[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 83 (Friday, April 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22756-22757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10122]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Federal Advisory Committee; United States Army Science Board;
Charter Renewal
AGENCY: Department of Defense (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, the Department of Defense gives
notice that it is renewing the charter for the United States Army
Science Board (hereafter referred to as the Board).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Deputy Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-601-6128.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board is a discretionary Federal
advisory committee that shall provide independent advice and
recommendations on matters relating to the Army's scientific,
technical, manufacturing, acquisition, logistics, and business
management functions, and other Department of the Army related matters
as determined by the Secretary of the Army.
The Board shall provide independent advice and recommendations to
the Secretary of Defense; the Secretary of the Army; the Under
Secretary of the Army and Department of the Army Chief Management
Officer; the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics
and Technology; and as requested, other Army organizations as
determined by the Office of the Secretary of the Army.
The Board is not established to advice on individual DoD or
Department of the Army procurements, but instead shall be concerned
with the pressing and complex technology and business management issues
facing the Department of the Army 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 contraction or procurement
official.
The Board shall be composed of not more than 80 members who are
eminent authorities in one or more of the following disciplines:
Science, technology, manufacturing, acquisition, logistics, business
management functions, and other matters of special interest to the
Department of the Army.
Board members shall be appointed by the Secretary of Defense, and
their appointments will be renewed on an annual basis. Those members,
who are not full-time or permanent part-time federal officers or
employees, shall be appointed as experts and consultants under the
authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, and shall serve as special government
employees.
Generally, Board members will be approved by the appointing
authority to serve on the Board for a term of three years with annual
reappointments. Board members may be approved by the appointing
authority to serve on the Board for an additional term with annual
reappointments. Appointments normally, will be staggered among the
Board membership to ensure balance and an orderly turnover of the
Board's overall composition on a periodic basis.
The Secretary of the Army shall designate the Board's Chairperson
and Vice Chairperson from the total Board membership. Unless otherwise
extended by the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Army, the Board's Chairperson and Vice Chairperson
shall serve two-year term limits.
With the exception of travel and per diem for official travel,
Board members shall serve without compensation. The Secretary of the
Army may authorize compensation for Board members when the
circumstances warrant.
The Secretary of the Army, pursuant to DoD policies and procedures,
may appoint, as deemed necessary, non-voting consultants to provide
special expertise to the Board. However, no more than 41 experts and
consultants may be appointed to advise the Board. 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, shall have no voting
rights whatsoever on the Board or any of its subcommittees, and shall
not count toward the Board's total membership. Six of the 41 experts
and consultants shall be designated ``Senior Army Science Board
Fellows'', and shall be former Board members. All 41 experts and
consultants shall serve terms of appointments as determined by the
Secretary of the Army, and those appointments shall be renewed as
appropriate.
With DoD approval, the Board is authorized to establish
subcommittees, as necessary and consistent with its mission. These
subcommittees or working groups shall operate under the provisions of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the Government in the
Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and other appropriate Federal
statutes and regulations.
Such subcommittees or workgroups 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
or workgroups have no authority to make decisions on behalf of the
chartered Board; nor can they report directly to the Department of
Defense or any Federal officers or employees who are not Board members.
Subcommittee members, who are not Board members, shall be appointed
in the same manner as the Board members.
The Board shall meet at the call of the Board's Designated Federal
Officer, in consultation with the Chairperson. The estimated number of
Board meetings is four per year.
The Designated Federal Officer and Alternate 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. In addition, the Designated
Federal Officer is required to be in attendance at all Committee and
subcommittee meetings; however, in the absence of the Designated
Federal Officer, the Alternate Designated Federal Officer shall attend
the meeting.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or
interested organizations may submit written statements to the United
States Army Science Board's membership about the Board's mission and
functions. Written statements may be submitted at any time or in
response to the stated agenda
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of planned meeting of United States Army Science Board.
All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal
Officer for the United States Army Science Board, and this individual
will ensure that the written statements are provided to the membership
for their consideration. Contact information for the United States Army
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 United States Army 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 27, 2010.
Mitchell S. Bryman,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2010-10122 Filed 4-29-10; 8:45 am]
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