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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 serve as 

special government employee members. 

With the exception of travel and per 

diem for official Board related travel, 

subcommittee members shall serve 

without compensation. 

All subcommittees operate under the 

provisions of FACA, the Government in 

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, Advisory Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, 703–692–5952. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

shall meet at the call of the Board’s 

Designated Federal Officer, in 

consultation with the Board’s 

Chairperson, and the Office of the 

Secretary of the Air Force. The 

estimated number of Board meetings is 

four per year. In addition, the 

Designated Federal Officer is required to 

be in attendance at all Board 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 Board or subcommittee meeting. 

The Designated Federal Officer, or the 

Alternate Designated Federal Officer, 

shall call all of the Board’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 Board reports. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

statements to U.S. Air Force Scientific 

Advisory Board’s membership about the 

Board’s mission and functions. Written 

statements may be submitted at any 

time or in response to the stated agenda 

of planned meeting of the U.S. Air Force 

Scientific Advisory Board. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer for the U.S. Air Force Scientific 

Advisory Board, and this individual 

will ensure that the written statements 

are provided to the membership for 

their consideration. Contact information 

for the U.S. Air Force Scientific 

Advisory Board 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 U.S. 

Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. 

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: April 10, 2012. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8946 Filed 4–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Renewal of Department of Defense 

Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: DoD. 

ACTION: Re-establishment of Federal 

Advisory Committee. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 10 

U.S.C § 1746, 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(c), the Department 

of Defense gives notice that it is reestablishing the charter for the Defense 

Acquisition University Board of Visitors 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘the Board’’). 

The Defense Acquisition University 

Board of Visitors, pursuant to 41 CFR 

102–3.50(a), is a non-discretionary 

Federal advisory committee established 

to provide the Secretary of Defense 

through the through the Under Secretary 

of Defense for Acquisition, Technology 

and Logistics, and the President of the 

Defense Acquisition University, 

independent advice and 

recommendations on organization 

management, curricula, methods of 

instruction, facilities, and other matters 

of interest to the Defense Acquisition 

University. 

The Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition, Technology and Logistics 

or a designated representative may act 

upon the Board’s advice and 

recommendations. 

The Board shall be composed of not 

more than 14 members, who are former 

senior Defense officials, or are eminent 

authorities in academia, business, and 

defense industry. Board members shall 

be appointed by the Secretary of 

Defense, and their appointments will be 

renewed on an annual basis. Board 

members, who are not full-time or 

permanent part-time federal officers or 

employees, shall be appointed as 

experts and consultants under the 

authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, and serve as 

special government employees. 

Board members appointed by the 

Secretary of Defense, who are not fulltime or permanent part-time federal 

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 Board related 

travel, Board members shall serve 

without compensation. 

The Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition, Technology and Logistics 

shall select the Board’s Chairperson 

from the total Board membership, and 

this individual shall serve at the 

discretion of the Secretary of Defense, 

through the Under Secretary of Defense 

for Acquisition, Technology and 

Logistics. 

In addition, the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Acquisition, Technology 

and Logistics, may invite other 

distinguished Government officers to 

serve as non-voting observers of the 

Board, and appoint, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

3109, non-voting consultants, with 

special expertise, to assist the Board on 

an ad hoc basis. 

The Secretary of Defense may approve 

the appointment of Board 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. 

Each Board 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 Board’s mission and 

DoD policies and procedures, may 

establish subcommittees deemed 

necessary 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 advisory 

committee’s sponsor. Such 

subcommittees shall not work 

independently of the chartered Board, 

and shall report all their 

recommendations and advice to the 

Board for full deliberation and 


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discussion. Subcommittees have no 

authority to make decisions on behalf of 

the chartered Board; nor can any 

subcommittee or its members update or 

report directly to the Department of 

Defense or any Federal officers or 

employees. 

All subcommittee members shall be 

appointed in the same manner as the 

Board members; that is, the Secretary of 

Defense shall appoint subcommittee 

members even if the member in 

question is already a Board 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 full-time 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 Board related travel, 

subcommittee members shall serve 

without compensation. 

All subcommittees operate under the 

provisions of FACA, the Government in 

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, Advisory Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, 703–692–5952. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

shall meet at the call of the Board’s 

Designated Federal Officer, in 

consultation with the President of the 

Defense Acquisition University and the 

Board’s Chairperson. The estimated 

number of Board meetings is three per 

year. 

In addition, the Designated Federal 

Officer is required to be in attendance 

at all Board 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 Board or subcommittee meeting. 

The Designated Federal Officer, or the 

Alternate Designated Federal Officer, 

shall call all of the Board’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 Board reports. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

statements to Defense Acquisition 

University Board of Visitors’ 

membership about the Board’s mission 

and functions. Written statements may 

be submitted at any time or in response 

to the stated agenda of planned meeting 

of Defense Acquisition University Board 

of Visitors. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer for the Defense Acquisition 

University Board of Visitors, and this 

individual will ensure that the written 

statements are provided to the 

membership for their consideration. 

Contact information for the Defense 

Acquisition University Board of Visitors 

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 

Acquisition University Board of 

Visitors. 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: April 10, 2012. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8940 Filed 4–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Renewal of Department of Defense 

Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: DoD. 

ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory 

Committee. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 10 

U.S.C 5024, 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(c), the Department 

of Defense gives notice that it is 

renewing the charter for the Naval 

Research Advisory Committee (hereafter 

referred to as ‘‘the Committee’’). 

The Naval Research Advisory 

Committee, pursuant to 41 CFR 102– 

3.50(c), is a discretionary Federal 

advisory committee established to 

provide the Secretary of the Navy, the 

Chief of Naval Operations and the 

Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, 

independent advice and 

recommendations on scientific, 

technical, and research and 

development matters confronting the 

U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. 

The Committee shall report to the 

Secretary of the Navy, through the 

Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 

Research, Development and 

Acquisitions. The Secretary of the Navy 

may act upon the Committee’s advice 

and recommendations. 

The Committee shall be comprised of 

no more than 15 members who are 

preeminent authorities in the fields of 

science, research, and development. 

Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 5024(a), one 

member of the Committee shall be from 

the field of medicine. 

Committee members appointed by the 

Secretary of Defense, who are not fulltime or permanent part-time Federal 

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. 

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 


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