[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 83 (Friday, April 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 22757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10123]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Federal Advisory Committee; Army Education Advisory Committee;
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 Army Education Advisory
Committee (hereafter referred to as the Committee).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Deputy Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-601-6128.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee is a discretionary Federal
advisory committee that shall provide the Secretary of Defense, through
the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army,
independent advice and recommendations on matters pertaining to the
educational, doctrinal, and research policies and activities of the
U.S. Army's educational programs, to include the U.S. Army's joint
professional military education programs, educational policies, school
curriculums, educational philosophy and objectives, program
effectiveness, facilities, staff and faculty, instructional methods and
other aspects of the organization and management of these programs.
The Secretary of the Army may act upon the Committee's advice and
recommendations.
The Committee shall be composed of not more than fifteen members,
who are eminent authorities in the field of defense, management,
leadership, and academia. Committee members shall be appointed by the
Secretary of Defense, and their membership shall be renewed by the
Secretary of Defense on an annual basis. Committee members shall, with
the exception of travel and per diem for official travel, serve without
compensation, unless otherwise authorized by the Secretary of the Army.
Committee members appointed by the Secretary of Defense, who are
not full-time Federal officers or employees, shall be appointed under
the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, and serve as special government
employees.
The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve
Affairs or designated representative will serve as the Committee
Chairperson, and shall serve at the discretion of the Secretary of the
Army or designated representative. The Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of the Army or designated representative may invite other
distinguished Government officers to serve as non-voting observers of
the Committee. 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 Committee. These 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
Committee-related efforts, and shall have no voting rights.
With DoD approval, the Committee 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 Committee, and shall report all their recommendations and
advice to the Committee for full deliberation and discussion.
Subcommittees or workgroups have no authority to make decisions on
behalf of the chartered Committee; nor can they report directly to the
Department of Defense or any Federal officers or employees who are not
Committee members.
Subcommittee members, who are not Committee members, shall be
appointed in the same manner as the Committee members.
The Committee shall meet at the call of the Committee's Designated
Federal Officer, in consultation with the Chairperson. The estimated
number of Committee meetings is two 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 Army
Education 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 the Army Education
Advisory Committee.
All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal
Officer for the Army Education Advisory Committee, and this individual
will ensure that the written statements are provided to the membership
for their consideration. Contact information for the Army Education
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 Army Education 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 27, 2010.
Mitchell S. Bryman,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2010-10123 Filed 4-29-10; 8:45 am]
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