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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 

National Defense University and the 

Board’s Chairperson. The estimated 

number of Board meetings is two per 

year. 

The Board’s 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 

Board’s Designated Federal Officer, an 

Alternate Designated Federal Officer, 

duly appointed to the Board according 

to DoD policies and procedures, shall 

attend the entire duration of the Board 

or subcommittee meetings. 

The Designated Federal Officer, or the 

Alternate Designated Federal Officer, 

shall call all of the Board’s and 

subcommittee’s meetings; prepare and 

approve all meeting agendas; and 

adjourn any meeting, when the 

Designated Federal Officer or Alternate 

Designated Federal Officer, determines 

adjournment to be in the public’s 

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 Board of Visitors, National 

Defense University’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 Board 

of Visitors, National Defense University. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer for the Board of Visitors, 

National Defense University, and this 

individual will ensure that the written 

statements are provided to the 

membership for their consideration. 

Contact information for the Board of 

Visitors, National Defense University 

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 

Board of Visitors, National Defense 

University. 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 16, 2012. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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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 20 

U.S.C. 929, 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 Advisory 

Council on Dependents’ Education 

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

The Council shall provide independent 

advice and recommendations on the 

Department of Defense (DoD) 

dependents’ education system. 

The Council is a non-discretionary 

federal advisory committee that shall 

provide independent advice and 

recommendations to the Director, 

Department of Defense Education 

Activity on the following: 

a. General policies for operation of the 

DoD dependents’ education system with 

respect to curriculum selection, 

administration, and operation of the 

system; 

b. Information from other federal 

agencies concerned with Primary and 

secondary education with respect to 

education programs and practices which 

such agencies have found to be effective 

and which should be considered for 

inclusion in the DoD dependents’ 

education system; 

c. The design of the study and the 

selection of the contractor referred to in 

20 U.S.C. § 930(a)(2); and 

d. Other tasks as may be required by 

the Secretary of Defense. 

The Council shall report to the 

Director, Department of Defense 

Education Activity. Matters outside the 

legal purview of the Director, 

Department of Defense Education 

Activity shall be referred to Secretary of 

Defense and the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel and Readiness as 

appropriate. The Director, Department 

of Defense Education Activity may act 

upon the Council’s advice and 

recommendations. 

The Council, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 

929(a), shall be comprised of no more 

than 16 members who have 

demonstrated an interest in the field of 

primary or secondary education and the 

following individuals: 

a. The Secretary of Defense and the 

Secretary of Education or their 

respective designees; 

b. Twelve appointed individuals who 

demonstrated an interest in the field of 

primary or secondary education, and 

who shall include representatives of 

professional employee organization, 

school administrators, parents of 

students enrolled in the DoD 

dependents’ education system, and one 

student enrolled in such system; and 

c. A representative of the Secretary of 

Defense and of the Secretary of 

Education. 

The twelve Council members 

appointed under the authority of 20 

U.S.C. 929(a)(1)(B), shall be appointed 

jointly by the Secretary of Defense and 

the Secretary of Education. 

The Secretary of Defense and the 

Secretary of Education may approve the 

appointment of individuals appointed 

pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(1)(B) for 

one to four year terms of service; 

however, no member appointed 

pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(1)(B), 

unless authorized by the Secretary of 

Defense and the Secretary of Education, 

may serve more than two consecutive 

terms of service. This same term of 

service limitation also applies to any 

DoD authorized subcommittees. 

Members appointed to the Council 

from professional employee 

organizations, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 

929(a)(2), shall be individuals 

designated by those organizations and 

shall serve three year terms of service, 

not to exceed two full terms on the 

Council. 

Any member appointed to fill a 

vacancy occurring before the expiration 

of the term for which his predecessor 

was appointed shall be appointed for 

the remainder of such term. 

Council members, who are not fulltime 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. 

Council members serving as special 

government employees shall have their 

appointments renewed on an annual 

basis. 

Pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(d), 

members of the Council who are not 

full-time or permanent part-time 

employees of the federal government, 

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shall while attending meetings or 

conferences of the Council or otherwise 

engaged in the business of the Council, 

be entitled to compensation at the daily 

equivalent of the rate specified at the 

time of such service for level IV of the 

Executive Services under 5 U.S.C. 5315. 

All Council members, while on official 

travel, shall be entitled to compensation 

for travel and per diem. 

The Secretary of Defense and the 

Secretary of Education, or their 

designated representatives, shall serve 

as the Council’s Co-Chairs. 

The Director, Department of Defense 

Education Activity shall be the 

Executive Secretary of the Council, but 

shall not vote on matters before the 

Council. 

Each Council 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 Council’s mission 

and DoD policies and procedures, may 

establish subcommittees deemed 

necessary to support the Council. 

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 

council’s sponsor. 

Such subcommittees shall not work 

independently of the chartered Council, 

and shall report all their 

recommendations and advice to the 

Council for full deliberation and 

discussion. Subcommittees have no 

authority to make decisions on behalf of 

the chartered Council; 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 

Council members; that is, the Secretary 

of Defense shall appoint subcommittee 

members even if the member in 

question is already a Council 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. 

Subcommittee members who are not 

full-time or permanent part-time 

employees of the federal government, 

shall while attending meetings or 

conferences of the Council or otherwise 

engaged in the business of the Council, 

be entitled to compensation at the daily 

equivalent of the rate specified at the 

time of such service for level IV of the 

Executive Services under 5 U.S.C. 5315. 

All subcommittee members, while on 

official travel, shall be entitled to 

compensation for travel and per diem. 

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 

Council shall meet at the call of the 

Council’s Designated Federal Officer, in 

consultation with the Council’s CoChairs. Pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(c), the 

Council shall meet at least two times 

each year. 

In addition, the Designated Federal 

Officer is required to be in attendance 

at all Council 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 Council or 

subcommittee meeting. 

The Designated Federal Officer, or the 

Alternate Designated Federal Officer, 

shall call all of the Council’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 Council reports. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

statements to Advisory Council on 

Dependents’ Education membership 

about the Council’s mission and 

functions. Written statements may be 

submitted at any time or in response to 

the stated agenda of planned meeting of 

Advisory Council on Dependents’ 

Education. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer for the Advisory Council on 

Dependents’ Education, and this 

individual will ensure that the written 

statements are provided to the 

membership for their consideration. 

Contact information for the Advisory 

Council on Dependents’ Education 

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 

Advisory Council on Dependents’ 

Education. 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 16, 2012. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9424 Filed 4–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Submission for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) review; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has submitted an information 

collection request to OMB for extension 

under the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The information 

collection requests a three-year 

extension of its Security, OMB Control 

Number 1910–1800. The proposed 

collection will cover information 

necessary for DOE management to 

exercise management oversight and 

control over their contractors (1) for 

collection of Foreign Ownership, 

Control or Influence data from bidders 

on DOE contracts requiring personnel 

security clearances; and (2) for 

individuals who are either in the 

process of applying for a security 

clearance/access authorization or who 

already hold one. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

May 21, 2012. If you anticipate that you 

will be submitting comments, but find 

it difficult to do so within that period 

of time allowed by this notice, please 

advise the OMB Desk Officer of your 

intention to make a submission as soon 

as possible. The Desk Officer may be 

telephoned at 202–395–4650. 

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