[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24531]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Meeting of the Task Force on Defense Reform

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Task Force on Defense Reform.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of an open meeting of the Task Force on 
Defense Reform (the Task Force) on October 21, 1997. One purpose of the 
meeting is to meet with representatives of the Federal unions and 
employee associations representing federal employees in the Department 
of Defense (DoD). In addition, time will be set aside for anyone 
wishing to address the Task Force with ideas about streamlining, 
restructuring, and reengineering of various components or elements of 
the Department. A second notice containing meeting details about the 
open meeting will be published in early October.
    The Task Force was established to make recommendations to the 
Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of Defense on alternatives 
for organizational reforms, reductions in management overhead, and 
streamlined business practices in DoD, with emphasis on the Office of 
the Secretary of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD field 
activities, and the Military Departments.
    Notice is also hereby given for closed sessions of the Task Force 
on Defense Reform on September 30, and October 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 23, 28, 
and 30, 1997. In accordance with Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, 5 U.S.C., Appendix II, it 
has been determined that matters affecting national security, as 
covered by 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1)(1988), will be presented throughout the 
meetings, and that, accordingly, these meetings will be closed to the 
public.

    Dated: September 11, 1997.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 97-24531 Filed 9-15-97; 8:45 am]
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