30002 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 103 / Friday, May 28, 2010 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Federal Advisory Committee; Threat 

Reduction Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (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, the Department of Defense gives 

notice that it is renewing the charter for 

the Threat Reduction Advisory 

Committee (hereafter referred to as the 

Committee). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Freeman, Deputy Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, 703–601–6128. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee is a discretionary Federal 

advisory committee established to 

provide independent advice and 

recommendations on matters relating to 

combating weapons of mass destruction 

to the Secretary of Defense through the 

Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition, Technology and Logistics 

and the Director of the Defense Threat 

Reduction Agency on the following: 

a. Reducing the threat posed by 

nuclear, biological, chemical, 

conventional and special weapons to 

the United States, its military forces, 

allies and partners; 

b. Combating weapons of mass 

destruction to include non-proliferation, 

counter proliferation and consequence 

management; 

c. Nuclear deterrence transformation; 

d. Weapons effects; and 

e. Other Office of the Under Secretary 

of Defense for Acquisition, Technology 

and Logistics, and Defense Threat 

Reduction Agency mission-related 

matters. 

The Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition, Technology and Logistics 

shall be authorized to act upon the 

Committee’s advice and 

recommendations. 

The Committee shall be comprised of 

not more than 30 members who are 

eminent authorities in the fields of 

national defense, geopolitical and 

national security affairs, and weapons of 

mass destruction. 

The Committee 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 parttime 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. 

With the exception of travel and per 

diem for travel, Committee members 

shall normally serve without 

compensation, unless the Secretary of 

Defense authorizes compensation for a 

particular member(s). 

The Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition, Technology and Logistics 

shall select the Committee’s 

Chairperson from the Committee 

membership at large. 

With DoD approval, the Committee 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 Committee, and shall report 

all their recommendations and advice to 

the Committee for full deliberation and 

discussion. Subcommittees or 

workgroups have no authority to make 

decisions on behalf of the chartered 

Committee nor can they report directly 

to the Department of Defense or any 

Federal officers or employees who are 

not Committee members. 

Subcommittee members, who are not 

Committee members, shall be appointed 

in the same manner as the Committee 

members. 

The Committee shall meet at the call 

of the Committee’s Designated Federal 

Officer, in consultation with the 

Chairperson. The estimated number of 

Committee meetings is two per year. 

The Designated Federal Officer, 

pursuant to DoD policy, shall be a fulltime 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 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 Threat Reduction 

Advisory Committee’s membership 

about the Committee’s mission and 

functions. Written statements may be 

submitted at any time or in response to 

the stated agenda of planned meeting of 

the Threat Reduction Advisory 

Committee. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer for the Threat Reduction 

Advisory Committee, and this 

individual will ensure that the written 

statements are provided to the 

membership for their consideration. 

Contact information for the Threat 

Reduction Advisory Committee 

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 

Threat Reduction Advisory Committee. 

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: May 25, 2010. 

Mitchell S. Bryman, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Federal Advisory Committee; Defense 

Task Force on Sexual Assault in the 

Military Services 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Termination of federal advisory 

committee. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, (5 U.S.C. Appendix), 41 CFR 102– 

3.55 and consistent with the Sunset 

Provisions of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, 

subtitle K, section 576, Public Law 108– 

375, the Department of Defense gives 

notice that it is terminating the Defense 

Task Force on Sexual Assault in the 

Military Services, effective June 1, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Freeman, Deputy Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, 703–601–6128. 

Dated: May 25, 2010. 

Mitchell S. Bryman, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12902 Filed 5–27–10; 8:45 am] 

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