[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR246.3]

[Page 549]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
        CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (CONTINUED)
 
PART 246_STARS AND STRIPES (S&S) NEWSPAPER AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS--Table of 
 
Sec. 246.3  Definitions.

    (a) Adverse Conditions. Conditions that may adversely affect the 
survival of the newspapers such as troop drawdown, increase in troop 
population, currency fluctuations, inflation, armed conflict, national 
contingency deployment, and others.
    (b) S&S Commander/Publisher. The senior position in each S&S 
responsible for simultaneously performing dual functions. This military 
officer commands the S&S to which assigned, while also serving as the 
publisher of the Stars and Stripes produced by that organization.
    (c) S&S Management Action Group (MAG) and S&S Steering Committee. 
These are ad hoc joint committees between the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) [OASD (PA)] and the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management and Personnel) [OASD 
(FM&P)] that address S&S personnel and business policies. The S&S MAG is 
chaired by the senior OASD (PA) AFIS member and includes members from 
the OASD (FM&P) and other DoD offices with the authority and expertise 
to address various S&S problems. The Director of the AFIS, and the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, OASD (FM&P), serves as co-chairman of the 
S&S Steering Committee that addresses DoD-level S&S issues. Neither the 
DoD S&S Steering Committee, nor the S&S MAG, involve themselves in Stars 
and Stripes editorial policies.
    (d) S&S Ombudsman. A highly qualified journalist hired from outside 
the Department of Defense for a term of 3 years who independently 
advises the Unified Command CINCs, the S&S commander/publisher, the 
Stars and Stripes editor, the Director of the AFIS, and the Congress on 
matters of readership interest in the Stars and Stripes.
    (e) Stars and Stripes. The title of one, or both, depending on the 
context of usage, of the newspapers produced by the S&S.
    (f) Stars and Stripes Editor. The senior civilian position on the 
newspaper editorial staff of the S&S to which he or she is assigned. All 
mention of ``the editor'' in this part refers exclusively to this 
position, unless otherwise specified.
    (g) Stars and Stripes (S&S). The organizations that perform the 
administrative, editorial, and business operations, which include 
newspapers, bookstores, job-printing plants, etc. necessary to do their 
mission.