[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 237 (Friday, December 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 71802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-27121]


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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 Management Oversight 
of Acquisition Organizations will meeting closed session on December 
17, 2004, at SAIC, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA. This Task 
Force will review the contracting and acquisition of several 
organizations. Two organizations will provide classified programs 
(SOCOM and MDA). The military departments will provide actual examples 
of acquisitions using source selection data to include proprietary 
information. The inclusion of classified and proprietary information 
does not lend itself to an open meeting.
    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 will assess whether all 
major acquisition organizations within the Department have adequate 
management and oversight processes, including what changes might be 
necessary to implement such process where needed. The task force will 
also review whether simplification of the acquisition structure could 
improve both efficiency and oversight.
    In accordance with Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 2), 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: December 6, 2004.
Jeannette Owings-Ballard,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 04-27121 Filed 12-9-04; 8:45 am]
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