[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6358-6359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2752]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Federal Advisory Committee; Defense Advisory Board for Employer 
Support of the Guard and Reserve; Defense Advisory Board for Employer 
Partnership; Charter Revision

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Federal advisory committee charter.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 
1972, (5 U.S.C. Appendix, as amended), the Sunshine in the Government 
Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.65, the 
Department of Defense gives notice that it intends to revise the 
charter for the Defense Advisory Board for Employer Support of the 
Guard and Reserve. Specifically, the Department is: changing the name 
of the committee from the Defense Advisory Board for Employer Support 
of the Guard and Reserve to the Defense Advisory Board for Employer 
Partnership; changing the charter's Objective and Scope from examining 
matters arising from the military service obligations of members of the 
National Guard and Reserve and the impact on their civilian employment 
to providing independent advice and recommendations concerning the 
impact of military service as it applies to civilian employers; and 
changing the Agency or Official to Whom the Committee Reports to 
include the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, DoD Committee Management 
Office, 703-601-6128.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Defense Advisory Board for Employer 
Partnership, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.50(d), is a discretionary Federal 
advisory committee established to provide the Secretary of Defense 
through the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) and 
the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs), with independent 
advice and recommendations concerning the impact of military service as 
it applies to civilian employers.
    Pursuant to DoD policy, the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel 
and Readiness) and Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs) is 
authorized to act upon the Board's advice and recommendations.
    The Board shall be comprised of no more than 15 members appointed 
by the Secretary of Defense.
    Board members shall be appointed by the Secretary of Defense and 
their appointments shall be renewed on an annual basis. Members who are 
not full-time federal officers or employees, shall be appointed as 
experts and consultants under the authority of 5 U.S.C 3109, and serve 
as Special Government Employees.
    Board members, with approval of the Secretary of Defense, may serve 
a term of three years on the Board; however, no Board member may serve 
more than six years on the Board.
    The Board shall have two Co-Chairpersons. One Co-Chairperson shall 
be the National Chair of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. 
This ex-officio appointment shall have the same voting rights as the 
other Board members. The second Co-Chairperson shall be appointed by 
the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs) from the Board 
membership at large. To ensure continuity, the terms of the Co-

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Chairpersons shall expire during alternating years.
    With the exception of travel and per diem for official travel, 
Board members shall serve without compensation.
    The Board shall meet at the call of the Designated Federal Officer, 
in consultation with the Chairperson and the Board's Co-Chairpersons. 
The estimated number of Board meetings is two per year.
    The 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 meetings, however, in the absence of the Designated 
Federal Officer, the Alternate Designated Federal Officer shall attend 
the meeting.
    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, as amended), and other appropriate 
Federal 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 members of the parent committee, 
shall be appointed in the same manner as the Board members.
    Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or 
interested organizations may submit written statements to the Defense 
Advisory Board for Employer Partnership 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 Defense Advisory Board for Employer Partnership.
    All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal 
Officer for the Defense Advisory Board for Employer Partnership, and 
this individual will ensure that the written statements are provided to 
the membership for their consideration. Contact information for the 
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 Defense Advisory Board for Employer 
Partnership. 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: February 4, 2010.
Mitchell S. Bryman,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2010-2752 Filed 2-8-10; 8:45 am]
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