[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 79 (Monday, April 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21604-21605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9540]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committee;
Advisory Council on Dependents' Education
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Renewal of Federal advisory committee.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 20 U.S.C. 929, 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 Advisory Council on Dependents' Education (hereafter referred to as
the Council).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Deputy Committee
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-601-6128.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council is a non-discretionary Federal
advisory committee established to provide independent advice and
recommendations on the Department of Defense (DoD) dependents'
education system to the Director, Department of Defense Education
Activity on the following:
a. General policies for operation of the DoD dependents' education
system with respect to curriculum selection, administration and
operation of the system;
b. Information from other Federal agencies concerned with primary
and secondary education with respect to education programs and
practices which such agencies have found to be effective and which
should be considered for inclusion in the DoD dependents' education
system;
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c. The design of the study and the selection of the contractor
referred to in 20 U.S.C. 930(a)(2); and
d. Other tasks as may be required by the Secretary of Defense.
The Director, Department of Defense Education Activity may act upon
the Council's advice and recommendations.
The Council, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a), shall be comprised of no
more than 16 members who have demonstrated an interest in the field of
primary or secondary education and who shall include:
a. The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Education or their
respective designees;
b. Twelve individuals appointed who shall be individuals who
demonstrated an interest in the field of primary or secondary education
and who shall include representatives of professional employee
organizations, school administrators, and parents of students enrolled
in the DoD dependents' education system, and one student enrolled in
such system; and
c. A representative of the Secretary of Defense and of the
Secretary of Education.
The twelve Council members appointed under the authority of 20
U.S.C. 929(a)(1)(B), shall be appointed jointly by the Secretary of
Defense and the Secretary of Education, who must renew the appointments
on an annual basis.
Members appointed to the Council from professional employee
organizations, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(2), shall be individuals
designated by those organizations. Individuals appointed pursuant to 20
U.S.C. 929(a)(2) shall serve a three-year term, and no individual
appointed under 20 U.S.C. 929(a)(2) shall serve more than two full
terms on the Council.
Council members who are not full-time or permanent part-time
Federal officers or employees, shall be appointed by the Secretary of
Defense as experts and consultants under the authority of 5 U.S.C.
3109, and serve as special government employees.
With the exception of those individuals appointed pursuant to 20
U.S.C. 929(a)(1) and (2), all Council member appointments shall be
renewed on an annual basis by the Secretary of Defense.
Pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 929(d), members of the Council who are not
full-time or permanent part-time employees of the Federal government
shall, while attending meetings or conferences of the Council or
otherwise engaged in the business of the Council, be entitled to
compensation at the daily equivalent of the rate specified at the time
of such service for level IV of the Executive Services under 5 U.S.C.
5315. All Council members, while on official travel, shall be entitled
to compensation for travel and per diem.
The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Education or their
designated representatives, shall serve as the Council's co-chairs.
The Director, Department of Defense Education Activity shall be the
Executive Secretary to the Council, but shall not vote on matters
before the Council.
With DoD approval, the Council 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 Council, and shall report all their recommendations and
advice to the Council for full deliberation and discussion.
Subcommittees or workgroups have no authority to make decisions on
behalf of the chartered Council nor can they report directly to the
Department of Defense or any Federal officers or employees who are not
Council members.
Subcommittee members, who are not Council members, shall be
appointed in the same manner as the Council members.
The Council shall meet at the call of the Council's Designated
Federal Officer, in consultation with the Council's co-chairs. The
estimated number of Council meetings is at least 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 Advisory
Council on Dependents' Education membership about the Council'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
Council on Dependents' Education.
All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal
Officer for the Advisory Council on Dependents' Education, and this
individual will ensure that the written statements are provided to the
membership for their consideration. Contact information for the
Advisory Council on Dependents' Education 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 Advisory Council on Dependents'
Education. 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 20, 2010.
Mitchell S. Bryman,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2010-9540 Filed 4-23-10; 8:45 am]
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