 8:30 a.m. To complete security 

screening, please come prepared to 

present two forms of identification and 

one must be a pictured identification 

card. 

Special Accommodations: Individuals 

requiring special accommodations to 

access the public meeting should 

contact Ms. Duffy at least five (5) 

business days prior to the meeting so 

that appropriate arrangements can be 

made. 

Committee’s Designated Federal 

Officer: The Board’s Designated Federal 

Officer is Phyllis Ferguson, Defense 

Business Board, 1155 Defense Pentagon, 

Room 5B1088A, Washington, DC 

20301–1155, Phyllis.ferguson@osd.mil, 

703–695–7563. For meeting information 

please contact Ms. Debora Duffy, 

Defense Business Board, 1155 Defense 

Pentagon, Room 5B1088A, Washington, 

DC 20301–1155, Debora.Duffy@osd.mil, 

(703) 697–2168. 

Procedures for Providing Public 

Comments 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140, and section 10(a)(3) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

comments to the Board about its 

mission and topics pertaining to this 

public session. 

Written comments should be received 

by the DFO at least five (5) business 

days prior to the meeting date so that 

the comments may be made available to 

the Board for their consideration prior 

to the meeting. Written comments 

should be submitted via email to the 

address for the DFO given in this notice 

in either Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft 

Word format. Please note that since the 

Board operates under the provisions of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, all submitted comments and 

public presentations will be treated as 

public documents and will be made 

available for public inspection, 

including, but not limited to, being 

posted on the Board’s Web site. 

Dated: March 23, 2012. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7497 Filed 3–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Threat Reduction Advisory Committee; 

Notice of Federal Advisory Committee 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Office 

of the Under Secretary of Defense 

(Acquisition, Technology and Logistics). 

ACTION: Federal Advisory Committee 

Meeting Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) 

and the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 

552b, as amended) the Department of 

Defense announces the following 

Federal advisory committee meeting of 

the Threat Reduction Advisory 

Committee (hereafter referred to as ‘‘the 

Committee’’). 

DATES: Tuesday, April 10, from 8 a.m. 

to 5:30 p.m.; and Wednesday April 11, 

2012, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Conference Room 3D958, 

The Pentagon. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

William Hostyn, GS–15, DoD, Defense 

Threat Reduction Agency/SP–ACP, 

8725 John J. Kingman Road, MS 6201, 

Fort Belvoir, VA 22060–6201. Email: 

william.hostyn@dtra.mil. Phone: (703) 

767–4453. Fax: (703) 767–4206. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Meeting: To obtain, review 

and evaluate classified information 

related to the Committee’s mission to 

advise on technology security, 

combating weapons of mass destruction 

(C–WMD), counter terrorism and 

counter proliferation. 

Agenda: Beginning at 8 a.m., April 10, 

and through the end of the meeting on 

April 11, the committee will receive 

SECRET-level Combating Weapons of 

Mass Destruction (C–WMD) briefings 

from the Department of Defense and the 

Intelligence Community. The committee 

will also hold classified discussions on 

C–WMD-related national security 

matters as they execute their yearly 

work plan. 

Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b, as amended, and 41 CFR 

102–3.155, the Department of Defense 

has determined that the meeting shall be 

closed to the public. The Under 

Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 

Technology and Logistics, in 

consultation with the DoD FACA 

Attorney, has determined in writing that 

this meeting be closed to the public 

because the discussions fall under the 

purview of Title 5, United States Code, 

Section § 552b(c)(1) and are inextricably 

intertwined with the unclassified 

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material which cannot reasonably be 

segregated into separate discussions 

without disclosing secret material. 

Committee’s Designated Federal 

Officer or Point of Contact: Mr. William 

Hostyn, GS–15, DoD, Defense Threat 

Reduction Agency/SP–ACP, 8725 John 

J. Kingman Road, MS 6201, Fort Belvoir, 

VA 22060–6201. Email: 

william.hostyn@dtra.mil. Phone: (703) 

767–4453. Fax: (703) 767–4206. 

Written Statements: Pursuant to 41 

CFR 102–3.105(j) and 102–3.140, the 

public or interested organizations may 

submit written statements to the 

membership of the Committee at any 

time or in response to the stated agenda 

of a planned meeting. Written 

statements should be submitted to the 

Committee’s Designated Federal Officer; 

the Designated Federal Officer’s contact 

information can be obtained from the 

GSA’s FACA Database—https:// 

www.fido.gov/facadatabase/public.asp. 

Written statements that do not pertain 

to a scheduled meeting of the 

Committee may be submitted at any 

time. However, if individual comments 

pertain to a specific topic being 

discussed at a planned meeting then 

these statements must be submitted no 

later than five business days prior to the 

meeting in question. The Designated 

Federal Officer will review all 

submitted written statements and 

provide copies to all committee 

members. 

Due to changing requirements beyond 

the control of the Threat Reduction 

Advisory Committee or its Designated 

Federal Officer, the Committee was 

unable to process the amended Federal 

Register notice for the April 10 through 

April 11, 2012 meeting of the Threat 

Reduction Advisory Committee as 

required by 41 CFR 102–3.150(a). 

Accordingly, the Advisory Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, pursuant to 41 CFR 102– 

3.150(b), waives the 15-calendar day 

notification requirement. 

Dated: March 23, 2012. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7511 Filed 3–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Renewal of Department of Defense 

Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: Department of Defense, DoD. 

ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory 

Committee. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, (5 U.S.C. Appendix), the 

Government in the Sunshine Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102– 

3.50(d), the Department of Defense gives 

notice that it is renewing the charter for 

the Defense Advisory Committee on 

Women in the Services (hereafter 

referred to as ‘‘the Committee’’). The 

Committee is a discretionary federal 

advisory committee that shall provide 

the Secretary of Defense through the 

Under Secretary of Defense for 

Personnel and Readiness, independent, 

advice and recommendations on matters 

and policies relating to women in the 

Armed Forces of the United States. 

The Under Secretary of Defense for 

Personnel and Readiness may act upon 

the Committee’s advice and 

recommendations. 

The Committee shall be comprised of 

no more 20 members appointed by the 

Secretary of Defense who have 

experience with the military or with 

women’s workforce issues. The 

Secretary of Defense shall select and 

appoint the Committee’s chairperson 

from the total membership. All 

Committee member appointments must 

be renewed by the Secretary of Defense 

on an annual basis. 

The Secretary of Defense may appoint 

the Director of the Center for Women 

Veterans for the Department of Veterans 

Affairs to serve as a non-voting, exofficio member, who participates in the 

Committee’s deliberations. If appointed, 

he or she will not count toward the 

Committee’s total membership, or to 

determine whether a quorum exists. 

The Under Secretary may request the 

appointment of additional experts and 

consultants to advise the Committee as 

subject matter experts. If approved by 

the Secretary of Defense, these experts 

and consultants, appointed under the 

authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall have no 

voting rights on the Committee or its 

subcommittees, shall not count toward 

the Committee’s total membership, and 

shall not engage in Committee 

deliberations. 

Committee members, who are not fulltime or permanent part-time Federal 

officers or employees, shall be 

appointed to serve as experts and 

consultants under the authority of 5 

U.S.C. 3109 and shall serve as special 

government employee members. With 

the exception of travel and per diem for 

official Committee related travel, 

Committee members shall serve without 

compensation. 

The Secretary of Defense may approve 

the appointment of Committee members 

for one to four year terms of service; 

however, no member, unless authorized 

by the Secretary of Defense, may serve 

more than two consecutive terms of 

service. This same term of service 

limitation also applies to any DoD 

authorized subcommittees. To the 

extent possible, approximately one-third 

of the membership should rotate on an 

annual basis. 

Each Committee 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. 

The Department, when necessary, and 

consistent with the Committee’s mission 

and DoD policies and procedures, may 

establish subcommittees deemed 

necessary to support the Committee. 

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 advisory 

committee’s sponsor. 

Such subcommittees shall not work 

independently of the chartered 

Committee, and shall report all their 

recommendations and advice to the 

Committee for full deliberation and 

discussion. Subcommittees have no 

authority to make decisions on behalf of 

the chartered Committee; nor can any 

subcommittee or its members update or 

report directly to the DoD or any Federal 

officers or employees. Subcommittees 

shall comply with FACA. 

All subcommittee members shall be 

appointed in the same manner as the 

Committee members; that is, the 

Secretary of Defense shall appoint 

subcommittee members even if the 

member in question is already a 

Committee member. Subcommittee 

members, with the approval of the 

Secretary of Defense, may serve a term 

of service on the subcommittee of one 

to four years; however, no member shall 

serve more than two consecutive terms 

of service on the subcommittee. 

Subcommittee members, if not fulltime or part-time government 

employees, shall be appointed to serve 

as experts and consultants under the 

authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, and shall 

serve as special government employees, 

whose appointments must be renewed 

by the Secretary of Defense on an 

annual basis. With the exception of 

travel and per diem for official 

Committee related travel, subcommittee 

members shall serve without 

compensation. 

All subcommittees operate under the 

provisions of FACA, the Government in 

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