[Federal Register: November 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 222)]
[Notices]
[Page 67840-67841]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Establishment of Department of Defense Federal Advisory
Committees
AGENCY: Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice; Establishment of Federal Advisory Committee.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of section 1082 of Public Law 110-181,
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 is establishing the Advisory Panel on Department of Defense
Capabilities for Support of Civil Authorities After Certain Incidents
(hereafter referred to as the Panel).
The Panel is a non-discretionary federal advisory committee
established under the authority of section 1082 of Public Law 110-181
and 41 CFR 102-3.50(a) to carry out an assessment of the capabilities
of the Department of Defense to provide support to U.S. civil
authorities in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological,
nuclear, or high-yield explosive incident.
The Advisory Panel on Department of Defense Capabilities for
Support of Civil Authorities After Certain Incidents is required by
statute to submit a report within 12 months of its findings and
recommendations. The report will be submitted to the Secretary of
Defense and the Committees on Armed Services on the Senate and the
House of Representatives.
The Advisory Panel on Department of Defense Capabilities for
Support of Civil Authorities After Certain Incidents shall be composed
of a chairperson and no more than nineteen additional members who have
expertise in the legal, operational, and organizational aspects of the
management of the consequences of a chemical, biological, radiological,
nuclear, or high-yield explosive incident.
Panel members appointed by the Secretary of Defense, who are not
full-time or permanent part-time employees of the federal government,
shall be appointed as experts and consultants under the authority of 5
U.S.C. 3109 and, with the exception of travel and per diem for official
travel, they shall serve without compensation. These experts and
consultants shall serve as special government employees.
The Department of Defense intends to authorize the Advisory Panel
on Department of Defense Capabilities for Support of Civil Authorities
After Certain Incidents to establish and use subcommittees, and the
Panel, to include any subcommittees, will operate under the provisions
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the Sunshine in the
Government Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR, Parts
102-3 through 102-3.185.
Such subcommittees or workgroups shall not work independently of
the chartered Panel, and shall report all their recommendations and
advice to the Panel for full deliberation and discussion. Subcommittees
or workgroups have no authority to make
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decisions on behalf of the chartered Panel nor can they report directly
to the Department of Defense or any federal officers or employees who
are not Panel Members.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Deputy Committee
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-601-6128.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Panel shall meet at the call of the
Panel's Designated Federal Officer, in consultation with the Panel's
chairperson. 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.
The Designated Federal Officer or duly appointed Alternate Designated
Federal Officer shall attend all committee meetings and subcommittee
meetings.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or
interested organizations may submit written statements to the Advisory
Panel on Department of Defense Capabilities for Support of Civil
Authorities After Certain Incidents membership about the Panel's
mission and functions. Written statements may be submitted at any time
or in response to the stated agenda of planned meeting of the Advisory
Panel on Department of Defense Capabilities for Support of Civil
Authorities After Certain Incidents.
All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal
Officer for the Advisory Panel on Department of Defense Capabilities
for Support of Civil Authorities After Certain Incidents, and this
individual will ensure that the written statements are provided to the
membership for their consideration. Contact information for the
Advisory Panel on Department of Defense Capabilities for Support of
Civil Authorities After Certain Incidents' Designated Federal Officer,
once appointed, may 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 Advisory Panel on Department of
Defense Capabilities for Support of Civil Authorities After Certain
Incidents. 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: November 7, 2008.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. E8-27193 Filed 11-14-08; 8:45 am]
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