Notice2024-02207
Defense Science Board; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
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Published
February 5, 2024
Issuing agencies
Defense Department
Abstract
The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Defense Science Board (DSB) will take place.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7690-7691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02207]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Defense Science Board; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee
Meeting
AGENCY: Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering,
Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that the
following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Defense Science
Board (DSB) will take place.
DATES: Closed to the public Tuesday, February 6, 2024, from 9:00 a.m.
to 4:45 p.m.; closed to the public Wednesday, February 7, 2024 from
8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; closed to the public Thursday, February 8, 2024
from 8:15 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The addresses of the closed meeting are the Pentagon, Room
3A912A, Washington, DC, 20301 and 4075 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300,
Arlington, VA 22203.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Elizabeth J. Kowalski, Designated
Federal Officer (DFO): (703) 571-0081 (Voice), (703) 697-1860
(Facsimile), <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8feae3e6f5eeedeafbe7a1e5a1e4e0f8eee3fce4e6a1ece6f9cfe2eee6e3a1e2e6e3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c7a2abaebda6a5a2b3afe9ade9aca8b0a6abb4acaee9a4aeb187aaa6aeabe9aaaeab">[email protected]</span></a>, (Email). Mailing
address is Defense Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC
20301-3140. Website: <a href="http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/">http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/</a>. The most up-to-date
changes to the meeting agenda can be found on the website.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is being held under the
provisions of chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.)
(commonly known as the ``Federal Advisory Committee Act'' or ``FACA''),
5 U.S.C. 552b (commonly known as the ``Government in the Sunshine
Act''), and sections 102-3.140 and 102-3.150 of title 41, Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR).
Due to circumstances beyond the control of the DFO, the DSB was
unable to provide public notification required by 41 CFR 102-3.150(a)
concerning its February 6--8, 2024 meeting. Accordingly, the Advisory
Committee Management Officer for the DoD, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-
3.150(b), waives the 15-calendar day notification requirement. Purpose
of the Meeting: The mission of the DSB is to provide independent advice
and recommendations on matters relating to the DoD's scientific and
technical enterprise. The objective of the meeting is to obtain,
review, and evaluate classified information related to the
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DSB's mission. DSB membership will meet with DoD leadership to discuss
classified current and future national security challenges and
priorities within the DoD. DSB membership will also discuss the 2024
DSB Summer Study on Advanced Capabilities for Potential Future Conflict
and classified strategies for continued development of symmetric and
asymmetric capabilities.
Agenda: The meeting will begin on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 9:00
a.m. Ms. Betsy Kowalski, DSB DFO, and Dr. Eric Evans, DSB Chair, will
provide classified opening remarks regarding ongoing studies. Following
break, Lt. Gen. Charles Moore, United States Air Force (Ret.), the
Chair of the DSB Task Force on Future Cyber Warfighting Capabilities of
the DoD will provide a classified briefing on the Task Force's findings
and recommendations, regarding technical evaluations of cyber
capabilities, on which the DSB will then deliberate and vote. Following
break, Dr. Katherine McGrady and Dr. Robert Wisnieff, Chairs of the DSB
Task Force to Advise Implementation and Prioritization of National
Security Innovation Activities will provide a classified briefing on
the Task Force's findings and recommendations, regarding emerging
hardware and materials areas with the most significant potential dual-
use impact, on which the DSB will then deliberate and vote. After a
break, Dr. Robert Grossman, study chair, will present the DSB Task
Force on Digital Engineering's written report, regarding an independent
assessment of the progress made by the DoD in implementing sections 23l
(a) through (c) of the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization
Act, followed by classified deliberation and a vote. The DSB Task Force
on Test and Evaluation, which studied the resources and capabilities of
the test and evaluation organizations, facilities, and laboratories of
the DoD and is chaired by Dr. Dave Van Wie and Dr. Johney Green, will
present a minority opinion document followed by classified deliberation
and a vote. Next, Dr. David Knoll, Director for Analysis and Study
Director, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Policy; Mr. Elee
Wakim, Project Lead, OSD Policy; CDR Matthew Noland, Study Member, OSD
Policy; CPT T.S. Allen, U.S. Army, Study Member; and MAJ Bart Kennedy,
Study Member, Joint Staff, from a Joint OSD Policy, Joint Staff J7, and
Office of Net Assessment team will provide a classified briefing on
lessons learned from the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Finally, Mr. Doug
Beck, Director of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), will provide a
classified briefing on DIU's strategy, challenges, and priorities. The
meeting will adjourn at 4:45 p.m. On Wednesday, February 7, 2024 at
8:15 a.m., Ms. Betsy Kowalski, DSB DFO, and Dr. Eric Evans, DSB Chair,
will provide opening remarks and a classified overview of the
objectives of the 2024 Summer Study on Advanced Capabilities for
Potential Future Conflict. Next, DSB members will meet to discuss
classified strategies that best enable DoD's continued development of
symmetric and asymmetric capabilities that will characterize future
conflicts, including periodic breaks. Finally, the Honorable Heidi
Shyu, Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering, will
provide a classified briefing on her view of symmetric and asymmetric
capabilities that will characterize future conflicts. The meeting will
adjourn at 5:00 p.m. On Thursday, February 8, 2024, starting at 8:15
a.m., the DSB members will continue to meet to discuss classified
strategies that best enable DoD's continued development of symmetric
and asymmetric capabilities that will characterize future conflicts,
including periodic breaks. The meeting will adjourn at 4:00 p.m.
Meeting Accessibility: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 1009(d) and 41
CFR 102-3.155, the DoD has determined that the DSB meeting will be
closed to the public. Specifically, the Under Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering (R&D), in consultation with the DoD Office of
the General Counsel, has determined in writing that the meeting will be
closed to the public because it will consider matters covered by 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). 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 that it cannot reasonably be
segregated into separate discussions without defeating the
effectiveness and meaning of the overall meeting. To permit the meeting
to be open to the public would preclude discussion of such matters and
would greatly diminish the ultimate utility of the DSB's findings and
recommendations to the Secretary of Defense and to the Under Secretary
of Defense for R&D.
Written Statements: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(3) and 41
CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, interested persons may submit a written
statement for consideration by the DSB at any time regarding its
mission or in response to the stated agenda of a planned meeting.
Individuals submitting a written statement must submit their statement
to the DSB DFO at the email address provided in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section at any point; however, if a written
statement is not received at least three calendar days prior to the
meeting, which is the subject of this notice, then it may not be
provided to or considered by the DSB until a later date.
Dated: January 30, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2024-02207 Filed 2-2-24; 8:45 am]
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