[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 11293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5969]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Defense Science Board; Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Precision 
Compellence will meet in closed session on April 30-May 1, 2002; May 
29-30, 2002; June 18-19, 2002; and July 23-24, 2002, at SAIC, 4001 N. 
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA. The Task Force will conduct a 
comprehensive study of the ends and means of precision compellence, of 
the nuanced use of force, in concert with coalition partners, to 
achieve political, economic and moral change in countries affecting 
U.S. interests.
    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 on Precision Compellence 
will survey the focused use of force so as to alter regimes' behavior, 
and in ways that are most promising to isolate regimes of concern from 
their populations and supporting organs and bureaucracies. This will 
include the means to acquire a well-founded conceptual delineation of 
targets critically important to the diplomatic, economic and military 
dominance of the regime. A regime's values and vulnerabilities being 
highly idiosyncratic, the Task Force shall select some concrete case 
studies for exploration in depth. These might include current rogue 
states, terrorist organizations, and future potential adversaries. Of 
particular relevance are the cleavage planes, where the discriminating 
use of force might divide the interests of different strata, political, 
ethnic or religious groups, or even personal rivalries.
    In accordance with Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. II), it has been 
determined that these Defense Science Board Task Force meetings concern 
matters listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and that, accordingly, these 
meetings will be closed to the public.

    Dated: March 7, 2002.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 02-5969 Filed 3-12-02; 8:45 am]
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