Notice2022-26725
Committee Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees-Department of Defense Wage Committee
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Published
December 8, 2022
Issuing agencies
Defense Department
Abstract
The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that it is renewing the Department of Defense Wage Committee ("the DoD Wage Committee").
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 235 (Thursday, December 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75239-75240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26725]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Committee Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory
Committees--Department of Defense Wage Committee
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Committee renewal of federal advisory committee.
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SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that it is
renewing the Department of Defense Wage Committee (``the DoD Wage
Committee'').
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-697-1142.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DoD Wage Committee is being renewed,
pursuant to 5 CFR 532.227(a), as directed by 5 U.S.C. 5343(c), and in
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C.,
Appendix) and 41 CFR 102-3.50(c), and as part of the renewal process,
the DoD is filing a new DoD Wage Committee charter along with its
membership balance plan. The charter and contact information for the
DoD Wage Committee's Designated Federal Officer (DFO) are found at
<a href="https://www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/apex/FACAPublicAgencyNavigation">https://www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/apex/FACAPublicAgencyNavigation</a>.
The DoD Wage Committee provides independent advice and
recommendations on matters relating to the conduct of wage surveys and
the establishment of wage schedules for all appropriated fund and non-
appropriated fund wage areas. The DoD Wage Committee, as directed by 5
CFR 532.209 and 532.227 and the Office of Personnel Management
Operating Manual, Federal Wage System, Appropriated and Non-
Appropriated Funds, S3-2 Agency Level, provides the Secretary of
Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense (``the DoD Appointing
Authority''), through the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness (USD(P&R)), independent advice and recommendations on all
matters relating to the conduct of wage surveys and the establishment
of wage schedules for all appropriated fund and non-appropriated fund
wage areas of blue-collar employees within the Federal Wage System.
The DoD Wage Committee shall: (a) consider and makes
recommendations to the DoD on any matter involved in developing
specifications for a wage survey on which the DoD proposes not to
accept the recommendations of a local wage survey committee and any
matters on which a minority report has been filed; (b) consider the
survey data, upon completion of a wage survey, of the local wage survey
committee's report and recommendations, and the statistical analyses
and proposed pay schedules derived from them, as well as any other data
or recommendations pertinent to the survey, and recommends wage
schedules to the pay-fixing authority; and (c) have a majority of the
DoD Wage Committee to constitute a decision and recommendation of the
DoD Wage Committee, but a member of the minority may file a report with
the DoD Wage Committee's recommendations. All DoD Wage Committee work
will be in response to written terms of reference approved by the DoD
Appointing Authority or the USD(P&R), unless otherwise provided by in
statute or Presidential directive.
The DoD Wage Committee; pursuant to 5 CFR 532.227(b), shall consist
of five members, with the chairperson and two members designated by the
head of the DoD. Of the remaining two members, pursuant to 5 CFR
532.227(b)(1), one member shall be designated by each of the two labor
organizations having the largest number of wage employees covered by
exclusive recognition in the DoD. The other two members shall have
management backgrounds.
The appointment of DoD Wage Committee members will be approved by
the DoD Appointing Authority, for a term of service of one-to-two
years, with
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annual renewal, in accordance with DoD policy and procedures. No
member, unless approved by the DoD Appointing Authority, may serve more
than two consecutive terms of service on the DoD Wage Committee or
serve on more than two DoD Federal advisory committees at one time.
DoD Wage Committee members who are full-time or permanent part-time
Federal civilian officers or employees, or active duty members of the
Uniformed Services, shall be appointed pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.130(a)
to serve as regular government employee members. As determined by the
DoD Appointing Authority, the individuals designated by each of the two
labor organizations having the largest number of wage employees covered
by exclusive recognition in the DoD shall be appointed pursuant to 41
CFR 102-3.130(a) to serve as representative members consistent with 5
CFR 532.227(b)(1). Individual members who are appointed to serve as
representative members shall represent the views of their designated
labor organizations. All other members of the DoD Wage Committee are
appointed to exercise their own best judgment on behalf of the DoD,
without representing any particular point of view, and to discuss and
deliberate in a manner that is free from conflict of interest. With the
exception of reimbursement of official DoD Wage Committee-related
travel and per diem, DoD Wage Committee members serve without
compensation.
The DoD Appointing Authority shall appoint the DoD Wage Committee's
leadership from among the membership previously approved to serve on
the DoD Wage Committee in accordance with DoD policy and procedures for
a term of service of one-to-two years, with annual renewal, not to
exceed the member's approved appointment.
The public or interested organizations may submit written
statements to the DoD Wage Committee membership about the DoD Wage
Committee's mission and functions. Written statements may be submitted
at any time or in response to the stated agenda of planned meeting of
the DoD Wage Committee. All written statements shall be submitted to
the DFO for the DoD Wage Committee, and this individual will ensure
that the written statements are provided to the membership for their
consideration.
Dated: December 5, 2022.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2022-26725 Filed 12-7-22; 8:45 am]
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