[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 76 (Friday, April 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 19428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9622]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Defense Science Board

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee meeting

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SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Defense Against 
Unconventional Use of Nuclear Weapons Against the US Homeland will meet 
in closed session on May 23-24, 2002, at the Los Alamos National 
Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM; June 20-21, 2002, in Norfolk, VA; and July 
18-19, 2002, at SAIC, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA. The Task 
Force will review the Department of Defense's (DoD) responsibilities, 
current capabilities, and the scope of activities conducted by DoD to 
ensure its future preparedness to prevent, deter, detect, identify, 
warn, defend against, respond to, and attribute attack of the U.S. 
homeland by unconventional delivery of conventional and unconventional 
nuclear weapons, as well as radiological weapons.
    The mission of the DSB 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 Task Force will 
determine the adequacy of the U.S. ability to detect, identify, 
respond, and prevent unconventional nuclear attacks by terrorist or sub 
national entities. The Task Force will also identify capabilities of 
the Department to provide protection against such nuclear attacks in 
support of national capabilities in homeland defense.
    In accordance with section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, Pub. L. 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. II), it has been 
determined that these DSB Task Force meetings concern matters listed in 
5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and that, accordingly, the meetings will be closed 
to the public.

    Dated: April 12, 2002.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 02-9622 Filed 4-18-02; 8:45 am]
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