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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. 

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

552b), governing Federal statutes and 

regulations, and governing DoD 

policies/procedures. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Freeman, Deputy Advisory Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, 703–692–5952. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee shall meet at the call of the 

Committee’s Designated Federal Officer, 

in consultation with the Committee’s 

Chairperson. The estimated number of 

Committee meetings is four per year. 

In addition, the Designated Federal 

Officer is required to be in attendance 

at all Committee and subcommittee 

meetings for the entire duration of each 

and every meeting; however, in the 

absence of the Designated Federal 

Officer, the Alternate Designated 

Federal Officer shall attend the entire 

duration of the Committee or 

subcommittee meeting. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

statements to Defense Advisory 

Committee on Women in the Services’ 

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 Defense Advisory 

Committee on Women in the Services. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer for the Defense Advisory 

Committee on Women in the Services, 

and this individual will ensure that the 

written statements are provided to the 

membership for their consideration. 

Contact information for the Defense 

Advisory Committee on Women in the 

Services Designated Federal Officer can 

be obtained from the GSA’s FACA 

Database—https://www.fido.gov/ 

facadatabase/public.asp. The 

Designated Federal Officer, pursuant to 

41 CFR 102–3.150, will announce 

planned meetings of the Defense 

Advisory Committee on Women in the 

Services. The Designated Federal 

Officer, 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: March 26, 2012. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Guidelines for Home Energy 

Professionals: Standard Work 

Specifications for Single Family 

Energy Upgrades 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy (EERE) requests 

comments on the revised version of the 

Guidelines for Home Energy 

Professionals: Standard Work 

Specifications for Single Family Energy 

Upgrades. This document is a set of 

work specifications applicable to energy 

efficiency retrofits of single family 

homes. These specifications are 

intended as a resource for any 

organization, company, or individual 

involved in energy efficiency retrofits of 

residential homes. This document was 

released for public comment in draft 

form on November 9, 2010. As a result 

of the comments received, EERE made 

revisions to the document for which 

EERE is providing an opportunity for 

public comment. 

DATES: Comments on the Guidelines for 

Home Energy Professionals: Standard 

Work Specifications for Single Family 

Energy Upgrades must be received by 5 

p.m. Eastern Standard Time on April 11, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: A link to the online public 

comment tool can be found at: http://

nrel.pnnl.gov/forumdisplay.php/5-SWSfor-Single-Family-Homes 

You may also submit comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov 

• By email: retrofit.guidelines@

nrel.gov 

• By mail: National Renewable 

Energy Laboratory, Attn: Chuck Kurnik, 

RSF402, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, 

CO 80401. 

For further information on how to 

submit comments, please see the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joshua Olsen, Weatherization and 

Intergovernmental Programs, Mailstop 

EE–2K, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585. Phone 

number: (202) 287–1813. Email: Joshua.

Olsen@ee.doe.gov. Christopher 

Calamita, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Office of the General Counsel, Forrestal 

Building, GC–71, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585. 

Phone number: (202) 586–1777. Email: 

christopher.calamita@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EERE 

through the National Renewable Energy 

Laboratory is developing voluntary 

work specifications for the work 

involved in home energy upgrades. This 

document builds upon the considerable 

body of material already in circulation 

and the cumulative knowledge gathered 

throughout the 30-year history of the 

Weatherization Assistance Program and 

broader home performance industry. 

The development of the Guidelines 

for Home Energy Professionals: 

Standard Work Specifications for Single 

Family Energy Upgrades (SWS) is 

supported by the Weatherization 

Assistance Program (WAP) Training and 

Technical Assistance Plan. The process 

of developing the SWS has involved a 

historic collaboration between WAP 

practitioners and trainers, home 

performance contractors, building 

scientists, organized labor, healthy 

homes and worker safety experts, and 

other professionals in the building 

trades and throughout the retrofit 

industry. On November 9, 2010, EERE 

issued a notice requesting public 

comment on a draft version of the SWS. 

75 FR 68781. Additional background 

regarding this effort can be found in that 

document. 

The first public comment period 

resulted in nearly 1000 comments from 

approximately 100 unique commenters 

from across the Weatherization and 

home performance industries. As a 

result of issues identified by 

commenters, EERE gave further 

consideration to a number of technical 

issues and subsequently made changes 

to the SWS. EERE is providing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

technical revisions made in response to 

prior public comments. 

Issues on Which DOE Seeks Comment 

DOE is seeking comments and views 

of interested parties on the following 

issues: 

• Revisions to the SWS document 

subsequent to the initial public 

comment period including: 

Æ Reformatting of the document to 

improve usability 

Æ Removal of specifications related to 

the installation of HVAC equipment 

Æ Removal of the Job Task Analyses 

for being out of scope with the SWS 

primary intent of defining quality 

outcomes of installed work 

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