Charter Amendment of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees, 66886-66887 [2015-27710]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Charter Amendment of Department of
Defense Federal Advisory Committees
Department of Defense.
Amendment of Federal
Advisory Committee.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
The Department of Defense is
publishing this notice to announce that
it is amending the charter for the Threat
Reduction Advisory Committee (‘‘the
Committee’’).
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jim
Freeman, Advisory Committee
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Management Officer for the Department
of Defense, 703–692–5952.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
committee’s charter is being amended in
accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5
U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and 41
CFR 102–3.50(d).
The Committee is a discretionary
Federal advisory committee that
provides the Secretary of Defense,
through the Under Secretary of Defense
for Acquisition, Technology, and
Logistics (USD(AT&L)) and the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological
Defense Programs (ASD(NCB)),
independent advice and
recommendations on:
a. Reducing the threat to the United
States, its military forces, and its allies
and partners posed by nuclear,
biological, chemical, conventional, and
special weapons;
b. Combating WMD to include nonproliferation, counterproliferation, and
consequence management;
c. Nuclear deterrence transformation,
nuclear material lockdown and
accountability;
d. Nuclear weapons effects;
e. The nexus of counterproliferation
and counter WMD terrorism; and
f. Other AT&L, NCB, and Defense
Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
mission-related matters, as requested by
the USD(AT&L).
The Department of Defense (DoD),
through the Office of the USD(AT&L),
the Office of the ASD(NCB) Defense
Programs, and DTRA, shall provide
support, as deemed necessary, for the
Committee’s performance, and shall
ensure compliance with the
requirements of the FACA, the
Government in the Sunshine Act of
1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended) (‘‘the
Sunshine Act’’), governing Federal
statutes and regulations, and established
DoD policies and procedures.
The Committee shall be composed of
no more than 25 members who are
eminent authorities in the fields of
national defense, geopolitical and
national security affairs, WMD, nuclear
physics, chemistry, and biology.
The Committee members are
appointed by the Secretary of Defense or
the Deputy Secretary of Defense and
their appointments shall be renewed on
an annual basis in accordance with DoD
policies and procedures. Those
members, who are not full-time or
permanent part-time Federal officers or
employees, shall be appointed as
experts or consultants, pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 3109, to serve as special
government employee (SGE) members.
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Committee members who are full-time
or permanent part-time Federal
employees shall be appointed, pursuant
to 41 CFR 102–3.130(a), to serve as
regular government employee (RGE)
members.
Committee members shall, with the
exception of reimbursement for official
Committee-related travel and per diem,
serve without compensation, unless
otherwise authorized by the Secretary of
Defense.
The Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with USD(AT&L) and the
ASD(NCB), shall select the Committee’s
Chair and Vice Chair from among the
membership approved by the Secretary
of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of
Defense.
The Secretary of Defense or the
Deputy 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
or the Deputy Secretary of Defense, may
serve more than two consecutive terms
of service, to include its subcommittees,
or serve on more than two DoD Federal
advisory committees at one time.
Each Committee member is appointed
to provide advice 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, task forces, or
working groups to support the
Committee. Establishment of
subcommittees will be based upon
written determination, to include terms
of reference, by the Secretary of Defense,
the Deputy Secretary of Defense, or the
USD(AT&L), as the Committee’s
Sponsor.
Such subcommittees shall not work
independently of the chartered
Committee, and shall report their
findings and advice solely to the
Committee for full deliberation and
discussion. Subcommittees have no
authority to make decisions and
recommendations, verbally or in
writing, on behalf of the chartered
Committee. No subcommittee or any of
its members can update or report
directly to the DoD or to 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 or the Deputy
Secretary of Defense shall appoint
subcommittee members to a term of
service of one-to-four years, with annual
renewals, even if the member in
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question is already a Committee
member. Subcommittee members shall
not serve more than two consecutive
terms of service, without approval by
the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy
Secretary of Defense. Subcommittee
members are appointed to provide
advice on the basis of their best
judgment without representing a
particular point of view and in a manner
that is free from conflict of interest.
Subcommittee members, if not fulltime or part-time government
employees, shall be appointed to serve
as experts or consultants, pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 3109, to serve as SGE members.
Those individuals who are full-time or
permanent part-time Federal officers or
employees shall be appointed, pursuant
to 41 CFR 102–3.130(a), to serve as RGE
members. With the exception of
reimbursement for official Committeerelated travel and per diem,
subcommittee members shall serve
without compensation.
All subcommittees operate under the
provisions of FACA, 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
employee, and shall be appointed in
accordance with established DoD
policies and procedures.
In addition, the Committee’s DFO 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
Committee’s DFO, an Alternate DFO,
duly appointed to the Committee,
according to the DoD policies and
procedures, shall attend the entire
duration of the Committee or
subcommittee meeting.
The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall
call all of the Committee’s and
subcommittee’s meetings; prepare and
approve all meeting agendas; and
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.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and
102–3.140, the public or interested
organizations may submit written
statements to Committee 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 Committee.
All written statements shall be
submitted to the DFO for the
Committee, and this individual will
ensure that the written statements are
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provided to the membership for their
consideration. Contact information for
the Committee’s 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 Committee. 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: October 27, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of
Engineers
Inland Waterways Users Board
Meeting Notice
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory
committee meeting.
AGENCY:
The Department of the Army
is publishing this notice to announce
the following Federal advisory
committee meeting of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Inland Waterways
Users Board (Board). This meeting is
open to the public. For additional
information about the Board, please
visit the committee’s Web site at https://
www.iwr.usace.army.mil/Missions/
Navigation/
InlandWaterwaysUsersBoard.aspx.
SUMMARY:
The Army Corps of Engineers,
Inland Waterways Users Board will
meet from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on
December 2, 2015. Public registration
will begin at 8:15 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The Board meeting will be
conducted at the Embassy Suites by
Hilton St. Louis—St. Charles Hotel, Two
Convention Center Plaza, St. Charles,
Missouri 63303 at 636–946–5544.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Mark R. Pointon, the Designated Federal
Officer (DFO) for the committee, in
writing at the Institute for Water
Resources, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR–GM, 7701
Telegraph Road, Casey Building,
Alexandria, Virginia 22315–3868; by
telephone at 703–428–6438; and by
email at Mark.Pointon@usace.army.mil.
Alternatively, contact Mr. Kenneth E.
Lichtman, the Alternate Designated
Federal Officer (ADFO), in writing at the
DATES:
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Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR–GW,
7701 Telegraph Road, Casey Building,
Alexandria, Virginia 22315–3868; by
telephone at 703–428–8083; and by
email at Kenneth.E.Lichtman@
usace.army.mil.
The
committee meeting is being held 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, as amended), and
41 CFR 102–3.150.
Purpose of the Meeting: The Board is
chartered to provide independent
advice and recommendations to the
Secretary of the Army on construction
and rehabilitation project investments
on the commercial navigation features
of the inland waterways system of the
United States. At this meeting, the
Board will receive briefings and
presentations regarding the investments,
projects and status of the inland
waterways system of the United States
and conduct discussions and
deliberations on those matters. The
Board is interested in written and verbal
comments from the public relevant to
these purposes.
Proposed Agenda: At this meeting the
agenda will include the status of
funding for inland navigation projects
and studies, the status of the Inland
Waterways Trust Fund, the status of the
Olmsted Locks and Dam Project, the
Locks and Dams 2, 3, and 4
Monongahela River Project, efficient
funding for Inland Waterways Trust
Fund projects, status of the Inland
Marine Transportation System (IMTS)
Capital Investment Strategy (CIS), the
Lock Performance Monitoring System
(LPMS) Reporting modifications and
reporting navigation notices to maritime
interests, overview of the economic
analysis and preparing traffic
projections, and preliminary discussion
of the Board’s 2015 Annual Report.
Availability of Materials for the
Meeting. A copy of the agenda or any
updates to the agenda for the December
2, 2015 meeting. The final version will
be provided at the meeting. All
materials will be posted to the Web site
after the meeting.
Public Accessibility to the Meeting:
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended,
and 41 CFR 102–3.140 through 102–3.1
65, and subject to the availability of
space, this meeting is open to the
public. Registration of members of the
public who wish to attend the meeting
will begin at 8:15 a.m. on the day of the
meeting. Seating is limited and is on a
first-to-arrive basis. Attendees will be
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Charter Amendment of Department of Defense Federal Advisory
Committees
AGENCY: Department of Defense.
ACTION: Amendment of Federal Advisory Committee.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to
announce that it is amending the charter for the Threat Reduction
Advisory Committee (``the Committee'').
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 amended in
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5
U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and 41 CFR 102-3.50(d).
The Committee is a discretionary Federal advisory committee that
provides the Secretary of Defense, through the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (USD(AT&L)) and the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological
Defense Programs (ASD(NCB)), independent advice and recommendations on:
a. Reducing the threat to the United States, its military forces,
and its allies and partners posed by nuclear, biological, chemical,
conventional, and special weapons;
b. Combating WMD to include non-proliferation,
counterproliferation, and consequence management;
c. Nuclear deterrence transformation, nuclear material lockdown and
accountability;
d. Nuclear weapons effects;
e. The nexus of counterproliferation and counter WMD terrorism; and
f. Other AT&L, NCB, and Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
mission-related matters, as requested by the USD(AT&L).
The Department of Defense (DoD), through the Office of the
USD(AT&L), the Office of the ASD(NCB) Defense Programs, and DTRA, shall
provide support, as deemed necessary, for the Committee's performance,
and shall ensure compliance with the requirements of the FACA, the
Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended)
(``the Sunshine Act''), governing Federal statutes and regulations, and
established DoD policies and procedures.
The Committee shall be composed of no more than 25 members who are
eminent authorities in the fields of national defense, geopolitical and
national security affairs, WMD, nuclear physics, chemistry, and
biology.
The Committee members are appointed by the Secretary of Defense or
the Deputy Secretary of Defense and their appointments shall be renewed
on an annual basis in accordance with DoD policies and procedures.
Those members, who are not full-time or permanent part-time Federal
officers or employees, shall be appointed as experts or consultants,
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, to serve as special government employee
(SGE) members. Committee members who are full-time or permanent part-
time Federal employees shall be appointed, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-
3.130(a), to serve as regular government employee (RGE) members.
Committee members shall, with the exception of reimbursement for
official Committee-related travel and per diem, serve without
compensation, unless otherwise authorized by the Secretary of Defense.
The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with USD(AT&L) and the
ASD(NCB), shall select the Committee's Chair and Vice Chair from among
the membership approved by the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy
Secretary of Defense.
The Secretary of Defense or the Deputy 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 or the Deputy Secretary of Defense, may serve more than two
consecutive terms of service, to include its subcommittees, or serve on
more than two DoD Federal advisory committees at one time.
Each Committee member is appointed to provide advice 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,
task forces, or working groups to support the Committee. Establishment
of subcommittees will be based upon written determination, to include
terms of reference, by the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary
of Defense, or the USD(AT&L), as the Committee's Sponsor.
Such subcommittees shall not work independently of the chartered
Committee, and shall report their findings and advice solely to the
Committee for full deliberation and discussion. Subcommittees have no
authority to make decisions and recommendations, verbally or in
writing, on behalf of the chartered Committee. No subcommittee or any
of its members can update or report directly to the DoD or to 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 or the Deputy
Secretary of Defense shall appoint subcommittee members to a term of
service of one-to-four years, with annual renewals, even if the member
in
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question is already a Committee member. Subcommittee members shall not
serve more than two consecutive terms of service, without approval by
the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense.
Subcommittee members are appointed to provide advice on the basis of
their best judgment without representing a particular point of view and
in a manner that is free from conflict of interest.
Subcommittee members, if not full-time or part-time government
employees, shall be appointed to serve as experts or consultants,
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, to serve as SGE members. Those individuals
who are full-time or permanent part-time Federal officers or employees
shall be appointed, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.130(a), to serve as RGE
members. With the exception of reimbursement for official Committee-
related travel and per diem, subcommittee members shall serve without
compensation.
All subcommittees operate under the provisions of FACA, 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 employee, and shall be
appointed in accordance with established DoD policies and procedures.
In addition, the Committee's DFO 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 Committee's DFO, an
Alternate DFO, duly appointed to the Committee, according to the DoD
policies and procedures, shall attend the entire duration of the
Committee or subcommittee meeting.
The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall call all of the Committee's
and subcommittee's meetings; prepare and approve all meeting agendas;
and 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.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or
interested organizations may submit written statements to Committee
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 Committee.
All written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the
Committee, and this individual will ensure that the written statements
are provided to the membership for their consideration. Contact
information for the Committee's 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 Committee. 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: October 27, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-27710 Filed 10-29-15; 8:45 am]
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