[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 103 (Friday, May 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12927]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Federal Advisory Committee; Threat Reduction Advisory Committee
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 Threat Reduction
Advisory Committee (hereafter referred to as the Committee).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Deputy Committee
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-601-6128.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee is a discretionary Federal
advisory committee established to provide independent advice and
recommendations on matters relating to combating weapons of mass
destruction to the Secretary of Defense through the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics and the Director of
the Defense Threat Reduction Agency on the following:
a. Reducing the threat posed by nuclear, biological, chemical,
conventional and special weapons to the United States, its military
forces, allies and partners;
b. Combating weapons of mass destruction to include non-
proliferation, counter proliferation and consequence management;
c. Nuclear deterrence transformation;
d. Weapons effects; and
e. Other Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology and Logistics, and Defense Threat Reduction Agency mission-
related matters.
The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and
Logistics shall be authorized to act upon the Committee's advice and
recommendations.
The Committee shall be comprised of not more than 30 members who
are eminent authorities in the fields of national defense, geopolitical
and national security affairs, and weapons of mass destruction.
The Committee 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.
With the exception of travel and per diem for travel, Committee
members shall normally serve without compensation, unless the Secretary
of Defense authorizes compensation for a particular member(s).
The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and
Logistics shall select the Committee's Chairperson from the Committee
membership at large.
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, 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 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 Threat
Reduction 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 Threat
Reduction Advisory Committee.
All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal
Officer for the Threat Reduction Advisory Committee, and this
individual will ensure that the written statements are provided to the
membership for their consideration. Contact information for the Threat
Reduction 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 Threat Reduction 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: May 25, 2010.
Mitchell S. Bryman,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2010-12927 Filed 5-27-10; 8:45 am]
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