[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62430-62431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24717]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Threat Reduction Advisory Committee; Notice of Federal Advisory 
Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, 
Technology and Logistics), Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Federal Advisory Committee meeting notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense announces the following Federal 
advisory committee meeting of the Threat Reduction Advisory Committee 
(TRAC). This meeting will be closed to the public.

DATES: Tuesday, November 4, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. 
to 4:00 p.m. and Wednesday, November 5, 2014, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: CENTRA Technology Inc., Ballston, Virginia on November 4 and 
CENTRA Technology Inc., Ballston, Virginia and the Pentagon, Arlington, 
Virginia on November 5.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William Hostyn, DoD, Defense 
Threat Reduction Agency J2/5/8R-AC, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, MS 6201, 
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201. Email: [email protected]. Phone: 
(703) 767-4453. Fax: (703) 767-4206.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Purpose of Meeting: This meeting is being held under the provisions 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA) (5 U.S.C., 
Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 
U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.150. The Committee will 
obtain, review and evaluate classified information related to the 
Committee's mission to advise on technology security, Combating Weapons 
of Mass Destruction (C-WMD), counterterrorism, and 
counterproliferation.
    Agenda: On Tuesday, November 4, the TRAC will receive a CIA/DIA 
current classified intelligence update. Following the opening remarks 
and intelligence update, the members will receive two classified 
reports from the TRAC information gathering groups on the Nuclear 
Strategic Stability and Cooperative Threat Reduction, taskings received 
from the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and 
Logistics and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Nuclear, Chemical 
and Biological Defense. The TRAC was asked to examine and present 
recommendations to the sponsor on strategic implications to possible 
changes to the U.S. Nuclear arsenal on U.S. strategies and allied 
viewpoints. The TRAC was also tasked by the sponsor to examine the 
Cooperative Threat Reduction program as it currently operates and the 
implications to U.S. obligations of possible modifications or direction 
changes. The TRAC will then deliberate on the information and produce a 
recommendation. During a working lunch, the TRAC members will continue 
to discuss the information and develop recommendations for the sponsor. 
At the afternoon session, the members will receive two classified 
briefings on the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Constellation 
Information Fusion Project and the development of framing questions to 
be used in the Terms of Reference for an upcoming classified review of 
North Korean weapons programs. The meeting will wrap up with a final 
discussion on the briefings of the day.
    The TRAC will continue to meet on November 5, 2014. The TRAC will 
hold classified discussions to receive information gathered for the 
TRAC's tasking to evaluate and provide program recommendations for 
DoD's Global Health Security program, followed by an information 
presentation to the entire TRAC on potential effects of changes being 
considered to DoD's Chemical and Biological Defense Program.
    The TRAC will provide an assessment on the program's ability to 
meet Congressional intent if the program is restructured. After 
deliberating and voting on the information provided to the entire 
committee by the information gathering groups, and approving the 
recommendations to be provided to the TRAC sponsor, the TRAC will then 
move to the Pentagon to continue the meeting and provide an executive 
outbrief to senior DoD leaders. The TRAC will then provide 
recommendations to DoD senior leaders on the Nuclear Strategic 
Stability and Chemical Biological Defense Program taskings, and an 
interim report of findings for the Global Health Security information 
gathering group. The session will conclude with a classified discussion 
on the way ahead and provide a classified senior leader briefing.
    Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 102-
3.155, the Department of Defense has determined that the meeting of the 
TRAC on November 4-5, 2014, shall be closed to the public. The Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, in 
consultation with the DoD FACA Attorney, has determined in writing that 
the public interest requires all sessions of this meeting be closed to

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the public because the discussions and sharing of information will be 
concerned with classified information and matters covered by 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(1). Such classified matters are inextricably intertwined with 
the unclassified material and cannot reasonably be segregated into 
separate discussions without disclosing secret material.
    Committee's Designated Federal Officer or Point of Contact: Mr. 
William Hostyn, DoD, Defense Threat Reduction Agency/J2/5/8R-ACP, 8725 
John J. Kingman Road, MS 6201, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201. Email: 
[email protected]. Phone: (703) 767-4453. Fax: (703) 767-4206.
    Written Statements: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140 
and section 10(a)(3) of FACA, the public or interested organizations 
may submit written statements to the membership of the TRAC at any time 
regarding its mission or in response to the stated agenda of a planned 
meeting. Written statements should be submitted to the TRAC's 
Designated Federal Officer. The Designated Federal Officer's contact 
information is listed in the section immediately above or it can be 
obtained from the General Services Administration's FACA Database: 
http://www.facadatabase.gov/committee/committee.aspx?cid=1663&aid=41. 
Written statements that do not pertain to a scheduled meeting of the 
Committee may be submitted at any time. However, if individual comments 
pertain to a specific topic being discussed at a planned meeting, then 
these statements must be submitted no later than five business days 
prior to the meeting in question. The Designated Federal Officer will 
review all submitted written statements and provide copies to all 
committee members.

    Dated: October 14, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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