[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 64060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22200]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Partially Closed Meeting of the Naval Research Advisory 
Committee

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Naval Research Advisory Committee (NRAC) will meet to 
discuss information classified at the SECRET level from government 
organizations and proprietary information from commercial 
organizations. With the exception of two unclassified sessions on 
December 12, 2007 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., all 
other sessions on December 11, 2007 and December 12, 2007 will include 
discussions involving proprietary information regarding technology 
applications and systems under development in the private sector 
between competing companies and/or information classified at the SECRET 
level that is devoted to intelligence briefings; emerging threats posed 
by potential adversaries; the exploitation of physical vulnerabilities; 
the tactical applications of known and emerging technologies; an 
assessment of the emerging concepts in such areas as: Training, S&T 
funding allocation, technology monitoring, progress assessments, and 
probable time frames for transformation and implementation; the 
challenges raised with the utilization and fielding of various 
technology applications; and a security briefing that will discuss 
security policies and procedures, and counterintelligence information 
classified at the SECRET level.

DATES: The Winter Meetings will be held on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 
and Wednesday, December 12, 2007. The open sessions of the meeting will 
be held on Wednesday, December 12, 2007, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. and from 
3 p.m. to 4 p.m. The closed sessions will be held all day on Tuesday, 
December 11, 2007, and on Wednesday, December 12, 2007, from 8 a.m. to 
2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Headquarters, Office of 
Naval Research, 875 North Randolph Street, Arlington, VA 22203-1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William H. Ellis, Jr., Program 
Director, Naval Research Advisory Committee, 875 North Randolph Street, 
Arlington, VA 22203-1995; telephone: 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 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. Classified briefings 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. These briefings and discussions will contain 
proprietary information and classified information 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. 
552b(c)(1) and (4).

    Dated: November 8, 2007.
T.M. Cruz,
Lieutenant, Judge Advocate Generals Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-22200 Filed 11-13-07; 8:45 am]
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