[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 110 (Thursday, June 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33288-33289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-5215]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Defense Science Board; Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Defense, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee Meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board Task Force on Technology Vectors 
will meet in closed session on June 7 and 8, 2006; at Strategic 
Analysis, Inc. (SAI), 3601 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 500, Arlington, VA. 
This meeting will continue to map the study's direction and begin 
discussion on what will be the Technology Vectors DoD will need for the 
21st century.
    The mission of 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: Review previous attempts by DoD 
to identify critical technologies in order to derive lessons that would 
help illuminate the current challenge. identify the National Security 
objectives for the 21st century and the operational missions that U.S. 
military will be called upon to support these objectives; identify new 
operational capabilities needed for the proposed missions; identify the 
critical science technology, and other related enablers of the desired 
capabilities; assess current S&T investment plans' relevance to the 
needed operational capabilities and enablers and recommend needed 
changes to the plans; identify mechanisms to accelerate and assure the 
transition of technology into U.S. military capabilities; and review 
and recommend changes as needed, the current processes by which 
national security objectives and needed operational capabilities are 
used to develop and prioritize science, technology, and other related 
enablers, and how those enablers are then developed.
    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 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LCDR Clifton Phillips, USN, Defense 
Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, Room 3C553, Washington, DC 20301-
3140, via e-mail at [email protected], or via phone at (703) 
571-0083.
    Due to scheduling and work burden difficulties, there is 
insufficient time to provide timely notice required by section 10(a) of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act and Subsection 102-3.150(b) of the 
GSA Final Rule on Federal Advisory Committee Management, 41 CFR 102-
3.150(b), which further requires publication at

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least 15 calendar days prior to the meeting.

C.R. Choate,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 06-5215 Filed 6-7-06; 8:45 am]
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