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collected data will not be linked to the
respondent and contact information that
is used for sampling purposes will be
maintained in a separate file from the
quantitative data. Respondents are not
required to provide any identifying
information such as their name, address,
or Social Security Number. In order to
access and complete the online survey,
respondents will need to use the
username, password, and survey ID
number provided by the USPTO.
II. Method of Collection
By mail or electronically over the
Internet if respondents choose to
complete the survey online.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0057.
Form Number(s): No form numbers.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; businesses or other forprofits; and non-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,500 responses per year, with an
estimated 75 submitted by small
entities. Out of a sample size of 2,750
for each wave of data collection, the
USPTO estimates that 1,250 completed
surveys will be received, for a response
rate of 45%. This estimate was based on
the response rates of the previous
survey waves that the USPTO has
conducted. Each year of the survey will
include two waves of data collection
with an estimated 2,500 completed
surveys received annually (1,250
completed surveys x 2 waves of the
survey). Of this total, the USPTO
estimates that 20% (500) of the surveys
will be returned by mail and that 80%
(2,000) of the surveys will be completed
using the online option.
Estimated Time Per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it takes the public
approximately 10 minutes (0.17 hours)
to complete either the paper or online
version of this survey. This estimated
time includes gathering the necessary
information, completing the survey, and
submitting it to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 425 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost Burden: $144,500. The USPTO
estimates that attorneys will be
completing these surveys. Using the
professional hourly rate of $340 for
attorneys in private firms, the USPTO
estimates $144,500 per year for the
respondent cost burden for this
collection.
Estimated
time for
response
(minutes)
Item
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
annual burden
hours
Customer Panel Quality Survey ..................................................................................................
Electronic Customer Panel Quality Survey .................................................................................
10
10
500
2,000
85
340
Totals ....................................................................................................................................
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2,500
425
Estimated Total Annual Non-hour
Respondent Cost Burden: $0. There are
no annual (non-hour) costs for this
information collection. The USPTO
covers the costs of all survey materials
and provides postage-paid, preaddressed return envelopes for the
completed mail surveys.
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Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, e.g., the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
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Dated: April 4, 2012.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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Office of the Secretary
Renewal of Department of Defense
Federal Advisory Committees
DoD.
Renewal of Federal Advisory
Committee.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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
(DoD) gives notice that it is renewing
the charter for the Defense Science
Board (hereafter referred to as ‘‘the
Board’’).
The Board shall provide the Secretary
of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of
Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense
for Acquisition, Technology and
Logistics, the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, and as requested, other
Office of the Secretary of Defense
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Principal Staff Assistants, the
Secretaries of the Military Departments,
and the Commanders of the Combatant
Commands, independent advice and
recommendations on science,
technology, manufacturing, acquisition
process, and other matters of special
interest to the DoD. Tasks assigned to
the Board or its authorized
subcommittees shall be determined by
the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy
Secretary of Defense, or the Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology and Logistics.
The Board is not established to advise
on individual DoD procurements, but
instead shall be concerned with the
pressing and complex technology
problems facing the Department in such
areas as research, engineering, and
manufacturing, and will ensure the
identification of new technologies and
new applications of technology in those
areas to strengthen national security. 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 Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
shall be authorized to act upon the
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advice and recommendations of the
Board.
The Board shall report to the
Secretary of Defense through the Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology and Logistics.
The Board shall be comprised of no
more than 45 members and no more
than 13 Senior Fellow members, who
are eminent authorities in the fields of
science, technology, manufacturing,
acquisition process, and other matters of
special interest to the DoD. Senior
Fellows shall be voting members and
count toward the Board’s total
membership.
Board members and Senior Fellows
shall be appointed by the Secretary of
Defense and their appointments shall be
renewed on an annual basis. Those
members or Senior Fellows, 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 shall
serve as special government employee
members.
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.
Such appointments will normally be
staggered among the Board membership
to ensure an orderly turnover in the
Board’s overall composition on a
periodic basis. With the exception of
travel and per diem for official Board
related travel, Board members and
Senior Fellows shall serve without
compensation, unless the Secretary of
Defense authorizes compensation for
particular member(s).
The Secretary of Defense, based upon
the recommendation of the Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology and Logistics, shall appoint
the Board’s Chairperson. The Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology and Logistics shall appoint
the Vice Chairperson. The Board
Chairperson and Vice Chairperson may
serve more than one term of service, not
to exceed two terms, and not to exceed
their maximum allowed membership on
the Board.
The Secretary of Defense may invite
other distinguished U.S. Government
officers or chairpersons from other DoD
supported federal advisory committees
to serve as non-voting observers.
The Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
may appoint experts and consultants,
with special expertise, to assist the
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Board on an ad hoc basis. These experts
and consultants, if not full-time or parttime 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
observers and those non-voting experts
and consultants appointed by the Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics shall not
count toward the Board’s total
membership.
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 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.
The Committee has established two
permanent subcommittees:
a. The Permanent Task Force on
Nuclear Weapons Surety shall be
comprised of no more than 15 members.
The primary focus of the Task Force is
to assess all aspects of nuclear weapons
surety to include military, federal, and
contractors. This assessment should
include, but is not limited to: nuclear
weapons physical security, nuclear
weapons safety, nuclear weapons
control, command and control, nuclear
operations (crew training) and
execution, and nuclear surety policy.
Continue to build on the work of the
former Joint Advisory Committee on
Nuclear Weapons Surety, the Nuclear
Command & Control System End-to-End
Review, and the Drell Panel. Review
and recommend methods and strategies
to maintain a safe, secure, and effective
nuclear deterrent. Monitor and review
the readiness of U.S. nuclear forces and
weapons operations. The estimated
number of subcommittee meetings is up
to 12 per year.
b. The Survivability of DoD Systems
and Assets to Electromagnetic Pulse
(EMP) and Other Nuclear Weapons
Effects Task Force shall be comprised of
no more than 15 members. The focus of
the Task Force should be to assess
implementation of the DoD Instruction
3150.09, The Chemical, Biological,
Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN)
Survivability Policy, dated September
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17, 2008, covering nuclear survivability,
including EMP, and to assess the
effectiveness of the management
oversight group established by the DoD
Instruction. Conduct an independent
review and assessment of DoD’s EMP
survivability program, and review other
matters associated with nuclear
survivability, such as the first biennial
DoD report to Congress on EMP
survivability. The estimated number of
subcommittee meetings is up to 12 per
year.
These subcommittees 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 have no
authority to make decisions 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.
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 fulltime or part-time government
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 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 Board
related 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim
Freeman, Deputy 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 Board’s
Chairperson. The estimated number of
Board meetings is four per year.
The Designated Federal Officer,
pursuant to DoD policy, shall be a fulltime or permanent part-time DoD
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employee, and shall be appointed in
accordance with governing DoD policies
and procedures.
In addition, the 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
Designated Federal Officer, the
Alternate Designated Federal Officer
shall attend the entire duration of the
Board or subcommittee meeting.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and
102–3.140, the public or interested
organizations may submit written
statements to Defense Science Board
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 Defense Science Board.
All written statements shall be
submitted to the Designated Federal
Officer for the Defense Science Board,
and this individual will ensure that the
written statements are provided to the
membership for their consideration.
Contact information for the Defense
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
Defense 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 4, 2012.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Submission for OMB Review;
Application for Grants Under the
Upward Bound Math and Science
Program
Office of Postsecondary
Education, Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The Upward Bound Math and
Science (UBMS) program provides
grants to institutions of higher
education, public and private agencies
and organizations, and communitybased organizations with experience in
serving disadvantaged youth,
combinations of such institutions,
agencies and organizations, and
secondary schools and provides grants
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for projects designed to provide the
skills and motivation necessary for
success in a program of postsecondary
education that lead to careers in math
and science.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 9,
2012.
Written comments
regarding burden and/or the collection
activity requirements should be
electronically mailed to
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or mailed to U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW., LBJ, Washington, DC
20202–4537. Copies of the proposed
information collection request may be
accessed from https://edicsweb.ed.gov,
by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending
Collections’’ link and by clicking on
link number 04838. When you access
the information collection, click on
‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view.
Written requests for information should
be addressed to U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
Requests may also be electronically
mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed
to 202–401–0920. Please specify the
complete title of the information
collection and OMB Control Number
when making your request.
Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–
8339.
ADDRESSES:
Section
3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires
that Federal agencies provide interested
parties an early opportunity to comment
on information collection requests. The
Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information
and Records Management Services,
Office of Management, publishes this
notice containing proposed information
collection requests at the beginning of
the Departmental review of the
information collection. The Department
of Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
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response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Application for
Grants under the Upward Bound Math
and Science Program.
OMB Control Number: Pending.
Type of Review: New.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 475.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 15,830.
Abstract: The U. S. Department of
Education is requesting a new
application for grants under the Upward
Bound Math and Science (UBMS). The
previous package was part of the regular
Upward Bound Program (UB) (OMB No.
1840–0550) package. The regular UB
program provides federal grants for
three types of projects: regular UB,
UBMS, and Veterans Upward Bound.
However, each project has a separate
collection; therefore, we are requesting
a new application package. The
Department is requesting a new
application because of the
implementation of the Higher Education
Opportunity Act revisions to the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended, the
authorizing statute for the program. This
application will be used to award new
grants and collect data.
This information collection is being
submitted under the Streamlined
Clearance Process for Discretionary
Grant Information Collections (1894–
0001). Therefore, the 30-day public
comment period notice will be the only
public comment notice published for
this information collection.
Dated: April 3, 2012.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance
Division, Privacy, Information and Records
Management Services, Office of Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Submission for OMB Review;
Application for Grants Under the
Veterans Upward Bound Program
Office of Postsecondary
Education, Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The Veterans Upward Bound
(VUB) program provides grants to
institutions of higher education, public
and private agencies and organizations,
community-based organization with
experience in serving disadvantaged
youth, combinations of such
institutions, agencies and organizations,
and secondary schools. The VUB
program provides grants to projects
designed to prepare, motivate and assist
military veterans in the development of
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees
AGENCY: 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(d), the Department of Defense
(DoD) gives notice that it is renewing the charter for the Defense
Science Board (hereafter referred to as ``the Board'').
The Board shall provide the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy
Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology and Logistics, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
and as requested, other Office of the Secretary of Defense Principal
Staff Assistants, the Secretaries of the Military Departments, and the
Commanders of the Combatant Commands, independent advice and
recommendations on science, technology, manufacturing, acquisition
process, and other matters of special interest to the DoD. Tasks
assigned to the Board or its authorized subcommittees shall be
determined by the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of
Defense, or the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology
and Logistics.
The Board is not established to advise on individual DoD
procurements, but instead shall be concerned with the pressing and
complex technology problems facing the Department in such areas as
research, engineering, and manufacturing, and will ensure the
identification of new technologies and new applications of technology
in those areas to strengthen national security. 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 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and
Logistics shall be authorized to act upon the
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advice and recommendations of the Board.
The Board shall report to the Secretary of Defense through the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics.
The Board shall be comprised of no more than 45 members and no more
than 13 Senior Fellow members, who are eminent authorities in the
fields of science, technology, manufacturing, acquisition process, and
other matters of special interest to the DoD. Senior Fellows shall be
voting members and count toward the Board's total membership.
Board members and Senior Fellows shall be appointed by the
Secretary of Defense and their appointments shall be renewed on an
annual basis. Those members or Senior Fellows, 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 shall
serve as special government employee members.
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.
Such appointments will normally be staggered among the Board
membership to ensure an orderly turnover in the Board's overall
composition on a periodic basis. With the exception of travel and per
diem for official Board related travel, Board members and Senior
Fellows shall serve without compensation, unless the Secretary of
Defense authorizes compensation for particular member(s).
The Secretary of Defense, based upon the recommendation of the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics,
shall appoint the Board's Chairperson. The Under Secretary of Defense
for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics shall appoint the Vice
Chairperson. The Board Chairperson and Vice Chairperson may serve more
than one term of service, not to exceed two terms, and not to exceed
their maximum allowed membership on the Board.
The Secretary of Defense may invite other distinguished U.S.
Government officers or chairpersons from other DoD supported federal
advisory committees to serve as non-voting observers.
The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and
Logistics may appoint 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
observers and those non-voting experts and consultants appointed by the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
shall not count toward the Board's total membership.
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
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.
The Committee has established two permanent subcommittees:
a. The Permanent Task Force on Nuclear Weapons Surety shall be
comprised of no more than 15 members. The primary focus of the Task
Force is to assess all aspects of nuclear weapons surety to include
military, federal, and contractors. This assessment should include, but
is not limited to: nuclear weapons physical security, nuclear weapons
safety, nuclear weapons control, command and control, nuclear
operations (crew training) and execution, and nuclear surety policy.
Continue to build on the work of the former Joint Advisory Committee on
Nuclear Weapons Surety, the Nuclear Command & Control System End-to-End
Review, and the Drell Panel. Review and recommend methods and
strategies to maintain a safe, secure, and effective nuclear deterrent.
Monitor and review the readiness of U.S. nuclear forces and weapons
operations. The estimated number of subcommittee meetings is up to 12
per year.
b. The Survivability of DoD Systems and Assets to Electromagnetic
Pulse (EMP) and Other Nuclear Weapons Effects Task Force shall be
comprised of no more than 15 members. The focus of the Task Force
should be to assess implementation of the DoD Instruction 3150.09, The
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Survivability
Policy, dated September 17, 2008, covering nuclear survivability,
including EMP, and to assess the effectiveness of the management
oversight group established by the DoD Instruction. Conduct an
independent review and assessment of DoD's EMP survivability program,
and review other matters associated with nuclear survivability, such as
the first biennial DoD report to Congress on EMP survivability. The
estimated number of subcommittee meetings is up to 12 per year.
These subcommittees 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 have no
authority to make decisions 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. 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 part-time government
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
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 Board related 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Deputy 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 Board's
Chairperson. The estimated number of Board meetings is four per year.
The Designated Federal Officer, pursuant to DoD policy, shall be a
full-time or permanent part-time DoD
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employee, and shall be appointed in accordance with governing DoD
policies and procedures.
In addition, the 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
Designated Federal Officer, the Alternate Designated Federal Officer
shall attend the entire duration of the Board or subcommittee meeting.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or
interested organizations may submit written statements to Defense
Science Board 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 Defense Science Board.
All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal
Officer for the Defense Science Board, and this individual will ensure
that the written statements are provided to the membership for their
consideration. Contact information for the Defense 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 Defense 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 4, 2012.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2012-8456 Filed 4-6-12; 8:45 am]
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