Notice2024-29349
Defense Science Board; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
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Published
December 13, 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 240 (Friday, December 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 100988-100989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29349]
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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 Wednesday, January 15, 2025, from 8:30
a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Eastern time.
ADDRESSES: The address of the closed meeting is the Pentagon, Room
3E188, Washington, DC 20301.
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#e6838a8f9c878483928ec88cc88d8991878a958d8fc8858f90a68b878f8ac88b8f8a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e88d848192898a8d9c80c682c683879f89849b8381c68b819ea885898184c6858184">[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(c); and sections 102-3.140 and 102-3.150 of title 41,
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
Purpose of the Meeting: The mission of the DSB is to provide
independent advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Defense 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 DSB's mission. The DSB will meet with DoD
Leadership to discuss classified current and future national security
challenges and priorities within the DoD and deliberate and vote on
findings and recommendations.
Agenda: The meeting will begin on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at
8:15 a.m. Ms. Betsy Kowalski, DFO, and Dr. Eric Evans, Chair of the
DSB, will provide classified opening remarks regarding ongoing studies.
Next, from 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. the board will deliberate and vote on
the classified findings and recommendations of the DSB Task Force on
21st Century Industrial Base for National Defense. From 9:30 a.m. to
10:30 a.m. Dr. Christopher Scolese, National Reconnaissance Office
(NRO) Director, will provide a classified briefing on his views of
current NRO strategy, challenges, and priorities. Following a 15-minute
break, the DSB will hold a session from 10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. that
includes a classified discussion to deliberate and vote on the findings
and recommendations of the DSB Task Force on Balancing Security,
Reliability, and Technological Advantage in Generative Artificial
Intelligence for Defense. Following a break from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30
p.m., the DSB Members will hold a classified discussion to deliberate
and vote on the findings and recommendations of the DSB Task Force on
Emerging Biotechnologies and National Security. After the final break
of the day from 3 p.m. to 3:15 p.m., General Reed, Commander U.S.
Transportation Command (TRANSCOM), will provide a classified briefing
from 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. on his views of current TRANSCOM strategy,
challenges, and priorities (VTC). The meeting will adjourn at 4:15 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, 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 meetings. 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 Research and Engineering.
Written Statements: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(3) and 41
CFR 102-3.150(6) 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 should submit their
statement to Ms. Elizabeth J. Kowalski, the DSB DFO, via electronic
mail (the preferred mode of submission) at the email address provided
above in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Each page of the
comment or statement must include the author's name, title or
affiliation, address and daytime phone number. If a written statement
is not received at least three calendar days prior to the scheduled
meeting, which is the subject of this notice, then it may not be
provided to or considered by the DSB until a later date. Please note
that all submitted comments and statements will be treated as public
documents and
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will be made available for public inspection, including, but not
limited to, being posted on the Board's website.
Dated: December 9, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2024-29349 Filed 12-12-24; 8:45 am]
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