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TITLE 32 - NATIONAL DEFENSE
SUBTITLE A - DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
CHAPTER I - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
SUBCHAPTER M - MISCELLANEOUS
PART 224 - DOD COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
224.3 - Definitions.
(a) Heads of OSD Organizations. The Under Secretaries of Defense; Assistant Secretaries of Defense; Director of Defense Research and Engineering; DoD Comptroller; DoD General Counsel; DoD Inspector General; Director, Operational Test and Evaluation; Assistants to the Secretary of Defense; and, the Director, Administration and Management.
(b) Committee. A body of persons with a collective responsibility appointed to consider, investigate, advise, take action, and report on specific problems or subject areas. The prime characteristics of committees are their corporate and collective responsibility, and their permanent or ongoing (versus ad hoc) nature. The term committee applies to any committee, board, commission, council, conference, panel, task force, or other similar group or any subcommittee or sub-group thereof that is composed of officials of the U.S. or a foreign government, and is established by the direction of the DoD Component Head.
(1) Operational Committee. One whose primary functions and responsibilities are operational, rather than advisory.
(2) Interagency Committee. Any committee composed wholly of representatives from two or more U.S. Government agencies.
(3) International Committee. Any committee established by formal agreement between the United States and the government of another country or countries or by an international body in which the United States participates.
(4) Intra-Component Committee. Any committee composed wholly of representatives from one DoD Component.
(5) Joint DoD Committee. Any committee composed wholly of DoD representatives from two or more DoD Components.
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