81_FR_41648 81 FR 41525 - Advisory Committee on Arlington National Cemetery; Request for Nominations

81 FR 41525 - Advisory Committee on Arlington National Cemetery; Request for Nominations

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 123 (June 27, 2016)

Page Range41525-41526
FR Document2016-15151

The Advisory Committee on Arlington National Cemetery is an independent Federal advisory committee chartered to provide the Secretary of Defense, through the Secretary of the Army, independent advice and recommendations on Arlington National Cemetery, including, but not limited to cemetery administration, the erection of memorials at the cemetery, and master planning for the cemetery. The Secretary of the Army may act on the Committee's advice and recommendations. The Committee is comprised of no more than nine (9) members. Subject to the approval of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army appoints no more than seven (7) of these members. The purpose of this notice is to solicit nominations from a wide range of highly qualified persons to be considered for appointment to the Committee. Nominees may be appointed as members of the Committee and its sub-committees for terms of service ranging from one to four years. This notice solicits nominations to fill Committee membership vacancies that may occur through 31 December, 2016. Nominees must be preeminent authorities in their respective fields of interest or expertise.

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 123 (Monday, June 27, 2016)]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Advisory Committee on Arlington National Cemetery; Request for 
Nominations

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice; Request for Nominations.

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SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on Arlington National Cemetery is an 
independent Federal advisory committee chartered to provide the 
Secretary of Defense, through the Secretary of the Army, independent 
advice and recommendations on Arlington National Cemetery, including, 
but not limited to cemetery administration, the erection of memorials 
at the cemetery, and master planning for the cemetery. The Secretary of 
the Army may act on the Committee's advice and recommendations. The 
Committee is comprised of no more than nine (9) members. Subject to the 
approval of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army 
appoints no more than seven (7) of these members. The purpose of this 
notice is to solicit nominations from a wide range of highly qualified 
persons to be considered for appointment to the Committee. Nominees may 
be appointed as members of the Committee and its sub-committees for 
terms of service ranging from one to four years. This notice solicits 
nominations to fill Committee membership vacancies that may occur 
through 31 December, 2016. Nominees must be preeminent authorities in 
their respective fields of interest or expertise.

DATES: All nominations must be received at (see ADDRESSES) no later 
than September 1, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may submit a resume for consideration by 
the Department of the Army to the Committee's Designated Federal 
Officer at the following address: Advisory Committee on Arlington 
National Cemetery, ATTN: Designated Federal Officer (DFO) (Ms. Yates), 
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA 22211.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Renea C. Yates, Designated Federal 
Officer, by email at [email protected] or by telephone 877-
907-8585.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Committee on Arlington National 
Cemetery was established pursuant to Title 10, United States Code, 
Section 4723. The selection, service and appointment of members of the 
Committee are covered by the Committee Charter, available on the 
Arlington National Cemetery Web site http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/About/Advisory-Committee-on-Arlington-National-Cemetery/Charter. The 
substance of these provisions of the Charter is as follows:
    a. Selection. The Committee Charter provides that the Committee 
shall be comprised of no more than nine members, all of whom are 
preeminent authorities in their respective fields of interest or 
expertise. Of these, no more than seven members are nominated by the 
Secretary of the Army.
    By direction of the Secretary of the Army, all resumes submitted in 
response to this notice will be presented to and reviewed by a panel of 
three senior Army leaders. Potential nominees shall be prioritized 
after review and consideration of their resumes for: demonstrated 
technical/professional expertise; preeminence in a field(s) of interest 
or expertise; potential contribution to membership balance in terms of 
the points of view represented and the functions to be performed; 
potential organizational and financial conflicts of interest; 
commitment to our Nation's veterans and their families; and published 
points of view relevant to the objectives of the Committee. The panel 
will provide the DFO with a prioritized list of potential nominees for 
consideration by the Executive Director, Army National Military 
Cemeteries, in making an initial recommendation to the Secretary of the 
Army. The Executive Director, Army National Military Cemeteries; the 
Secretary of the Army; and the Secretary of Defense are not limited or 
bound by the recommendations of the Army senior leader panel. Sources 
in addition to this Federal Register notice may be utilized in the 
solicitation and selection of nominations.
    b. Service. The Secretary of Defense may approve the appointment of 
a Committee member for a one-to-four year term of service; however, no 
member, unless authorized by the Secretary of Defense, may serve on the 
Committee or authorized subcommittee for more than two consecutive 
terms of service. The Secretary of the Army shall designate the 
Committee Chair from the total Advisory Committee membership.

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The Committee meets at the call of the DFO, in consultation with the 
Committee Chair. It is estimated that the Committee meets four times 
per year.
    c. Appointment. The operations of the Committee and the appointment 
of members are subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 
92-463, as amended) and departmental implementing regulations, 
including Department of Defense Instruction 5105.04, Department of 
Defense Federal Advisory Committee Management Program, available at 
http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/510504p.pdf. Appointed 
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 Title 5, United States Code, Section 3109 and shall serve 
as special government employees. Committee members appointed as special 
government employees shall serve without compensation except that 
travel and per diem expenses associated with official Committee 
activities are reimbursable.
    Additional information about the Committee is available on the 
Internet at: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/About/Advisory-Committee-on-Arlington-National-Cemetery/Charter

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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                                                  • PTO/SB/64/PCT                                           Dated: June 21, 2016.                                Officer, by email at renea.c.yates.civ@
                                                                                                          Marcie Lovett,                                         mail.mil or by telephone 877–907–8585.
                                                     Type of Request: Revision of a
                                                                                                          Records Management Division Director,                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                  currently approved collection.
                                                                                                          USPTO, Office of the Chief Information                 Advisory Committee on Arlington
                                                     Number of Respondents: 423,970                       Officer.                                               National Cemetery was established
                                                  responses per year.                                     [FR Doc. 2016–15108 Filed 6–24–16; 8:45 am]            pursuant to Title 10, United States
                                                     Average Hours per Response: The                      BILLING CODE 3510–16–P                                 Code, Section 4723. The selection,
                                                  USPTO estimates that it will take the                                                                          service and appointment of members of
                                                  public approximately 0.25 hours (15                                                                            the Committee are covered by the
                                                  minutes) to 8 hours to gather the                       DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE                                  Committee Charter, available on the
                                                  necessary information, prepare the                                                                             Arlington National Cemetery Web site
                                                  appropriate form or documents, and                      Department of the Army                                 http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/
                                                  submit the information to the USPTO.                                                                           About/Advisory-Committee-on-
                                                                                                          Advisory Committee on Arlington
                                                     Burden Hours: 364,830 burden hours                   National Cemetery; Request for                         Arlington-National-Cemetery/Charter.
                                                  per year.                                               Nominations                                            The substance of these provisions of the
                                                     Cost Burden: $149,380,300 per year.                                                                         Charter is as follows:
                                                                                                          AGENCY:Department of the Army, DoD.                       a. Selection. The Committee Charter
                                                     Needs and Uses: The purpose of the                         Notice; Request for
                                                                                                          ACTION:                                                provides that the Committee shall be
                                                  Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is to                   Nominations.                                           comprised of no more than nine
                                                  provide a standardized filing format and                                                                       members, all of whom are preeminent
                                                  procedure that allows an applicant to                   SUMMARY:    The Advisory Committee on                  authorities in their respective fields of
                                                  seek protection for an invention in                     Arlington National Cemetery is an                      interest or expertise. Of these, no more
                                                  several countries by filing one                         independent Federal advisory                           than seven members are nominated by
                                                  international application in one                        committee chartered to provide the                     the Secretary of the Army.
                                                  location, in one language, and paying                   Secretary of Defense, through the                         By direction of the Secretary of the
                                                  one initial set of fees. The information                Secretary of the Army, independent                     Army, all resumes submitted in
                                                  in this collection is used by the public                advice and recommendations on                          response to this notice will be presented
                                                  to submit a patent application under the                Arlington National Cemetery, including,                to and reviewed by a panel of three
                                                  PCT and by the USPTO to fulfill its                     but not limited to cemetery                            senior Army leaders. Potential nominees
                                                  obligation to process, search, and                      administration, the erection of                        shall be prioritized after review and
                                                  examine the application as directed by                  memorials at the cemetery, and master                  consideration of their resumes for:
                                                  the treaty.                                             planning for the cemetery. The                         demonstrated technical/professional
                                                                                                          Secretary of the Army may act on the                   expertise; preeminence in a field(s) of
                                                     Affected Public: Individuals or
                                                                                                          Committee’s advice and                                 interest or expertise; potential
                                                  households; business or other for-
                                                                                                          recommendations. The Committee is                      contribution to membership balance in
                                                  profits; and not-for-profit institutions.
                                                                                                          comprised of no more than nine (9)
                                                     Frequency: On occasion.                                                                                     terms of the points of view represented
                                                                                                          members. Subject to the approval of the
                                                                                                                                                                 and the functions to be performed;
                                                     Respondent’s Obligation: Required to                 Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of
                                                                                                                                                                 potential organizational and financial
                                                  obtain or retain benefits.                              the Army appoints no more than seven
                                                                                                                                                                 conflicts of interest; commitment to our
                                                     OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A.                        (7) of these members. The purpose of
                                                                                                                                                                 Nation’s veterans and their families; and
                                                  Fraiser, email: Nicholas_A._Fraiser@                    this notice is to solicit nominations from
                                                                                                                                                                 published points of view relevant to the
                                                  omb.eop.gov. Once submitted, the                        a wide range of highly qualified persons
                                                                                                                                                                 objectives of the Committee. The panel
                                                  request will be publicly available in                   to be considered for appointment to the
                                                                                                                                                                 will provide the DFO with a prioritized
                                                  electronic format through reginfo.gov.                  Committee. Nominees may be appointed
                                                                                                                                                                 list of potential nominees for
                                                  Follow the instructions to view                         as members of the Committee and its
                                                                                                          sub-committees for terms of service                    consideration by the Executive Director,
                                                  Department of Commerce collections                                                                             Army National Military Cemeteries, in
                                                  currently under review by OMB.                          ranging from one to four years. This
                                                                                                          notice solicits nominations to fill                    making an initial recommendation to
                                                    Further information can be obtained                   Committee membership vacancies that                    the Secretary of the Army. The
                                                  by:                                                     may occur through 31 December, 2016.                   Executive Director, Army National
                                                    • Email: InformationCollection@                       Nominees must be preeminent                            Military Cemeteries; the Secretary of the
                                                  uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0021 copy                     authorities in their respective fields of              Army; and the Secretary of Defense are
                                                  request’’ in the subject line of the                    interest or expertise.                                 not limited or bound by the
                                                  message.                                                                                                       recommendations of the Army senior
                                                                                                          DATES: All nominations must be
                                                                                                                                                                 leader panel. Sources in addition to this
                                                    • Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records                        received at (see ADDRESSES) no later                   Federal Register notice may be utilized
                                                  Management Division Director, Office of                 than September 1, 2016.                                in the solicitation and selection of
                                                  the Chief Information Officer, United                   ADDRESSES: Interested persons may                      nominations.
                                                  States Patent and Trademark Office,                     submit a resume for consideration by                      b. Service. The Secretary of Defense
                                                  P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–                    the Department of the Army to the                      may approve the appointment of a
                                                  1450.                                                   Committee’s Designated Federal Officer                 Committee member for a one-to-four
                                                     Written comments and                                 at the following address: Advisory                     year term of service; however, no
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                                                  recommendations for the proposed                        Committee on Arlington National                        member, unless authorized by the
                                                  information collection should be sent on                Cemetery, ATTN: Designated Federal                     Secretary of Defense, may serve on the
                                                  or before July 27, 2016 to Nicholas A.                  Officer (DFO) (Ms. Yates), Arlington                   Committee or authorized subcommittee
                                                  Fraiser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to                 National Cemetery, Arlington, VA                       for more than two consecutive terms of
                                                  Nicholas_A._Fraiser@omb.eop.gov, or                     22211.                                                 service. The Secretary of the Army shall
                                                  by fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.                   designate the Committee Chair from the
                                                  attention of Nicholas A. Fraiser.                       Renea C. Yates, Designated Federal                     total Advisory Committee membership.


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                                                  The Committee meets at the call of the                  to enhance the quality, utility, and                      Annual Burden Hours: 158,875.
                                                  DFO, in consultation with the                           clarity of the information to be                          Number of Respondents: 317,751.
                                                  Committee Chair. It is estimated that the               collected; and ways to minimize the                       Responses per Respondent: 1.
                                                  Committee meets four times per year.                    burden of the information collection on                   Annual Responses: 317,751.
                                                     c. Appointment. The operations of the                respondents, including through the use                    Average Burden per Response: 30
                                                  Committee and the appointment of                        of automated collection techniques or                  minutes.
                                                  members are subject to the Federal                      other forms of information technology.                    Frequency: On occasion.
                                                                                                                                                                    Respondents are applicants seeking
                                                  Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–                     DATES: Consideration will be given to all
                                                                                                                                                                 employment with Non-Appropriated
                                                  463, as amended) and departmental                       comments received by August 26, 2016.                  Funds Instrumentalities. DA Form 3433,
                                                  implementing regulations, including                     ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,                    Application for Non-Appropriated
                                                  Department of Defense Instruction                       identified by docket number and title,                 Funds Employment, records
                                                  5105.04, Department of Defense Federal                  by any of the following methods:                       employment history and qualifications
                                                  Advisory Committee Management                             • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://                of applicants to determine their
                                                  Program, available at http://                           www.regulations.gov. Follow the                        eligibility for employment. The
                                                  www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/                 instructions for submitting comments.                  completed form is maintained
                                                  510504p.pdf. Appointed members who                        • Mail: Department of Defense, Office                electronically in the Official Personnel
                                                  are not full-time or permanent part-time                of the Deputy Chief Management                         Folder system for the selected
                                                  Federal officers or employees shall be                  Officer, Directorate for Oversight and                 applicants upon appointment, and for
                                                  appointed as experts and consultants                    Compliance, 4800 Mark Center Drive,                    non-selected applicants, the application
                                                  under the authority of Title 5, United                  ATTN: Mailbox 24, Alexandria, VA                       is maintained in the staffing case file
                                                  States Code, Section 3109 and shall                     22350–1700.                                            and destroyed after 1 year.
                                                  serve as special government employees.                     Instructions: All submissions received
                                                  Committee members appointed as                          must include the agency name, docket                     Dated: June 22, 2016.
                                                  special government employees shall                      number and title for this Federal                      Aaron Siegel,
                                                  serve without compensation except that                  Register document. The general policy                  Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
                                                  travel and per diem expenses associated                 for comments and other submissions                     Officer, Department of Defense.
                                                  with official Committee activities are                  from members of the public is to make                  [FR Doc. 2016–15122 Filed 6–24–16; 8:45 am]
                                                  reimbursable.                                           these submissions available for public                 BILLING CODE 5001–06–P
                                                     Additional information about the                     viewing on the Internet at http://
                                                  Committee is available on the Internet                  www.regulations.gov as they are
                                                  at: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/                   received without change, including any                 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
                                                  About/Advisory-Committee-on-                            personal identifiers or contact
                                                  Arlington-National-Cemetery/Charter                     information.                                           Department of the Army
                                                                                                             Any associated form(s) for this                     [Docket ID: USA–2016–HQ–0025]
                                                  Brenda S. Bowen,
                                                                                                          collection may be located within this
                                                  Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.                                                                         Privacy Act of 1974; System of
                                                                                                          same electronic docket and downloaded
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–15151 Filed 6–24–16; 8:45 am]             for review/testing. Follow the                         Records
                                                  BILLING CODE 5001–03–P                                  instructions at http://                                AGENCY:  Department of the Army, DoD.
                                                                                                          www.regulations.gov for submitting
                                                                                                                                                                 ACTION:Notice to alter a System of
                                                                                                          comments. Please submit comments on
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE                                                                                          Records.
                                                                                                          any given form identified by docket
                                                  Department of the Army                                  number, form number, and title.                        SUMMARY:   The Department of the Army
                                                                                                          FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To                    proposes to alter a system of records
                                                  [Docket ID: USA–2016–HQ–0026]                           request more information on this                       notice A0145–1 TRADOC, entitled
                                                                                                          proposed information collection or to                  ‘‘Army Reserve Officer’s Training Corps
                                                  Proposed Collection; Comment
                                                                                                          obtain a copy of the proposal and                      (ROTC) and Financial Assistance
                                                  Request
                                                                                                          associated collection instruments,                     Programs’’ to provide a central database
                                                  AGENCY:  Assistant G–1 for Civilian                     please write to the Department of the                  of potential prospects for enrollment in
                                                  Personnel, Non-Appropriated Funds                       Army, Assistant G–1 for Civilian                       the ROTC and the Senior Army ROTC
                                                  Policy and Programs Division, DoD.                      Personnel, Non-Appropriated Funds                      program, provide training and
                                                  ACTION: Notice.                                         Policy and Programs Division, ATTN:                    commissioning of eligible cadets in
                                                                                                          DAPE–CPN, 6010 6th Street, Building                    active Army and to assist prospects by
                                                  SUMMARY:   In compliance with the                       1465, Fort Belvoir, VA 33060, or call                  providing information concerning
                                                  Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,                        703–806–3097.                                          educational institutions having ROTC
                                                  Assistant G–1 for Civilian Personnel,                   SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                             programs; scholarship information and
                                                  Non-Appropriated Funds Policy and                         Title; Associated Form; and OMB                      applications, information on specialized
                                                  Programs Division announces a                           Number: Application for Non-                           programs such as nursing, Green to Gold
                                                  proposed public information collection                  Appropriated Funds Employment, DA                      and historically Black Colleges and
                                                  and seeks public comment on the                         Form 3433; OMB Control Number:                         Universities and information regarding
                                                  provisions thereof. Comments are                        0702–XXXX.                                             other Army enlistment, reserve or
                                                  invited on: Whether the proposed                          Needs And Uses: The information                      National Guard programs. This program
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                                                  collection of information is necessary                  collection requirement is necessary to                 also administers the financial assistance
                                                  for the proper performance of the                       determine qualification requirements                   program; renders the selection of
                                                  functions of the agency, including                      and suitability of an applicant seeking                recipients for 2, 3, and 4 year
                                                  whether the information shall have                      employment with Non-Appropriated                       scholarships; monitor selectees
                                                  practical utility; the accuracy of the                  Funds Instrumentalities.                               performance (academic and ROTC) and
                                                  agency’s estimate of the burden of the                    Affected Public: Individuals or                      also develop policies and procedures,
                                                  proposed information collection; ways                   Households; Federal Government.                        compile statistics and render reports.


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Document Created: 2016-06-25 02:07:16
Document Modified: 2016-06-25 02:07:16
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice; Request for Nominations.
ContactMs. Renea C. Yates, Designated Federal Officer, by email at [email protected] or by telephone 877- 907-8585.
FR Citation81 FR 41525 

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