[Federal Register: January 22, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 14)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees
AGENCY: Department of Defense.
ACTION: Name Change and 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, as amended), the Sunshine in the Government
Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR Sec. 102-3.65, the
Department of Defense gives notice that the name of the Ocean Research
Advisory Panel is being changed to the Ocean Research and Resources
Advisory Panel (hereafter referred to as the Panel), and that the
Panel's charter is being renewed.
The Panel is a non-discretionary federal advisory committee
established by 10 U.S.C. 7903 to provide independent scientific advice
and recommendations to the National Ocean research Leadership Council
(hereafter referred to as the Council). Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 7903(b),
the Council shall assign the following responsibilities to the Panel:
1. To advise the Council on policies and procedures to implement
the National Oceanographic Partnership Program.
2. To advise the Council on selection of partnership projects and
allocation of funds for partnership projects for implementation under
the program.
3. To advise the Council on matters relating to national
oceanographic data requirements.
4. Any additional responsibilities that the Council considers
appropriate. As directed by 10 U.S.C. 7903(a), the Panel shall be
composed of not less than 10 and not more than 18 members
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representing the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of
Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, ocean industries, State
Governments, academia and others including individuals who are eminent
in the fields of marine science, marine policy or related fields
including ocean resource management. Panel Members appointed by the
Secretary of Defense or designated representative, who are not full-
time federal officers or employees, shall serve as Special Government
Employees under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109.
Panel Members, under the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 7903, shall be
appointed on an annual basis by the Secretary of Defense or designated
representative, and shall serve no more than four years. The Panel
Membership shall select the Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons of the
Panel for renewable one-year terms. In addition, the Secretary of
Defense or designated representative may invite other distinguished
Government officers to serve as non-voting observers of the Panel, and
appoint consultants, with special expertise, to assist the Panel on an
ad hoc basis.
The Panel shall be authorized to establish subcommittees, as
necessary and consistent with its mission, and these subcommittees or
working groups shall operate under the provisions of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the Sunshine in the Government Act of
1976, and other appropriate federal regulations.
Such subcommittees or workgroups shall not work independently of
the chartered Panel, and shall report all their recommendations and
advice to the Panel for full deliberation and discussion. Subcommittees
or workgroups have no authority to make decisions on behalf of the
chartered Panel nor can they report directly to the Department of
Defense or any federal officers or employees who are not Panel Members.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Panel shall meet at the call of the
Panel's Designated Federal Officer, in consultation with the Panel's
chairperson. 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.
The Designated Federal Officer or duly appointed Alternate Designated
Federal Officer shall attend all committee meetings and subcommittee
meetings.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or
interested organizations may submit written statements to the Ocean
Research and Resources Advisory Panel membership about the Panel's
mission and functions. Written statements may be submitted at any time
or in response to the stated agenda of planned meeting of the Ocean
Research and Resources Advisory Panel.
All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal
Officer for the Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel, and this
individual will ensure that the written statements are provided to the
membership for their consideration. Contact information for the Ocean
Research and Resources Advisory Panel's 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 Ocean Research and Resources Advisory
Panel. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Deputy Committee
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-601-2554,
extension 128.
Dated: January 15, 2008.
C.R. Choate,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. E8-986 Filed 1-18-08; 8:45 am]
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