[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 211 (Tuesday, November 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75811-75812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26378]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Threat Reduction Advisory Committee; Notice of Closed 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 closed 
Federal advisory committee meeting of the Threat Reduction Advisory 
Committee (TRAC).

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DATES: Wednesday, November 16, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 
Thursday, November 17, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: United States Special Operation Command (USSOCOM) in Tampa, 
FL on both days.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William Hostyn, DoD, Defense 
Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) J2/5/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 TRAC will obtain, 
review, and evaluate classified information related to the TRAC's 
mission to provide advice on technology security, combating weapons of 
mass destruction (CWMD), counterterrorism, and counterproliferation.
    Agenda: All discussions for the two-day meeting will be classified 
at the secret level or higher. On Wednesday, November 16, the TRAC 
plenary session will open with welcoming remarks by four individuals. 
Mr. Steve Polchek, Designated Federal Officer, will cover security 
procedures and administrative details; LtGen Joseph L. Osterman, Deputy 
Commander, USSOCOM, will welcome the TRAC members; Dr. Arthur Hopkins, 
Principal Deputy, Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological (NCB) Defense Programs, 
will provide remarks on NCB's vision for the Unified Command Plan (UCP) 
changes and the DoD CWMD mission; and Ambassador (AMB) Ronald Lehman, 
TRAC Chair, opens the meeting with an outline of the two-day session. 
Following the opening remarks, the Honorable (HON) Michael Nacht and 
Ms. Eileen Vergino will provide an update on CWMD in North Korea; HON 
Joseph Benkert will update the group on the progress of the study on 
Chinese Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) operations; and HON Susan 
Koch will then provide a progress report and preliminary findings on 
Russian Strategy and Force Development. Following the working lunch, 
the TRAC-only session will commence to review existing and new 
taskings. AMB Lehman and Dr. Miriam John, TRAC Vice-Chair, will lead a 
discussion on the new tasks received from the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics: modernization of 
strategic nuclear forces and implementation guidance for the 2016 UCP 
transfer of the CWMD mission from United States Strategic Command to 
USSOCOM. The TRAC will then deliberate the findings and recommendations 
of the Russian Strategy and Force Development study. All participants 
will attend the visitation to the USSOCOM War Game Center for a walk-
through and demonstration scenario.
    The TRAC will continue meeting on Thursday, November 17, 2016. 
USSOCOM will provide intelligence briefings on the overlap of special 
operations and CWMD activities in the Western Pacific area of 
responsibility. USSOCOM representatives will then deliver a command 
brief, including an outline of USSOCOM's strategic direction in regards 
to CWMD, which will highlight potential avenues of coordination with 
the preexisting CWMD infrastructure. USSOCOM's Directorate of Plans 
will then give a more detailed picture of the UCP CWMD transition over 
a working lunch. Following the working lunch, AMB Lehman and LtGen 
Osterman will lead a group discussion on synergies between the 
Department of Defense's CWMD mission and USSOCOM. At the conclusion of 
the discussion, the Chair will adjourn the 39th Plenary.
    Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to section 10(d) of the FACA, 5 
U.S.C. 552b(c), and 41 CFR 102-3.155, the DoD has determined that the 
meeting 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 all sessions of this 
meeting are required to be closed to the public because the discussions 
will contain 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-level or higher 
material.
    Advisory Committee's Designated Federal Officer or Point of 
Contact: Mr. William Hostyn, DoD, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, J2/
5/AC, 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 section 10(a)(3) of FACA and 41 CFR 
102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or interested organizations may 
submit written statements to the membership of the TRAC at any time 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 this notice, 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 TRAC 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 TRAC members.

    Dated: October 27, 2016.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2016-26378 Filed 10-31-16; 8:45 am]
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