[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 244 (Friday, December 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70783-70784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31278]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Defense Science Board; Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board Task Force on Identification 
Technologies will meet in closed session on January 22-23, 2004, at 
Strategic Analysis Inc., 3601 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA. The Task 
Force will assess current technologies and operational concepts to 
identify and track individuals and materiel.

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    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. In this 
assessment, the task force's investigation will encompass defense, 
intelligence, and commercial systems, including compartmented 
technology in development and promising technologies in the lab that 
are not yet deployed. Technologies will include passive/active, line of 
sight/non-line of sight, and cooperative/non-cooperative. Potential 
mechanisms include predictive behavior modeling based on threat 
characteristics (attack modality, ideological makeup, social, ethnic, 
religious and political tendencies, etc.), identification technologies 
such as biometrics (iris scans, facial features, voice prints, etc.), 
DNA matching, and advanced non-identification technologies such as EO, 
RF, hyperspectral, and fluid surface assembly (FSA) sensors.
    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 this Defense Science Board Task Force meeting concerns 
matters listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and that, accordingly, the 
meeting will be closed to the public.

    Dated: December 12, 2003.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 03-31278 Filed 12-18-03; 8:45 am]
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