[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 26 (Monday, February 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 5967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2700]


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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 Task Force on Identification 
Technologies will meet in closed session on March 15-16, 2004; April 
15-16, 2004; and May 5-6, 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.
    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, Pub. L. No. 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, the 
meetings will be closed to the public.

    Dated: February 3, 2004.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 04-2700 Filed 2-6-04; 8:45 am]
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