[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 32 (Friday, February 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11021-11022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03189]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Defense Science Board; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee 
Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board (DSB) 2017 Summer Study Task Force 
on Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century's Multi-Polar, Multi-Threat 
Strategic Environment (``the Nuclear Deterrence 2017 Summer Study Task 
Force'') will meet in closed session on Tuesday, February 14, 2017, 
from 7:50 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Virginia Tech Applied Research 
Center, 900 Glebe Road, 7th Floor, Arlington, VA and Wednesday, 
February 15, 2017, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Executive 
Conference Center, 4075 Wilson Blvd., 3rd Floor, Arlington, VA.

DATES: Tuesday, February 14, 2017, from 7:50 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; 
Wednesday, February 15, 2017, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Virginia Tech Applied Research Center, 900 Glebe Road, 7th 
Floor, Arlington, VA (February 14, 2017); and Executive Conference 
Center, 4075 Wilson Blvd., Suite 350, Arlington, VA (February 15, 
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

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Designated Federal Officer and the Department of Defense, the Defense 
Science Board was unable to provide public notification concerning it 
meeting on February 14 through 15, 2017, of the Defense Science Board 
2017 Summer Study Task Force on Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st 
Century's Multi-Polar, Multi-Threat Strategic Environment, 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.
    This meeting is 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 DoD's 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 2017 Summer Study Task Force will 
consider the critical issues associated with the status and trends in 
major power threats and proliferator s 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 the DoD's 
Nuclear Weapons, Warheads, and Platforms. This meeting will provide 
overview briefings to study members on the future plans and programs 
that the DoD is currently pursuing. Day One briefings will include a 
mission, organization, and operations overview of the Nuclear Weapons 
Council by Mr. Wayne Hudson, Principal Deputy to the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters; a mission, organization, and 
operations overview of the U.S. Strategic Command Enterprise by Mr. Jim 
Colasacco, Chief Global Strike Division, Capability and Resource 
Integration Directorate, U.S. Strategic Command; an operational and 
technical presentation on the Air Forces' nuclear platform and warhead 
programs by the Air Force Nuclear Deterrence Staff; an overview 
briefing on the Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications domain by 
Dr. Richard Roca, John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; 
an operational and technical presentation on the DoD's nuclear platform 
and warhead programs by Mr. Tom Troyano, Director, Strategic Systems & 
Treaty Compliance, OUSD(AT&L); a brief on the Master Plan for Nuclear 
Warheads and the joint DoD and Department of Energy study on threats to 
the U.S. ability to maintain its strategic deterrence in support of the 
Joint Strategic Deterrence Review by Mr. Sean McDonald, National 
Nuclear Security Administration; and a mission, organization, and 
operations brief of DoD's Cyber Command. The day two briefing will be 
an operational and technical presentation on the Navy's nuclear 
platform and warhead programs by VADM Terry Benedict, Director, Navy 
Strategy Systems Program. The remainder of this day will be the Nuclear 
Deterrence 2017 Summer Study Task Force's six panel break-out sessions: 
Deterrence Theory, Scenarios; Cyber; Conventional Force Elements; 
Nuclear Weapons; Nuclear Delivery Platforms and NC2; and 
Experimentation, Exercises, Messaging.
    These panels will meet simultaneously to discuss topics to analyze 
in support of the study. The day will conclude with a full session of 
the Nuclear Deterrence 2017 Summer Study Task Force to share the 
discussions from the panel session.
    In accordance with section 10(d) of the FACA and 41 CFR 102-2.155, 
the DoD has determined that the Nuclear Deterrence 2017 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 they 
will consider matters covered by 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). 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 
information that it cannot reasonably be segregated into separate 
discussions without defeating the effectiveness and meaning of the 
overall meeting. To permit the meeting to be open to the public would 
preclude discussion of such matters and would greatly diminish the 
ultimate utility of the DSB's findings and 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.l05(j) and 102-3.140, interested persons may submit a written 
statement for consideration by the Nuclear Deterrence 2017 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 2017 Summer Study Task Force until the next meeting of this 
task force.
    The DFO will review all submissions with the Nuclear Deterrence 
2017 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 February 15, 2017.

    Dated: February 14, 2017.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2017-03189 Filed 2-16-17; 8:45 am]
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