[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 App E]

[Page 561]

                       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. Appendix E to Part 246--Stars and Stripes (S&S) Board of Directors

    A. Organization and Management. 1. The S&S board of directors of
each Unified Command shall provide advice to the S&S management, and
recommend guidance to its Commander-in-Chief (CINC) on all business
operations. Attendance is at the direction of the Unified Command CINC.
    2. Each Unified Command CINC shall designate the chairman of its S&S
board of directors.
    3. Each S&S board of directors shall include a member from the
Unified Command Offices of Public Affairs and the Comptroller, and at
least one member from each of the Unified Command Service components.
Members shall be appointed by the Unified Command CINC for 2 years to
ensure continuity. They shall be the best qualified personnel available
in business-related disciplines. Members should be at the grade of 0-5,
GS-12, or higher. Other than the Unified Command and the S&S senior
representatives, the S&S board members should not be members of any
other S&S forums or councils. Representatives from the American Forces
Information Service (AFIS) and one S&S may attend the meetings of the
other S&S board of directors and have their observations included in the
minutes, but they are not voting members. Recommendations approved by
the S&S board of directors may be incorporated by the Unified Command
CINC into the Unified Command S&S instruction or directive, as
applicable.
    4. The S&S board of directors should meet at least three times each
year. The minutes of each meeting shall be approved by the Unified
Command CINC. The approved S&S board recommendations shall be
incorporated, as permanent policy, into the Unified Command S&S
implementing instructions or directives. Where such recommendations
affect DoD policy, the Unified Commands shall ask the Director of the
AFIS for resolution. The S&S commander/publisher shall provide
sufficient documentation to the S&S board members between meetings to
inform them of on-going business operations and the execution of
financial actions.
    B. Functions. 1. The S&S board of directors shall monitor planning
and execution of the S&S business activities.
    2. The S&S board of directors shall aid the S&S commander/publisher
with evaluation of external factors that impact the S&S, such as adverse
conditions, as recommended by the S&S commander/publisher, the S&S board
of directors, or the Unified Command CINC.
    3. Annually, the S&S commander/publisher shall provide a financial
plan that shall include a capital expenditure budget and a 2-year
forecast for the S&S board of directors' evaluation and recommendation
to the Unified Command CINC. The S&S shall also forecast and get
approval for building and/or construction projects through the S&S board
of directors.
    4. The S&S shall maintain a 5-year business strategic and corporate
plan that shall be forwarded to the S&S board of directors. The Unified
Commands shall forward the on-going strategic and corporate plan to the
Director of the AFIS for overall DoD strategic goals.