[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 50941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17508]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Meetings of the Naval Research Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Closed Meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Naval Research Advisory Committee (NRAC) will meet to 
discuss classified information from government organizations and 
proprietary information from commercial organizations. All sessions of 
the September 26 Plenary Session will be devoted to briefings and 
discussions focusing on emerging threats posed by potential 
adversaries, the exploitation of physical vulnerabilities and the 
tactical applications of known and emerging technologies. These 
sessions will also include proprietary information regarding technology 
applications and systems under development in the private sector 
between competing companies. In addition, these sessions will focus on 
the assessment of the emerging concepts of operations in each of these 
areas and evaluate appropriate options in such areas as: Training, S&T 
funding allocation, technology monitoring, and progress assessments; 
and probable time frames for transformation and implementation. 
Furthermore, these sessions will identify, review, and assess 
challenges with the utilization and fielding of various technology 
applications. All sessions on September 27 will be open to the public 
except for the meeting period from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. dealing with the 
security and counterintelligence briefing which will involve 
discussions of security policies and procedures classified at the 
SECRET level.

DATES: The Fall Meetings will be held on Wednesday, September 26, and 
Thursday, September 27. The sessions open to the public will be on 
Thursday morning, September 27 at the Pentagon auditorium from 8:30 
a.m. to 12 p.m. and on Thursday afternoon from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. The 
security and counterintelligence briefing on the afternoon of September 
27 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and all sessions of September 26 will be 
closed to the public.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Pentagon auditorium and the 
Headquarters, Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William H. Ellis, Jr., Program 
Director, Naval Research Advisory Committee, 875 North Randolph Street, 
Arlington, VA 22203-1995, 703-696-5775.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is provided in accordance with 
the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2). 
All sessions of the first day of the meeting will be devoted to 
executive sessions that will include discussions and technical 
examination of information related to the application of research and 
development to current and projected Navy and Marine Corps issues. 
Briefings classified at the SECRET level from the Assistant Secretary 
of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) and high level Navy 
and Marine Corps officers are scheduled to provide candid assessments 
of threats, countermeasures and current and projected issues. All 
sessions of the second day of the meeting will be open to the public, 
with the exception of one session from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. devoted to a 
security and counterintelligence briefing for new members of the 
committee. This security and counterintelligence briefing has been 
developed in its entirety for new members of the NRAC, and will outline 
security policies and procedures as they apply to the NRAC member.
    These briefings and discussions will contain proprietary 
information and information classified at the SECRET level that is 
specifically authorized under criteria established by Executive Order 
to be kept SECRET in the interest of national defense and is in fact 
properly classified pursuant to such Executive Order. The proprietary, 
classified and non-classified matters to be discussed are so 
inextricably intertwined as to preclude opening these sessions of the 
meeting. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(d), the 
Secretary of the Navy has determined in writing that the public 
interest requires that these sessions of the meetings be closed to the 
public because they will be concerned with matters listed in 5 U.S.C. 
section 552b(c)(1) and (4).

    Dated: August 29, 2007.
T.M. Cruz,
Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-17508 Filed 9-4-07; 8:45 am]
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