[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5544-5545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00981]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Defense Science Board; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee 
Meetings

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meetings.

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SUMMARY: The 2017 Defense Science Board (DSB) Summer Study Task Force 
on Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century's Multi-Polar, Multi-Threat 
Strategic Environment (``the Nuclear Deterrence Summer Study Task 
Force'') will meet in closed session on Tuesday, January 24, 2017, from 
8:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Virginia 
Tech Advanced Research Center, 900 Glebe Road, 7th Floor, Arlington, VA 
and Wednesday, January 25, 2017, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the 
Executive Conference Center, 4075 Wilson Blvd., Suite 350, Arlington, 
VA.

DATES: Tuesday, January 24, 2017, from 8:15 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; and 
Wednesday, January 25, 2017, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Virginia Tech Advanced Research Center, 900 Glebe Road, 7th 
Floor, Arlington, VA (January 24, 2017); and Executive Conference 
Center, 4075 Wilson Blvd., Suite 350, Arlington, VA (January 25, 2017).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Debra Rose, Executive Officer, 
Defense Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, Room 3B888A, Washington, 
DC 20301-3140, via email at [email protected], or via phone 
at (703) 571-0084 or the Defense Science Board Designated Federal 
Officer (DFO) Ms. Karen D.H. Saunders, Executive Director, Defense 
Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, Room 3B888A, Washington, DC 
20301, via email at [email protected] or via phone at (703) 
571-0079.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to circumstances beyond the control of 
the Designated Federal Officer and the Department of Defense, the 2017 
Defense Science Board Summer Study Task Force on Nuclear Deterrence in 
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21st Century's Multi-Polar, Multi-Threat Strategic Environment was 
unable to provide public notification of its meetings on January 24-25, 
2017, as required by 41 CFR 102-3.150(a). Accordingly, the Advisory 
Committee Management Officer for the Department of Defense, pursuant to 
41 CFR 102-3.150(b), waives the 15-calendar day notification 
requirement.
    These meetings are being held under the provisions of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (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 mission of the Defense Science Board is to provide independent 
advice and recommendations on matters relating to the Department of 
Defense's (DoD) scientific and technical enterprise. The objective of 
the Nuclear Deterrence Summer Study Task Force is to address the topic 
of nuclear force modernization and recapitalization, focusing on ways 
to reduce the affordability problem and on ways to respond to the 
changing strategic environment through technical, programmatic, and 
operational innovation. The Nuclear Deterrence Summer Study Task Force 
will consider the critical issues associated with the status and trends 
in major power threats and proliferators that could threaten the United 
States or its allies, to include their nuclear, advanced conventional, 
and cyber capabilities that might threaten the operational viability of 
our nuclear deterrent; make our ability to control escalation through 
non-nuclear means problematic; or impact the assurance of U.S. extended 
deterrence globally. This two-day session will focus on providing 
general and nuclear threat briefings, to include briefings on China, 
Russia, and the Democratic Republic of Korea, from the National 
Intelligence Council and Defense Intelligence Agency, and the 
International Nuclear Deterrence Efforts and Perspective from the 
Executive Secretary of Nuclear Weapons Council on the Future of Nuclear 
Deterrence; a briefing on the `Perspective of the Office of Net 
Assessment on the Future of Nuclear Deterrence' by the Office of Net 
Assessment; a DoD Policy Brief on the Nuclear Posture Review by 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy; 
and a U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy brief from Mr. Frank Miller.
    In accordance with section 10(d) of the FACA and 41 CFR 102-2.155, 
the DoD has determined that the Nuclear Deterrence Summer Study Task 
Force meeting will be closed to the public. Specifically, the Under 
Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics), in 
consultation with the DoD Office of General Counsel, has determined in 
writing that all sessions will be closed to the public because matters 
covered by 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) will be considered. The determination is 
based on the consideration that it is expected that discussions 
throughout will involve classified matters of national security 
concern. Such classified material is so intertwined with the 
unclassified material and non-proprietary information that it cannot 
reasonably be segregated into separate discussions without defeating 
the effectiveness and meaning of the overall meetings. To permit the 
meetings to be open to the public would preclude discussion of such 
matters and would greatly diminish the ultimate utility of the DSB's 
findings or recommendations to the Secretary of Defense and to the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics.
    In accordance with section 10(a)(3) of the FACA and 41 CFR 102-
3.105(j) and 102-3.140, interested persons may submit a written 
statement for consideration by the Nuclear Deterrence Summer Study Task 
Force at any time regarding its mission or in response to the stated 
agenda of a planned meeting. Individuals submitting a written statement 
must submit their statement to the DSB's DFO--Ms. Karen D.H. Saunders, 
Executive Director, Defense Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, Room 
3B888A, Washington, DC 20301, via email at 
[email protected] or via phone at (703) 571-0079 at any 
point; however, if a written statement is not received at least 3 
calendar days prior to the meeting, which is the subject of this 
notice, then it may not be provided to or considered by the Nuclear 
Deterrence Summer Study Task Force. The DFO will review all submissions 
with the Nuclear Deterrence Summer Study Task Force co-Chairs and 
ensure they are provided to Nuclear Deterrence Summer Study Task Force 
members prior to the end of the two-day meeting on January 25, 2017.

    Dated: January 12, 2017.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2017-00981 Filed 1-17-17; 8:45 am]
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