[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 51097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18817]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY


Directorate of Science and Technology; Notice of Meeting of 
Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory 
Committee (HSSTAC) will meet in closed session at the Lawrence 
Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, on August 31-September 1, 
2004.

DATES: The meeting dates are August 31, 2004 and September 1, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The meeting location is Lawrence Livermore National 
Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550-9234.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Leckey, Homeland Security 
Science and Technology Advisory Committee, Department of Homeland 
Security, Directorate of Science and Technology, Washington, DC 20528; 
telephone 202-254-5721; e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Pub. L. 92-463, as amended (5 
U.S.C. App.2). The HSSTAC will meet for purposes of receiving briefings 
and examining initiatives and activities at various national 
laboratories. HSSTAC will be obtaining perspectives from these Homeland 
Security Research and Development (R&D) performers of what they do, 
what needs to be done, and any special insights they have as to how the 
Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate could 
better access, utilize and/or develop R&D capabilities. HSSTAC will 
also be receiving briefings and reviewing subcommittee progress reports 
and determining future actions. In accordance with section 10(d) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
App. 2), the Under Secretary for Science and Technology has determined 
that this HSSTAC meeting will concern classified and sensitive matters 
to homeland security within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1)(a) and 
(c)(9)(B) and that, accordingly, the meeting will be closed to the 
public.

    Dated: August 12, 2004.
Charles E. McQueary,
Under Secretary for Science and Technology.
[FR Doc. 04-18817 Filed 8-16-04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-10-P