Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees, 22297-22298 [2012-8938]

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 72 (Friday, April 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22297-22298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8938]


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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 10 U.S.C 5024, 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(c), the 
Department of Defense gives notice that it is renewing the charter for 
the Naval Research Advisory Committee (hereafter referred to as ``the 
Committee'').
    The Naval Research Advisory Committee, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-
3.50(c), is a discretionary Federal advisory committee established to 
provide the Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations and 
the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, independent advice and 
recommendations on scientific, technical, and research and development 
matters confronting the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps.
    The Committee shall report to the Secretary of the Navy, through 
the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and 
Acquisitions. The Secretary of the Navy may act upon the Committee's 
advice and recommendations.
    The Committee shall be comprised of no more than 15 members who are 
preeminent authorities in the fields of science, research, and 
development. Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 5024(a), one member of the Committee 
shall be from the field of medicine.
    Committee members appointed by the Secretary of Defense, 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. 
With the exception of travel and per diem for official Committee 
related travel, Committee members shall serve without compensation.
    The Secretary of Defense may approve the appointment of Committee 
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.
    Each Committee 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 Committee's 
mission and DoD policies and procedures, may establish subcommittees 
deemed necessary to support the Committee. 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.
    Such subcommittees 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 have no 
authority to make decisions on behalf of the chartered Committee; nor 
can any

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subcommittee or its members update or report directly to the Department 
of Defense or any Federal officers or employees.
    All subcommittee members shall be appointed in the same manner as 
the Committee members; that is, the Secretary of Defense shall appoint 
subcommittee members even if the member in question is already a 
Committee 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 Committee 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, Advisory Committee 
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-692-5952.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee shall meet at the call of the 
Committee's Designated Federal Officer, in consultation with the Office 
of the Secretary of the Navy and the Committee's Chairperson. The 
estimated number of Committee meetings is four per year.
    In addition, the Designated Federal Officer is required to be in 
attendance at all Committee and subcommittee meetings for the entire 
duration of each and every meeting; however, in the absence of the 
Designated Federal Officer, a properly approved Alternate Designated 
Federal Officer shall attend the entire duration of the Committee or 
subcommittee meeting.
    The Designated Federal Officer, or the Alternate Designated Federal 
Officer, shall call all of the Committee's and subcommittees' meetings; 
prepare and approve all meeting agendas; adjourn any meeting when the 
Designated Federal Officer, or the Alternate Designated Federal 
Officer, determines adjournment to be in the public interest or 
required by governing regulations or DoD policies/procedures; and chair 
meetings when directed to do so by the official to whom the Committee 
reports.
    Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or 
interested organizations may submit written statements to Naval 
Research 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 Naval Research 
Advisory Committee. All written statements shall be submitted to the 
Designated Federal Officer for the Naval Research Advisory Committee, 
and this individual will ensure that the written statements are 
provided to the membership for their consideration. Contact information 
for the Naval Research 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 Naval Research 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: April 10, 2012.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2012-8938 Filed 4-12-12; 8:45 am]
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