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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 102 / Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / Notices
Dated: May 22, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Renewal of Department of Defense
Federal Advisory Committees
DoD.
Renewal of Federal Advisory
Committee.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of Defense is
publishing this notice to announce that
it is renewing the charter for the U.S.
Air Force Scientific Advisory Board
(‘‘the Board’’).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim
Freeman, Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department
of Defense, 703–692–5952.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
committee’s charter is being renewed
under the provisions of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5
U.S.C. Appendix, as amended), the
Government in the Sunshine Act of
1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b) (‘‘the Sunshine
Act’’), and 41 CFR 102–3.50(d).
The Board shall provide independent
advice and recommendations to the
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary
of the Air Force, to include the
Secretary of the Air Force’s senior
leadership, as determined by the Office
of the Secretary of the Air Force and
shall:
a. Conduct studies on topics deemed
critical by the Secretary of the Air Force
and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
b. Recommend application of
technology to improve U.S. Air Force
capabilities.
c. Provide an independent review of
the quality and relevance of the U.S. Air
Force science and technology program.
The Board is not established to advise
on individual Department of Defense
(DoD) or Department of the Air Force
procurements, but instead shall be
concerned with pressing and complex
technology and business management
issues facing the Department of the Air
Force 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 contracting or procurement
official. The DoD, through the Office of
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the Secretary of the Air Force, shall
provide support as deemed necessary,
for the Board’s performance and
functions, and shall ensure compliance
with the requirement of the FACA, the
Sunshine Act, governing Federal
statutes and regulations, and established
DoD policies and procedures.
The Board shall be comprised of no
more than 20 members; all members are
distinguished members of the science
and technology communities; Federally
Funded Research and Development
Centers, National Laboratories, industry,
and academia (universities and
colleges). Board members appointed by
the Secretary of Defense or Deputy
Secretary of Defense, who are not fulltime 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
(SGE) members. Board members
appointed by the Secretary of Defense or
Deputy Secretary of Defense, who are
full-time or permanent part-time Federal
employees, shall serve as regular
government employee (RGE) members.
All Board members shall be appointed
by the Secretary of Defense or Deputy
Secretary of Defense and their
appointments must be renewed on an
annual basis.
The Secretary of Defense authorizes
the Secretary of the Air Force to select
the Board’s Chair and Vice Chair from
among Board members previously
approved by the Secretary of Defense or
Deputy Secretary of Defense. In
addition, the Secretary of the Air Force
may appoint, as deemed necessary, nonvoting consultants to provide technical
subject matter expertise to the Board.
These consultants, if not full-time or
part-time Federal employees, shall be
appointed under the authority of 5
U.S.C. 3109, shall serve as SGE
members, and shall be appointed on an
intermittent basis to work specific
Board-related efforts; such individuals
shall have no voting rights and shall not
count toward the Board’s total
membership.
Board members and consultants, with
the exception of travel and per diem for
official travel, shall serve without
compensation.
The Secretary of Defense or the
Deputy Secretary of Defense may
approve Board members for one to fouryear terms of service, with annual
renewals; however, no member, unless
authorized by the Secretary of Defense
or Deputy 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.
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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 DoD, when necessary, and
consistent with the Board’s mission and
DoD policies and procedures, may
establish subcommittees, task forces, or
working groups 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 Secretary of
the Air Force, as the Board’s sponsor.
Such subcommittees shall not work
independently of the chartered Board,
and shall report all their
recommendations and advice solely to
the Board for full and open deliberation
and discussion. Subcommittees, task
forces, or working groups have no
authority to make decisions and
recommendations, verbally or in
writing, on behalf of the chartered
Board. No subcommittee or any of its
members can update or report, verbally
or in writing, on behalf of the Board,
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 or the Deputy 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, with
annual renewals; 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 serve as
SGE members. Subcommittee members
who are full-time or permanent parttime Federal employees, shall be
appointed to serve as RGE members. All
subcommittee member appointments
shall be renewed 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, governing Federal
statutes and regulations, and established
DoD policies and procedures.
The Designated Federal Officer (DFO),
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 Board’s DFO is
required to be in attendance at all
meetings of the Board and its
subcommittee for the entire duration of
each and every meeting; however, in the
absence of the DFO, a properly
approved Alternate DFO, duly
appointed to the Board according to
established DoD policies and
procedures, shall attend the entire
duration of the meetings of the Board or
subcommittees.
The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall
call all meetings of the Board and its
subcommittees; prepare and approve all
meeting agendas; adjourn any meeting
when the DFO, or the Alternate DFO,
determines adjournment to be in the
public interest or required by governing
regulations or DoD policies and
procedures; and chair meetings when
directed to do so by the official to whom
the Board reports.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and
102–3.140, the public or interested
organizations may submit written
statements to U.S. Air Force Scientific
Advisory 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 U.S. Air Force
Scientific Advisory Board.
All written statements shall be
submitted to the DFO for the U.S. Air
Force Scientific Advisory Board, and
this individual will ensure that the
written statements are provided to the
membership for their consideration.
Contact information for the U.S. Air
Force Scientific Advisory Board DFO
can be obtained from the GSA’s FACA
Database—https://
www.facadatabase.gov/. The DFO,
pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.150, will
announce planned meetings of the U.S.
Air Force Scientific Advisory Board.
The DFO, 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 22, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Reserve Forces Policy Board; Notice
of Federal Advisory Committee
Meeting; Revision
Office of the Secretary of
Defense, Reserve Forces Policy Board
(RFPB), DoD.
ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory
Committee Meeting; revision.
AGENCY:
On Wednesday, May 14,
2014, the Department of Defense
published a notice in the Federal
Register announcing a Federal Advisory
Committee meeting of the Reserve
Forces Policy Board (79 FR 27579–
27580). Subsequent to the publication of
that notice, DoD realized that the
sequencing of the meeting agenda
presentations must be altered to
accommodate scheduling difficulties
with certain presentations. This notice
revises the sequencing of the meeting
agenda presentations and revises the
times of each presentation.
DATES: Wednesday, June 4, 2014 from
8:40 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The address is the
Pentagon, Room 3E863, Arlington, VA.
An escort may be required as discussed
in the meeting accessibility section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Alex Sabol, Designated Federal Officer,
(703) 681–0577 (Voice), (703) 681–0002
(Facsimile), Email—
Alexander.J.Sabol.Civ@Mail.Mil.
Mailing address is Reserve Forces Policy
Board, 5113 Leesburg Pike, Suite 601,
Falls Church, VA 22041. Web site:
https://ra.defense.gov/rfpb/. The most
up-to-date changes to the meeting can
be found on the RFPB’s Web site.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Reserve Forces Policy Board must
amend its meeting agenda for its
meeting on June 4, 2014. The previously
approved and announced agenda topics
remain unchanged, but the sequencing
of presentations must be altered to
accommodate scheduling difficulties
with certain presentations. Due to the
lateness of these changes, the designated
federal officer for the Reserve Forces
Policy Board is unable to file an
amended Federal Register notice as
required by 41 CFR § 102–3.150(a).
Based on the facts and circumstances,
the Advisory Committee Management
Officer for the Department of Defense,
pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.150(b),
waives the 15-calendar day notification
requirement.
This meeting is being held under the
provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972 (FACA) (5
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U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the
Government in the Sunshine Act of
1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and
41 CFR 102–3.150.
Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose
of the meeting is to obtain, review and
evaluate information related to
strategies, policies, and practices
designed to improve and enhance the
capabilities, efficiency, and
effectiveness of the Reserve
Components.
Agenda: The RFPB will hold a
meeting from 8:40 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
The portion of the meeting from 10:35
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. will be closed to the
public and will consist of remarks to the
RFPB from the Deputy Secretary of
Defense, the Acting Under Secretary of
Defense (Personnel & Readiness), the
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Cyber Policy, and the
Deputy Chief of Staff, G–3/5/7, United
States Army Forces Command, each of
whom will likely address future
strategies for use of the Reserve
Components, highlighting issues
impacting reserve organizations, the
right balance of Active and Reserve
Component forces, the cost to maintain
a strong Reserve Component, their
thoughts on the increased emphasis
placed on cyber security and the logical
mission fit for Reserve Component
members. Additionally, the RFPB’s
Cyber Policy Task Group plans to
provide an update to the RFPB on its
current findings concerning the
Services’ Active and Reserve cyber force
structure and force structure
management and will offer
recommendations for Board
consideration. The open portion of the
meeting from 8:40 a.m. to 10:35 a.m.
will consist of the Cost Methodology
Update and remarks from the chairs of
the three RFPB subcommittees’ chairs
who will provide updates on their work.
The Enhancing DoD’s Role in the
Homeland Subcommittee plans to
provide an update to the RFPB on the
Presidential Nominating Convention
funding recommendation and other
Homeland issues being researched as
possible RFPB matters of interest. The
Supporting & Sustaining Reserve
Component Personnel Subcommittee
plans to provide an update to the RFPB
on Survivor Benefits Program & Duty
Status recommendations to the
Secretary of Defense and discuss
findings on the Service’s Reserve
Component Transition Assistance
Programs and other Total Force Policies
issues. The Ensuring a Ready, Capable,
Available and Sustainable Operational
Reserve Subcommittee plans to provide
a discussion on the examination of
Reserve enlisted and junior officer
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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: The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to
announce that it is renewing the charter for the U.S. Air Force
Scientific Advisory Board (``the Board'').
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-692-5952.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This committee's charter is being renewed
under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5
U.S.C. Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of
1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b) (``the Sunshine Act''), and 41 CFR 102-3.50(d).
The Board shall provide independent advice and recommendations to
the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Air Force, to include
the Secretary of the Air Force's senior leadership, as determined by
the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force and shall:
a. Conduct studies on topics deemed critical by the Secretary of
the Air Force and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
b. Recommend application of technology to improve U.S. Air Force
capabilities.
c. Provide an independent review of the quality and relevance of
the U.S. Air Force science and technology program.
The Board is not established to advise on individual Department of
Defense (DoD) or Department of the Air Force procurements, but instead
shall be concerned with pressing and complex technology and business
management issues facing the Department of the Air Force 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 contracting or procurement
official. The DoD, through the Office of the Secretary of the Air
Force, shall provide support as deemed necessary, for the Board's
performance and functions, and shall ensure compliance with the
requirement of the FACA, the Sunshine Act, governing Federal statutes
and regulations, and established DoD policies and procedures.
The Board shall be comprised of no more than 20 members; all
members are distinguished members of the science and technology
communities; Federally Funded Research and Development Centers,
National Laboratories, industry, and academia (universities and
colleges). Board members appointed by the Secretary of Defense or
Deputy 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 (SGE) members. Board members appointed by
the Secretary of Defense or Deputy Secretary of Defense, who are full-
time or permanent part-time Federal employees, shall serve as regular
government employee (RGE) members. All Board members shall be appointed
by the Secretary of Defense or Deputy Secretary of Defense and their
appointments must be renewed on an annual basis.
The Secretary of Defense authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force
to select the Board's Chair and Vice Chair from among Board members
previously approved by the Secretary of Defense or Deputy Secretary of
Defense. In addition, the Secretary of the Air Force may appoint, as
deemed necessary, non-voting consultants to provide technical subject
matter expertise to the Board.
These consultants, if not full-time or part-time Federal employees,
shall be appointed under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall serve as
SGE members, and shall be appointed on an intermittent basis to work
specific Board-related efforts; such individuals shall have no voting
rights and shall not count toward the Board's total membership.
Board members and consultants, with the exception of travel and per
diem for official travel, shall serve without compensation.
The Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense may
approve Board members for one to four-year terms of service, with
annual renewals; however, no member, unless authorized by the Secretary
of Defense or Deputy 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 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 DoD, when necessary, and consistent with the Board's mission
and DoD policies and procedures, may establish subcommittees, task
forces, or working groups 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 Secretary of the Air Force, as the Board's sponsor.
Such subcommittees shall not work independently of the chartered
Board, and shall report all their recommendations and advice solely to
the Board for full and open deliberation and discussion. Subcommittees,
task forces, or working groups have no authority to make decisions and
recommendations, verbally or in writing, on behalf of the chartered
Board. No subcommittee or any of its members can update or report,
verbally or in writing, on behalf of the Board, 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 or the Deputy
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, with annual renewals;
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 serve as SGE members. Subcommittee
members who are full-time or permanent part-time Federal employees,
shall be appointed to serve as RGE members. All subcommittee member
appointments shall be renewed 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, governing Federal statutes and
regulations, and established DoD policies and procedures.
The Designated Federal Officer (DFO), 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 Board's DFO is required to be in attendance at all
meetings of the Board and its subcommittee for the entire duration of
each and every meeting; however, in the absence of the DFO, a properly
approved Alternate DFO, duly appointed to the Board according to
established DoD policies and procedures, shall attend the entire
duration of the meetings of the Board or subcommittees.
The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall call all meetings of the Board
and its subcommittees; prepare and approve all meeting agendas; adjourn
any meeting when the DFO, or the Alternate DFO, determines adjournment
to be in the public interest or required by governing regulations or
DoD policies and procedures; and chair meetings when directed to do so
by the official to whom the Board reports.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or
interested organizations may submit written statements to U.S. Air
Force Scientific Advisory 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 U.S. Air Force
Scientific Advisory Board.
All written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the U.S.
Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, and this individual will ensure
that the written statements are provided to the membership for their
consideration. Contact information for the U.S. Air Force Scientific
Advisory Board DFO can be obtained from the GSA's FACA Database--https://www.facadatabase.gov/. The DFO, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150, will
announce planned meetings of the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory
Board. The DFO, 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 22, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2014-12243 Filed 5-27-14; 8:45 am]
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