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The Secretary of Defense may approve 

the appointment of Board members for 

three 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. 

Appointments normally will be 

staggered among the Board membership 

to ensure balance and an orderly 

turnover of the Board’s overall 

composition on a periodic basis. The 

Secretary of the Army shall designate 

the Board’s Chairperson and Vice 

Chairperson from the total Board 

membership. 

With the exception of travel and per 

diem for official Board related travel, 

Board members shall serve without 

compensation. The Secretary of the 

Army may authorize compensation for 

Board members when the circumstances 

warrant. 

The Secretary of the Army, pursuant 

to DoD policies and procedures, may 

appoint, as deemed necessary, nonvoting consultants to provide special 

expertise to the Board. However, no 

more than 41 experts and consultants 

may be appointed to advise the Board. 

These experts and consultants, if not 

full-time or part-time government 

employees, shall be appointed under the 

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

special government employees, shall be 

appointed on an intermittent basis to 

work specific Board-related efforts, shall 

have no voting rights whatsoever on the 

Board or any of its subcommittees, and 

shall not count toward the Board’s total 

membership. Six of the 41 experts and 

consultants shall be designated ‘‘Senior 

Army Science Board Fellows’’ and shall 

be former Board members. All 41 

experts and consultants shall serve 

terms of appointments as determined by 

the Secretary of the Army, and those 

appointments shall be renewed as 

appropriate. 

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 

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 three 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 Board 

related travel, subcommittee members 

shall serve without compensation. The 

Secretary of the Army may authorize 

compensation for Board members when 

the circumstances warrant. 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. 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. Army Science 

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 U.S. Army 

Science Board. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer for the U.S. Army Science Board, 

and this individual will ensure that the 

written statements are provided to the 

membership for their consideration. 

Contact information for the U.S. Army 

Science 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. 

Army Science 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. 2012–8939 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. 183, 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(a), the Department 

of Defense gives notice that it is 

renewing the charter for the Department 

of Defense Board of Actuaries (hereafter 

referred to as ‘‘the Board’’). 


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The Board is a statutory federal 

advisory committee that shall provide 

independent advice and 

recommendations on matters relating to 

the Department of Defense (DoD) 

Military Retirement Fund, the 

Department of Education Benefits Fund 

and other funds as the Secretary of 

Defense shall specify. 

The Board shall: 

a. Review valuations of the 

Department of Defense Military 

Retirement Fund in accordance with 10 

U.S.C. 1465(c) and submit to the 

President and Congress, not less than 

once every four years, a report on the 

status of the Fund including such 

recommendations for modifications to 

the funding or amortization of that Fund 

as the Board considers appropriate and 

necessary to maintain that Fund on a 

sound actuarial basis; 

b. Review valuations of the 

Department of Defense Education 

Benefits Fund in accordance with 10 

U.S.C. 2006(e) and make 

recommendations to the President and 

Congress on such modifications to the 

funding or amortization of that Fund as 

the Board considers appropriate to 

maintain that Fund on a sound actuarial 

basis; 

c. Review valuations of such other 

funds as the Secretary of Defense shall 

specify for purposes of 10 U.S.C. 183 

and make recommendations to the 

President and Congress on such 

modifications to the funding or 

amortization of such funds as the Board 

considers appropriate to maintain such 

funds on a sound actuarial basis; and 

d. Furnish advice and opinions on 

matters referred to the Board by the 

Secretary of Defense. 

The Secretary of Defense shall ensure 

that the Board has access to such 

records regarding the Department of 

Defense Military Retirement Fund, the 

Department of Defense Education 

Benefits Fund, and other funds 

specified by the Secretary of Defense for 

purposes of 10 U.S.C. 183 as the Board 

shall require to determine the actuarial 

status of such funds. 

The Board shall report to the 

Secretary of Defense, through the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 

Readiness. The Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel and Readiness, in 

accordance with governing DoD policies 

and procedures may act upon the 

Board’s advice and recommendations. 

The Board shall be comprised of not 

more than three members appointed by 

the Secretary of Defense from among 

qualified professional actuaries who are 

members of the Society of Actuaries. 

Board members shall be appointed by 

the Secretary of Defense, and their 

membership shall be renewed by the 

Secretary of Defense on an annual basis. 

Board members shall serve for a term 

of 15 years, except that a member of the 

Board appointed to fill a vacancy 

occurring before the end of the term for 

which the predecessor was appointed 

shall serve only until the end of such 

term. A member may serve after the end 

of the term until a successor takes office. 

A member of the Board may be removed 

by the Secretary of Defense for 

misconduct or failure to perform 

functions vested in the Board. 

Board members shall not be reappointed for successive terms. The 

Chairperson of the Board shall be 

designated by the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel and Readiness, on 

behalf of the Secretary of Defense, for a 

five-year term. 

Board members, who are not full-time 

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, and shall, under the authority 

of 10 U.S.C. 183((b)(4), serve with 

compensation, to include travel and per 

diem for official travel. A member of the 

Board who is not an employee of the 

United States is entitled to receive pay 

at the daily equivalent of the annual rate 

of basic pay of the highest rate of basic 

pay then currently being paid under the 

General Schedule of subchapter III of 

chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, 

for each day the member is engaged in 

the performance of the duties of the 

Board. In addition, each member shall 

receive compensation for per diem and 

travel for official Board travel. 

The DoD shall provide non-voting 

technical advisors to assist the Board in 

execution of its duties. The following 

individuals shall designate one DoD 

employee from each fund under the 

Board’s purview (the Department of 

Defense Military Retirement Fund, the 

Department of Defense Education 

Benefits Fund, and other funds 

specified by the Secretary of Defense for 

purposes of 10 U.S.C. 183) to serve as 

a non-voting advisor to assist the Board: 

a. The Under Secretary of Defense 

(Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer; 

b. The Deputy Under Secretary of 

Defense for Military Personnel Policy; 

c. The Assistant Secretary of Defense 

for Reserve Affairs; and 

d. The Department of Defense General 

Counsel. 

In addition, the Department of 

Defense Chief Actuary shall serve as a 

non-voting advisor and the Executive 

Secretary for the Board. 

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 

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 DoD or any Federal 

officers or employees. Subcommittees 

shall comply with FACA. 

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 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. Under the authority of 10 

U.S.C. 183(b)(4), these special 

government employee members shall 

serve with compensation, to include 

travel and per diem for official travel. In 

addition, each member shall receive 

compensation for per diem and travel 

for official Board travel. 

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 


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Designated Federal Officer, in 

consultation with the Board’s 

Chairperson, and either the Secretary of 

Defense of the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel and Readiness. 

The estimated number of Board 

meetings is one 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 Department of Defense 

Board of Actuaries’ 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 

Department of Defense Board of 

Actuaries. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer for the Department of Defense 

Board of Actuaries, and this individual 

will ensure that the written statements 

are provided to the membership for 

their consideration. Contact information 

for the Department of Defense Board of 

Actuaries 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 Board of 

Actuaries. 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. 2012–8945 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 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 

(DoD) gives notice that it is renewing 

the charter for the U.S. Air Force 

Scientific Advisory Board (hereafter 

referred to as ‘‘the Board’’). 

The Board is a discretionary Federal 

advisory committee and shall provide 

independent advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Defense, and the Secretary of the Air 

Force, to include the Secretary of the 

Air Force’s senior leadership, as 

determined by the Office of the 

Secretary of the Air Force. 

No matter shall be assigned to the 

Board for its consideration that would 

require any Board member to participate 

personally and substantially in the 

conduct of any specific procurement or 

place him or her in the position of 

acting as a contracting or procurement 

official. 

The Board shall report to the 

Secretary of Defense, through the 

Secretary of the Air Force. The Secretary 

of the Air Force, pursuant to DoD 

policy, may act upon the Board’s advice. 

The Board shall be comprised of no 

more than 60 members to include no 

more than five Senior Fellows who are 

distinguished members of the science 

and technology communities; Federally 

Funded Research and Development 

Centers (FFRDC)/National Labs, 

industry, and academia. Senior Fellows 

shall be voting members and count 

toward the Board’s total membership. 

Board members who are not full-time 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. 

Board members shall be appointed by 

the Secretary of Defense and their 

appointments must be renewed by the 

Secretary of Defense on an annual basis. 

The Secretary of the Air Force shall 

select the Board’s Chairperson. In 

addition, the Secretary of the Air Force 

may appoint, as deemed necessary nonvoting consultants to provide technical 

subject matter expertise to the Board. 

These consultants, if not full-time or 

part-time Federal employees, shall be 

appointed under the authority of 5 

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

government employees, and shall be 

appointed on an intermittent basis to 

work specific Board-related efforts; such 

individuals shall have no voting rights 

and shall not count toward the Board’s 

total membership. 

Board members and consultants, with 

the exception of travel and per diem for 

official travel, shall serve without 

compensation. However, the Secretary 

of the Air Force, at his or her discretion, 

may authorize compensation to Board 

members and consultants according to 

existing statutes, Federal regulations, 

and DoD policies. 

The Secretary of Defense may approve 

the appointment of Board members for 

one to four year terms of service, with 

annual renewals; 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 

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, with 

annual renewals; however, no member 


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