[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 83 (Friday, April 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22756-22757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10122]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Federal Advisory Committee; United States Army Science Board; 
Charter Renewal

AGENCY: Department of Defense (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, the Department of Defense gives 
notice that it is renewing the charter for the United States Army 
Science Board (hereafter referred to as the Board).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Deputy Advisory Committee 
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-601-6128.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board is a discretionary Federal 
advisory committee that 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 Board shall 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.
    The Board is not established to advice on individual DoD or 
Department of the Army procurements, but instead shall be concerned 
with the pressing and complex technology and business management issues 
facing the Department of the Army 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 contraction or procurement 
official.
    The Board shall be composed of not more than 80 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. Those 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 shall serve as special government 
employees.
    Generally, Board members will be approved by the appointing 
authority to serve on the Board for a term of three years with annual 
reappointments. Board members may be approved by the appointing 
authority to serve on the Board for an additional term with annual 
reappointments. 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. Unless otherwise 
extended by the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Army, the Board's Chairperson and Vice Chairperson 
shall serve two-year term limits.
    With the exception of travel and per diem for official 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.
    With DoD approval, the Board is authorized to establish 
subcommittees, as necessary and consistent with its mission. These 
subcommittees or working groups shall operate under the provisions of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the Government in the 
Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and other appropriate Federal 
statutes and regulations.
    Such subcommittees or workgroups 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 
or workgroups have no authority to make decisions on behalf of the 
chartered Board; nor can they report directly to the Department of 
Defense or any Federal officers or employees who are not Board members.
    Subcommittee members, who are not Board members, shall be appointed 
in the same manner as the Board members.
    The Board shall meet at the call of the Board's Designated Federal 
Officer, in consultation with the Chairperson. The estimated number of 
Board meetings is four per year.
    The Designated Federal Officer and Alternate Designated Federal 
Officer, pursuant to DoD policy, shall be a full-time or permanent 
part-time DoD employee, and shall be appointed in accordance with 
established DoD policies and procedures. In addition, the Designated 
Federal Officer is required to be in attendance at all Committee and 
subcommittee meetings; however, in the absence of the Designated 
Federal Officer, the Alternate Designated Federal Officer shall attend 
the meeting.
    Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or 
interested organizations may submit written statements to the United 
States 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

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of planned meeting of United States Army Science Board.
    All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal 
Officer for the United States Army Science Board, and this individual 
will ensure that the written statements are provided to the membership 
for their consideration. Contact information for the United States 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 United States 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 27, 2010.
Mitchell S. Bryman,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2010-10122 Filed 4-29-10; 8:45 am]
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