[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 11276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4487]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Defense Science Board; Meeting

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Defense Science 
& Technology (S&T) will meet in closed session on March 1-2, 2001; 
March 29-30, 2001; May 3-4, 2001; June 7-8, 2001; June 28-29, 2001; and 
July 26-27, 2001, at SAIC, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA. The 
Task Force will address the issues involved in assuring that the U.S. 
continues to gain access to and develop technology from which to gain 
military advantage.
    The mission of the Defense Science Board is to advise the Secretary 
of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology & Logistics on scientific and technical matters as they 
affect the perceived needs of the Department of Defense. At these 
meetings, the Defense Science Board Task Force will consider: future 
technologies that should be developed and exploited for military 
applications, particularly potential technologies that provide the U.S. 
military an asymmetric advantage in conflict, in deployment, and at 
home; the appropriate mix of in-house, contractor, university and 
commercial providers of basic and applied research and of advanced 
development; how DoD can leverage technology that is under development 
and produced globally in commercial industry, as well as that which is 
being discovered and demonstrated in the S&T programs funded by both 
other U.S. agencies and other nations; the situation of and the 
contribution of the DoD laboratories in this changing world; and how to 
maintain excellence in in-house S&T endeavors.
    In accordance with section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, Pub. Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. II), it has been 
determined that these Defense Board meetings, concern matters listed in 
5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1), and that accordingly these meetings will be closed 
to the public.
    Due to critical mission requirements and scheduling conflicts, 
there is insufficient time to provide timely notice required by section 
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and subsection 101-
6.1015(b) of the GSA Final rule on Federal Advisory Committee 
Management, 41 CFR part 101-6, which further requires publication at 
least 15 calendar days prior to the meeting of the Task Force.

    Dated: February 16, 2001.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 01-4487 Filed 2-22-01; 8:45 am]
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