Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 76 / Thursday, April 19, 2012 / Notices 23467 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christen Goulding, Protocol Director, 

DAU, Phone: 703–805–5134, Fax: 703– 

805–5940, Email: 

christen.goulding@dau.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose 

of this meeting is to report back to the 

Board of Visitors on continuing items of 

interest. 

Agenda 

8:30 a.m. Welcome and approval of 

minutes. 

8:40 a.m. DAU Mid-Atlantic Region 

Highlights and update on Certification 

to Qualification. 

9:30 a.m. College of Contract 

Management. 

10:30 a.m. Services Acquisition. 

11:15 a.m. Recognition of Service. 

11:30 a.m. Open Forum Discussion. 

12 p.m. Adjourn. 

Public’s Accessibility to the Meeting: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 

102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and the 

availability of space, this meeting is 

open to the public. However, because of 

space limitations, allocation of seating 

will be made on a first-come, first 

served basis. Persons desiring to attend 

the meeting should call Ms. Christen 

Goulding at 703–805–5134. Committee’s 

Designated Federal Officer or Point of 

Contact: Ms. Kelley Berta, 703–805– 

5412. 

Dated: April 13, 2012. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9344 Filed 4–18–12; 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 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 Board of Visitors, National Defense 

University (hereafter referred to as ‘‘the 

Board’’). 

The Board of Visitors, National 

Defense University, pursuant to 41 CFR 

102–3.50(d), is a discretionary Federal 

advisory committee that shall provide 

the Secretary of Defense through the 

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and 

the President of the National Defense 

University, independent advice and 

recommendations on organizational 

management, curricula, methods of 

instruction, facilities and other matters 

of interest to the National Defense 

University. 

The Board shall report to the 

Secretary of Defense through the 

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and 

the President of the National Defense 

University. The Chairman of the Joint 

Chiefs of Staff may act upon the Board’s 

advice and recommendations. 

The Board shall be comprised of no 

more than twenty members, who are 

eminent authorities in the field of 

national defense, academia, business, 

national security affairs, and the defense 

industry. The Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel and Readiness, 

the Department of Defense Chief 

Information Officer, and the Department 

of State Director General shall serve as 

ex-officio members of the Board (these 

ex-officio members have voting rights). 

Board members shall be appointed by 

the Secretary of Defense, with annual 

renewals. 

The Board Membership shall select 

the Board’s Chairperson and the CoChairperson from the total Board 

membership, and these individuals 

shall serve at the discretion of the 

Secretary of Defense, through the 

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 

Staff may invite other distinguished 

Government officers to serve as nonvoting observers of the Board, and 

appoint consultants, with special 

expertise, to assist the Board on an ad 

hoc basis. If approved by the Secretary 

of Defense, these experts and 

consultants, appointed under the 

authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall have no 

voting rights on the Board or its 

subcommittees, shall not count toward 

the Board’s total membership, and shall 

not engage in Board deliberations. 

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 to serve 

as special government employees. 

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. 

Regardless of the individual’s 

approved term of service, all 

appointments to the Board shall be 

renewed on an annual basis. In 

addition, they shall serve without 

compensation, except for travel and per 

diem for official Board-related travel. 

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, task groups, or 

working groups 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. 

These subcommittees shall not work 

independently of the chartered Board, 

and shall report all of 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 

subcommittees or any of its members 

update or report directly to the 

Department of Defense or any Federal 

officers or employees. 

Such 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 permanent 

part-time government employees, shall 

be appointed in the same manner as the 

Board members. Such individuals, shall 

be appointed to serve as experts and 

consultants under the authority of 5 

U.S.C. 3109, and 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 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. 

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23468 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 76 / Thursday, April 19, 2012 / Notices 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9419 Filed 4–18–12; 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 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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