[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 25021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12049]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Defense Science Board Task Force on Defense Acquisition Reform 
(Phase IV), R&D Subpanel

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board Task Force on Defense Acquisition 
Reform (Phase IV), R&D Subpanel will meet in closed session on May 14-
15, June 10-11, July 15-16, September 2-3, and October 20, at the 
Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia; and on August 10-11, 1998 at the Beckman 
Center, Irvin, California. The mission of the Defense Science Board is 
to advise the Secretary of Defense through the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition and Technology on scientific and technical 
matters as they affect the perceived needs of the Department of 
Defense. At these meetings the Task Force will review the current 
status of reform implementation and appropriate set of metrics, and 
recommend further actions for the Department to accelerate progress. A 
particular focus of this effort should be the development and 
implementation of metrics that could be used by the DoD to periodically 
measure success in the effectiveness of the overall acquisition reform 
efforts.
    In accordance with Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. II, (1994)), it has 
been determined that these DSB Task Force meetings, concerns matters 
listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) (1994), and that accordingly these 
meetings will be closed to the public.

    Dated: May 1, 1998.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 98-12049 Filed 5-5-98; 8:45 am]
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