[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 162 (Monday, August 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56614-56615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19980]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Defense Science Board; Notice of Advisory Committee Meetings
AGENCY: Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee Meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board (DSB) and the 2016 DSB Summer Study
Task Force on Capabilities for Constrained Military Operations (``the
Summer Study Task Force'') will meet in closed session.
DATES: August 15-19 and 22-24, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.;
August 25, 2016, from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and August 26, 2016, from
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, 100 Academy Drive, Irvine,
CA 92617.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Debra Rose, Executive Officer,
Defense Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, Room 3B888A, Washington,
DC 20301-3140, via email at [email protected], or via phone
at (703) 571-0084.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
These meetings are being held under the provisions of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended),
the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended),
and 41 CFR 102-3.150.
Due to circumstances beyond the control of the Designated Federal
Officer and the Department of Defense, the Defense Science Board (DSB)
was unable to provide the 15-calendar day public notification of
subcommittee
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meetings of the 2016 DSB Summer Study Task Force on Capabilities for
Constrained Military Operations scheduled for August 15 through August
19, 2016; August 22 through August 24, 2016; August 25, 2016; and
August 26, 2016, at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, 100 Academy
Drive, Irvine, California. Accordingly, the Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, pursuant to 41 CFR
102-3.150(b), waives the 15-calendar day notification requirement for
each meeting--August 15 through August 19, 2016; August 22 through
August 24, 2016; August 25, 2016; and August 26, 2016.
The mission of the Defense Science Board is to advise the Secretary
of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics on scientific and technical matters as they
affect the perceived needs of the Department of Defense. The objective
of the 2016 Summer Study on Capabilities for Constrained Military
Operations is to assess the military planning, shaping, and operational
activities that address potential threats to U.S. interests and strive
to establish stability in critical regions of the world that do not
rise to the level of full-scale military operations. Areas of
consideration will include an assessment of current planning processes
within Department of Defense (DoD) Policy, the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
Combatant Commands, and the Intelligence Community with a focus on the
period before significant hostilities begin.
In accordance with section 10(d) of the FACA and 41 CFR 102-2.155,
the DoD has determined that the DSB meetings will be closed to the
public. Specifically, the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics), in consultation with the DoD Office of
General Counsel, has determined in writing that all sessions will be
closed to the public because matters covered by 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1)
will be considered. The determination is based on the consideration
that it is expected that discussions throughout will involve classified
matters of national security concern. Such classified material is so
intertwined with the unclassified material and non-proprietary
information that it cannot reasonably be segregated into separate
discussions without defeating the effectiveness and meaning of the
overall meetings. To permit the meetings to be open to the public would
preclude discussion of such matters and would greatly diminish the
ultimate utility of the DSB's findings or recommendations to the
Secretary of Defense and to the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology and Logistics.
In accordance with section 10(a)(3) of the FACA and 41 CFR 102-
3.105(j) and 102-3.140, interested persons may submit a written
statement for consideration by the Defense Science Board at any time
regarding its mission or in response to the stated agenda of a planned
meetings. Individuals submitting a written statement may submit their
statement to the Designated Federal Official at the address detailed in
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT; at any point, however, if a written
statement is not received by August 24, 2016, then it may not be
provided to or considered by the Defense Science Board. The Designated
Federal Official will review all submissions with the Defense Science
Board Chairperson, and ensure they are provided to members of the
Defense Science Board before its final deliberations on August 26,
2016.
Dated: August 17, 2016.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2016-19980 Filed 8-19-16; 8:45 am]
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