[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 72 (Friday, April 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22292-22293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8939]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees

AGENCY: DoD.

ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory Committee.

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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 U.S. Army Science Board 
(hereafter referred to as ``the Board'').
    The Board shall provide independent advice and recommendations on 
matters relating to the Army's scientific, technical, manufacturing, 
acquisition, logistics, and business management functions, and other 
Department of the Army related matters as determined by the Secretary 
of the Army.
    The U.S. Army Science Board, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.50(d), is a 
discretionary Federal advisory committee established to provide 
independent advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Defense; the 
Secretary of the Army; the Under Secretary of the Army and Department 
of the Army Chief Management Officer; the Assistant Secretary of the 
Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology; and as requested, other 
Army organizations as determined by the Office of the Secretary of the 
Army.
    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 be comprised of no more than 60 members who are 
eminent authorities in one or more of the following disciplines: 
Science, technology, manufacturing, acquisition, logistics, business 
management functions, and other matters of special interest to the 
Department of the Army.
    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 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.

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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, non-voting 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 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. 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]
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