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sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, at (978) 

465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: October 31, 2012. 

William D. Chappell, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–26948 Filed 11–2–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket 2012–0076; Sequence 29; OMB 

Control No. 9000–0048] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Authorized Negotiators 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for an 

extension to an existing OMB clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the 

Regulatory Secretariat will be 

submitting to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request to review 

and approve an extension of a 

previously approved information 

collection requirement regarding 

Authorized Negotiators. A notice was 

published in the Federal Register at 77 

FR 45613, on August 1, 2012. One 

comment was received. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of functions of the Federal 

Acquisition Regulations (FAR), and 

whether it will have practical utility; 

whether our estimate of the public 

burden of this collection of information 

is accurate, and based on valid 

assumptions and methodology; ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

ways in which we can minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, through 

the use of appropriate technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

December 5, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

identified by Information Collection 

9000–0048, Authorized Negotiators, by 

any of the following methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

searching the OMB control number. 

Select the link ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ 

that corresponds with ‘‘Information 

Collection 9000–0048, Authorized 

Negotiators’’. Follow the instructions 

provided at the ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ 

screen. Please include your name, 

company name (if any), and 

‘‘Information Collection 9000–0048, 

Authorized Negotiators’’ on your 

attached document. 

• Fax: 202–501–4067. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

(MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20417. ATTN: Hada 

Flowers/IC 9000–0048, Authorized 

Negotiators. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite Information Collection 

9000–0048, Authorized Negotiators, in 

all correspondence related to this 

collection. All comments received will 

be posted without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Edward Loeb, Procurement Analyst, 

Office of Governmentwide Acquisition 

Policy, GSA, (202) 501–0650 or via 

email to Edward.loeb@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

Per FAR 52.215–1(c)(2)(iv), firms 

offering supplies or services to the 

Government under negotiated 

solicitations must provide the names, 

titles, and telephone numbers of 

authorized negotiators to assure that 

discussions are held with authorized 

individuals. The information collected 

is referred to before contract 

negotiations and it becomes part of the 

official contract file. 

B. Analysis of Public Comments 

Comment: One respondent submitted 

a public comment on the extension of 

the previously approved information 

collection. The comment indicated a 

need to correct the FAR cite in 

paragraph A of the supplementary 

information. 

Response: Adopted. 

C. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 68,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 8. 

Total Responses: 544,000. 

Hours per Response: .017. 

Total Burden Hours: 9248. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20417, 

telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite 

OMB Control No. 9000–0048, 

Authorized Negotiator, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: October 31, 2012. 

William Clark, 

Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy 

Division, Office of Governmentwide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2012–26975 Filed 11–2–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2012–OS–0133] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of 

Defense, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice to delete a System of 

Records. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary of 

Defense is deleting a systems of record 

notice from its existing inventory of 

record systems subject to the Privacy 

Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. 

DATES: This proposed action will be 

effective without further notice on 

December 6, 2012 unless comments are 

received which result in a contrary 

determination. Comments will be 

accepted on or before December 5, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

East Tower, 2nd Floor, Suite 02G09, 

Alexandria, VA 22350–3100. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this Federal Register 

document. The general policy for 

comments and other submissions from 

members of the public is to make these 

submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. 

Cindy Allard, Privacy Act Officer, Office 

of Freedom of Information, Washington 

Headquarters Services, 1155 Defense 

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–1155 

or by telephone at (571) 372–0461. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of the Secretary of Defense systems of 

records notices subject to the Privacy 

Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, 

have been published in the Federal 

Register and are available from the 

address in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. The proposed deletion is not 

within the purview of subsection (r) of 

the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), 

as amended, which requires the 

submission of a new or altered system 

report. 

Dated: October 31, 2012. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

DELETION: 

DWHS P48 

Biographies of OSD, WHS, and JS 

Officials (August 23, 2004, 69 FR 

51813). 

Reason: 

Based on a recent review of DWHS 

P48, Biographies of OSD, WHS, and JS 

Officials, it has been determined that 

the OSD CIO no longer has any records 

collected under this system of records 

notice. Components were notified on 

September 24, 2012 to identify if such 

records were being maintained by their 

Component. No affirmative responses 

were received therefore this system can 

now be deleted. 

[FR Doc. 2012–26916 Filed 11–2–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Renewal of the Defense Health Board 

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 gives 

notice that it is renewing the charter for 

the Defense Health Board (hereinafter 

referred to as ‘‘the Board’’). The Board 

has been determined to be in the public 

interest. 

The Board is a discretionary federal 

advisory committee that shall provide 

the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of 

Defense, through the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel and Readiness 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘the Under 

Secretary of Defense’’), and the 

Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Health Affairs, independent advice and 

recommendations on matters pertaining 

to: 

a. DoD healthcare policy and program 

management; 

b. Health research programs; 

c. Requirements for the treatment and 

prevention of disease and injury by 

DoD; 

d. Promotion of health and the 

delivery of efficient, effective and high 

quality health care services to DoD 

beneficiaries; and 

e. Other matters of special interest to 

DoD, as determined by the Secretary of 

Defense, the Deputy Secretary of 

Defense or the Under Secretary. 

The Board is not established to 

provide advice on individual DoD 

procurements, but instead shall be 

concerned with the DoD healthcare 

issues facing the Department of Defense 

in the areas referenced above. 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 composed of not 

more than 19 members who are 

appointed by the Secretary of Defense. 

The members shall be eminent 

authorities in one or more of the 

following disciplines: clinical health 

care, disease and injury prevention, 

health care delivery and administration, 

or strategic decision-making in 

government, industry, or academia. 

Board members shall be appointed by 

the Secretary of Defense and their 

appointments will be renewed on an 

annual basis according to DoD policy 

and procedures. 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 serve 

as special government employees. 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. With the 

exception of travel and per diem for 

official travel, Board members shall 

serve without compensation. 

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 on the 

Board. This same term of service 

limitation also applies to any DoD 

authorized Subcommittee of the Board. 

Appointments will normally be 

staggered among the Board membership 

to ensure an orderly turnover in the 

Board’s overall composition on a 

periodic basis. Regular government 

officers or employees who participate in 

DoD’s decision-making process for this 

Board are prohibited from serving on 

the Board or its subcommittees. 

The Secretary of Defense, in 

consultation with the Under Secretary 

of Defense, shall appoint the Board’s 

President. The Under Secretary of 

Defense shall appoint the Vice 

President. The Under Secretary of 

Defense, pursuant to DoD policies and 

procedures, may appoint, as deemed 

necessary, non-voting experts and 

consultants, with special expertise, to 

assist the Board on an ad hoc basis. 

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, and 

shall have no voting rights. Non-voting 

experts and consultants appointed by 

the Under Secretary of Defense shall not 

count toward the Board’s total 

membership, and shall not engage in 

Board deliberations. 

The Department, when necessary, and 

consistent with the Board’s mission and 

DoD policies/procedures, may establish 

subcommittees, task groups, and 

working groups 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 Board’s 

sponsor. 

Such Subcommittees shall not work 

independently of the chartered Board, 

and shall report all of their 

recommendations and advice solely to 

the Board for full deliberation and 

discussion. Subcommittees have no 

authority to make decisions and 

recommendations, verbally or in 

writing, 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. 

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. 

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