[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 72 (Friday, April 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22296-22297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8940]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees

AGENCY: DoD.

ACTION: Re-establishment of Federal Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 10 U.S.C Sec.  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 re-establishing 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 
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. 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]
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