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Each Task Force 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 Task Force’s mission 

and DoD policies/procedures, may 

establish subcommittees to support the 

Task Force. 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 

Task Force’s sponsor. 

These Subcommittees shall not work 

independently of the chartered Task 

Force, and shall report all of their 

recommendations and advice solely to 

the Task Force for full deliberation and 

discussion. Subcommittees have no 

authority to make decisions and 

recommendations, verbally or in 

writing, on behalf of the chartered Task 

Force; nor can any Subcommittee or its 

members update or report directly to the 

DoD or any Federal officers or 

employees. 

The Secretary of Defense shall 

appoint Subcommittee members even if 

the member in question is already a 

Task Force member with annual 

renewals. 

Subcommittee members that are fulltime or permanent part-time Federal 

officers or employees shall be appointed 

to serve as regular government 

employee members. Subcommittee 

members, if not full-time or permanent 

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 Task Force-related 

travel, 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. 

All Subcommittees operate under the 

provisions of FACA, the Government in 

the Sunshine Act, governing Federal 

statutes and regulations, and governing 

DoD policies/procedures. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marcia Moore, Deputy Advisory 

Committee Management Officer for the 

Department of Defense, 703–571–7057. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Task 

Force shall meet at the call of the Task 

Force’s Designated Federal Officer, in 

consultation with the Task Force cochairs. The estimated number of Task 

Force meetings is five per year. 

In addition, the Designated Federal 

Officer is required to be in attendance 

at all Task Force and subcommittee 

meetings for the entire duration of each 

and every meeting; however, in the 

absence of the Designated Federal 

Officer, a properly approved Alternate 

Designated Federal Officer shall attend 

the entire duration of the Task Force or 

subcommittee meeting. 

The Designated Federal Officer, or the 

Alternate Designated Federal Officer, 

shall call all of the Task Force’s and 

subcommittees’ meetings; prepare and 

approve all meeting agendas; adjourn 

any meeting when the Designated 

Federal Officer, or the Alternate 

Designated Federal Officer, determines 

adjournment to be in the public interest 

or required by governing regulations or 

DoD policies/procedures; and chair 

meetings when directed to do so by the 

official to whom the Task Force reports. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

statements to Department of Defense 

Task Force on the Care, Management, 

and Transition of Recovering Wounded, 

Ill, and Injured Members of the Armed 

Forces membership about the Task 

Force’s mission and functions. Written 

statements may be submitted at any 

time or in response to the stated agenda 

of planned meeting of Department of 

Defense Task Force on the Care, 

Management, and Transition of 

Recovering Wounded, Ill, and Injured 

Members of the Armed Forces. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer for the Department of Defense 

Task Force on the Care, Management, 

and Transition of Recovering Wounded, 

Ill, and Injured Members of the Armed 

Forces, and this individual will ensure 

that the written statements are provided 

to the membership for their 

consideration. Contact information for 

the Department of Defense Task Force 

on the Care, Management, and 

Transition of Recovering Wounded, Ill, 

and Injured Members of the Armed 

Force’s 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 

Department of Defense Task Force on 

the Care, Management, and Transition 

of Recovering Wounded, Ill, and Injured 

Members of the Armed Forces. 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: November 15, 2012. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2012–28140 Filed 11–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Science and Technology Reinvention 

Laboratory (STRL) Personnel 

Management Demonstration Projects 

AGENCY: Office of the Deputy Assistant 

Secretary of Defense (Civilian Personnel 

Policy) (DASD (CPP)), Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed amendment 

to demonstration project plans. 

SUMMARY: Section 342(b) of the National 

Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 

Fiscal Year (FY) 1995, as amended by 

section 1009 of the NDAA for FY 2000 

and section 1114 of the NDAA for FY 

2001, authorizes the Secretary of 

Defense to conduct personnel 

demonstration projects at DoD 

laboratories designated as STRLs. This 

proposed amendment adds waivers to 

current STRL Federal Register Notices 

(FRN) for the Army Research Laboratory 

(ARL); the Army Aviation and Missile 

Research, Development, and 

Engineering Center (AMRDEC); the 

Army Engineer Research and 

Development Center (ERDC); the Army 

Medical Research and Materiel 

Command (MRMC); the Army 

Communications-Electronics Research, 

Development, and Engineering Center 

(CERDEC); and the Naval Research 

Laboratory (NRL) to facilitate the use of 

flexibilities in their project plans by 

permitting terminations during 

extended probationary periods. 

DATES: This amendment may not be 

implemented until a 30-day comment 

period is provided, comments 

addressed, and a final Federal Register 

notice published. To be considered, 

written comments must be submitted on 

or before December 20, 2012. 

Authorities impacted by this FRN may 

not be applied retroactively and will be 

applied only to those personnel hired 

on/after the publication date of this 

FRN. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on or 

before the comment due date by mail to 

Mr. William T. Cole, Defense Civilian 

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Traditional Personnel Programs 

(DCPAS–NTPP), Suite 05L28, 4800 

Mark Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 

22350–1100; by email to 

william.cole@cpms.osd.mil; or by fax to 

571–372–1559. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Department of the Army: 

• Army Research Laboratory (ARL): 

Program Manager, ARL Personnel 

Demonstration Project, AMSRD– 

ARL–O–HR, 2800 Powder Mill 

Road, Adelphi, MD 20793–1197; 

• Aviation and Missile Research, 

Development, and Engineering 

Center (AMRDEC): Special 

Assistant for Laboratory 

Management, AMRDEC, 5400 

Fowler Road, Redstone Arsenal, AL 

35898–5000; 

• Engineer Research and 

Development Center (ERDC): 

Personnel Demonstration Project 

Manager, U.S. Army Engineer 

Research and Development Center, 

3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, 

MS 39180–6199; 

• Medical Research and Materiel 

Command (MRMC): Director, 

Civilian Personnel Advisory Center, 

Medical Research and Materiel 

Command, 1541 Porter Street, Fort 

Detrick, MD 21702–5000; 

• Communications-Electronics 

Research, Development, and 

Engineering Center (CERDEC): 

CERDEC Personnel Demonstration 

Project Administrator, C4ISR 

Campus Building 6002, Room 

D3120, ATTN: RDER–DOS–ER, 

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 

21005. 

Department of the Navy: 

• Naval Research Laboratory (NRL): 

Director, Strategic Workforce 

Planning, Naval Research 

Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20375–5320. 

Department of Defense: 

• Defense Civilian Personnel 

Advisory Services, Non-Traditional 

Personnel Programs (DCPAS– 

NTPP), Suite 05L28, 4800 Mark 

Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 

22350–1100. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

The conventional 1-year probationary 

period does not allow supervisors an 

adequate period of time to fully evaluate 

the contribution and conduct of newly 

hired personnel. STRLs have included 

flexibilities allowing up to a three year 

probationary period. These flexibilities 

were fully utilized until the United 

States Court of Appeals for the Federal 

Circuit decided two cases, Van Wersch 

v. Department of Health & Human 

Services, 197 F.3d 1144 (Fed. Cir. 1999), 

and McCormick v. Department of the 

Air Force, 307 F.3d 1339 (Fed. Cir. 

2002), which affected the STRLs ability 

to fully utilize their extended 

probationary periods. 

B. Modifications 

The following FRNs are amended 

under the authority of section 1114 of 

the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2001: 

1. U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) 

a. Add the following to section IX. 

Required Waivers to Law and 

Regulation: ‘‘Chapter 75, sections 

7501(1), 7511(a)(1)(A)(ii), and 

7511(a)(1)(C)(ii); Adverse Actions— 

Definitions. Waived to the extent 

necessary to allow extended 

probationary periods and to permit 

termination during the extended 

probationary period without using 

adverse action procedures for those 

individuals serving a probationary 

period under an initial appointment 

except for those with veterans’ 

preference.’’ 

b. Add the following as the final 

paragraph to section IX. Required 

Waivers to Law and Regulation: ‘‘Part 

752, sections, 752.201, and 752.401: 

Principal statutory requirements and 

coverage. Waived to the extent 

necessary to allow extended 

probationary periods and to permit 

termination during the extended 

probationary period without using 

adverse action procedures for those 

individuals serving a probationary 

period under an initial appointment 

except those with veterans’ preference.’’ 

2. Army Aviation and Missile Research, 

Development and Engineering Center 

(AMRDEC) 

a. Add the following to section IX. 

Required Waivers to Law and 

Regulation: ‘‘Chapter 75, sections 

7501(1), 7511(a)(1)(A)(ii), and 

7511(a)(1)(C)(ii); Adverse Actions— 

Definitions. Waived to the extent 

necessary to allow extended 

probationary periods and to permit 

termination during the extended 

probationary period without using 

adverse action procedures for those 

individuals serving a probationary 

period under an initial appointment 

except for those with veterans’ 

preference.’’ 

b. Add the following as the final 

paragraph to section IX. Required 

Waivers to Law and Regulation: ‘‘Part 

752, sections, 752.201, and 752.401: 

Principal statutory requirements and 

coverage. Waived to the extent 

necessary to allow extended 

probationary periods and to permit 

termination during the extended 

probationary period without using 

adverse action procedures for those 

individuals serving a probationary 

period under an initial appointment 

except those with veterans’ 

preference.’’. 

3. U.S. Army Engineer Research and 

Development Center (ERDC) 

a. Add the following to section IX. 

Required Waivers to Law and 

Regulation: ‘‘Chapter 75, sections 

7501(1), 7511(a)(1)(A)(ii), and 

7511(a)(1)(C)(ii); Adverse Actions— 

Definitions. Waived to the extent 

necessary to allow extended 

probationary periods and to permit 

termination during the extended 

probationary period without using 

adverse action procedures for those 

individuals serving a probationary 

period under an initial appointment 

except for those with veterans’ 

preference.’’ 

b. Add the following to section IX. 

Required Waivers to Law and 

Regulation: ‘‘Part 752, sections, 752.201, 

and 752.401: Principal statutory 

requirements and coverage. Waived to 

the extent necessary to allow extended 

probationary periods and to permit 

termination during the extended 

probationary period without using 

adverse action procedures for those 

individuals serving a probationary 

period under an initial appointment 

except those with veterans’ preference.’’ 

4. U.S. Army Medical Research and 

Materiel Command (MRMC) 

a. Add the following to section IX. 

Required Waivers to Law and 

Regulation: ‘‘Chapter 75, sections 

7501(1), 7511(a)(1)(A)(ii), and 

7511(a)(1)(C)(ii); Adverse Actions— 

Definitions. Waived to the extent 

necessary to allow extended 

probationary periods and to permit 

termination during the extended 

probationary period without using 

adverse action procedures for those 

individuals serving a probationary 

period under an initial appointment 

except for those with veterans’ 

preference.’’ 

b. Add the following as the final 

paragraph to section IX. Required 

Waivers to Law and Regulation: ‘‘Part 

752, sections 752.201, and 752.401: 

Principal statutory requirements and 

coverage. Waived to the extent 

necessary to allow extended 

probationary periods and to permit 

termination during the extended 

probationary period without using 

adverse action procedures for those 

individuals serving a probationary 


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period under an initial appointment 

except those with veterans’ preference.’’ 

5. U.S. Army Communications— 

Electronics Research, Development and 

Engineering Center (CERDEC) 

a. Add the following to section IX. 

Required Waivers to Law and 

Regulation: ‘‘Chapter 75, sections 

7501(1), 7511(a)(1)(A)(ii), and 

7511(a)(1)(C)(ii); Adverse Actions— 

Definitions. Waived to the extent 

necessary to allow extended 

probationary periods and to permit 

termination during the extended 

probationary period without using 

adverse action procedures for those 

individuals serving a probationary 

period under an initial appointment 

except for those with veterans’ 

preference.’’ 

b. Add the following to section IX. 

Required Waivers to Law and 

Regulation: ‘‘Part 752, sections 752.201, 

and 752.401: Principal statutory 

requirements and coverage. Waived to 

the extent necessary to allow extended 

probationary periods and to permit 

termination during the extended 

probationary period without using 

adverse action procedures for those 

individuals serving a probationary 

period under an initial appointment 

except those with veterans’ preference.’’ 

6. U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) 

a. Add the following as the final box 

on the left side of Appendix A: Required 

Waivers to Law and Regulation chart: 

‘‘Chapter 75, sections 7501(1), 

7511(a)(1)(A)(ii), and 7511(a)(1)(C)(ii); 

Adverse Actions—Definitions. Waived 

to the extent necessary to allow 

extended probationary periods and to 

permit termination during the extended 

probationary period without using 

adverse action procedures for those 

individuals serving a probationary 

period under an initial appointment 

except for those with veterans’ 

preference.’’ 

b. Add the following on the right side 

of the information entered in 6.a. above 

to Appendix A: Required Waivers to 

Law and Regulation chart: ‘‘Part 752, 

sections, 752.201, and 752.401: 

Principal statutory requirements and 

coverage. Waived to the extent 

necessary to allow extended 

probationary periods and to permit 

termination during the extended 

probationary period without using 

adverse action procedures for those 

individuals serving a probationary 

period under an initial appointment 

except those with veterans’ preference.’’ 

Dated: October 31, 2012. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2012–26985 Filed 11–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Commission Meeting and 

Public Hearing 

Notice is hereby given that the 

Delaware River Basin Commission will 

hold an informal conference followed 

by a public hearing on Wednesday, 

December 5, 2012. The hearing will be 

part of the Commission’s regularly 

scheduled business meeting. The 

conference session and business 

meeting both are open to the public and 

will be held at the Commission’s office 

building located at 25 State Police 

Drive, West Trenton, New Jersey. 

The morning conference session will 

begin at 11:00 a.m. and will include (a) 

a report by staff on the Commission’s 

Information Technology (IT) Upgrade 

and Water Charging Program On-Line 

Reporting System; and (b) an update by 

a representative of the U.S. Army Corps 

of Engineers Philadelphia District on 

development of a Delaware Estuary 

Regional Sediment Management Plan. 

Items for Public Hearing. The subjects 

of the public hearing to be held during 

the 1:30 p.m. business meeting on 

December 5, 2012 include draft dockets 

for which the names and brief 

descriptions will be posted on the 

Commission’s Web site at www.drbc.net 

at least ten days prior to the meeting 

date. Complete draft dockets will be 

posted on the Web site ten days prior to 

the meeting date. Additional public 

records relating to the dockets may be 

examined at the Commission’s offices. 

Please contact William Muszynski at 

609–883–9500, extension 221, with any 

docket-related questions. 

Other Agenda Items. In addition to 

the public hearing on draft dockets, the 

1:30 p.m. business meeting will include 

public hearings on: (a) A resolution 

authorizing the Executive Director to 

engage an expert panel to advise the 

Water Quality Advisory Committee 

(WQAC) and the Commission on the 

development and use of a Delaware 

Estuary Eutrophication Model; (b) a 

resolution authorizing the Executive 

Director to award a professional contract 

for consulting services in connection 

with the Commission’s Water Charging 

Program and Water Supply Storage 

Facilities Fund; and (c) a resolution 

authorizing the Executive Director to 

award a construction contract to the 

lowest responsible bidder for DRBC 

courtyard modifications associated with 

the Ruth Patrick River Garden and to 

amend the authorized amount of the 

Commission’s contract with T&M 

Associates to include compensation for 

final design, preparation of bid 

documents and construction 

management. The Commissioners also 

may consider a Resolution to approve 

Docket D–1969–201 CP–13 for the 

Exelon Limerick Generating Station 

(‘‘LGS draft docket’’). A hearing on the 

LGS draft docket was conducted on 

August 28, 2012 and written comments 

were accepted through October 27, 

2012. No additional testimony on this 

project will be accepted on December 5. 

In the event that the Commissioners are 

not yet prepared to consider the LGS 

draft docket during their meeting on 

December 5, they will consider a 

resolution to extend Docket D–1969–201 

CP Final (Revision 12) for the LGS 

through December 31, 2013 or until the 

Commission approves the LGS draft 

docket, whichever occurs sooner. The 

business meeting agenda also will 

include the following standard items: 

adoption of the Minutes of the 

Commission’s September 12, 2012 

business meeting, announcements of 

upcoming meetings and events, a report 

on hydrologic conditions, reports by the 

Executive Director and the 

Commission’s General Counsel, and a 

public dialogue session. 

Opportunities to Comment. 

Individuals who wish to comment for 

the record on a hearing item or to 

address the Commissioners informally 

during the public dialogue portion of 

the meeting are asked to sign up in 

advance by contacting Ms. Paula 

Schmitt of the Commission staff, at 

paula.schmitt@drbc.state.nj.us or by 

phoning Ms. Schmitt at 609–883–9500 

ext. 224. Written comment on items 

scheduled for hearing may be submitted 

in advance of the meeting date to: 

Commission Secretary, P.O. Box 7360, 

25 State Police Drive, West Trenton, NJ 

08628; by fax to Commission Secretary, 

DRBC at 609–883–9522 or by email to 

paula.schmitt@drbc.state.nj.us. Written 

comment on dockets should also be 

furnished directly to the Project Review 

Section at the above address or fax 

number or by email to 

william.muszynski@drbc.state.nj.us. 

Individuals in need of an 

accommodation as provided for in the 

Americans with Disabilities Act who 

wish to attend the informational 

meeting, conference session or hearings 

should contact the Commission 

Secretary directly at 609–883–9500 ext. 

203 or through the Telecommunications 


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