[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 37086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16633]



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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: This notice is to announce that the following meetings of the 
Defense Science Board (DSB) and the 2017 DSB Summer Study Task Force on 
Countering Anti-access Systems with Longer Range and Standoff 
Capabilities (``the Long Range Effects 2017 Summer Study Task Force'') 
will meet in closed session.

DATES: The Defense Science Board 2017 Defense Science Board (DSB) 
Summer Study Task Force on Countering Antiaccess Systems with Longer 
Range and Standoff Capabilities will meet from July 31 to August 4, 
2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and August 7 to August 10, 2017, 
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Defense Science Board will meet on 
August 9, 2017, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and August 11, 2017, from 
9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of 
Sciences and Engineering, 100 Academy Way, Irvine, CA 92617.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Defense Science Board Designated 
Federal Officer (DFO) Ms. Karen D.H. Saunders, (703) 571-0079 (Voice), 
(703) 697-1860 (Facsimile), [email protected] (Email). 
Mailing address is Defense Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, Room 
3B888A, Washington, DC 20301-3140. Web site: http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/. The most up-to-date changes to the meeting agenda can be found on 
the Web site.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to circumstances beyond the control of 
the Designated Federal Officer and the Department of Defense, the 
Defense Science Board was unable to provide public notification 
concerning its meeting on August 9 and August 11, 2017, of the Defense 
Science Board 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.
    Due to circumstances beyond the control of the Designated Federal 
Officer and the Department of Defense, the Defense Science Board was 
unable to provide public notification concerning its meeting on July 
31, 2017 through August 4, 2017, and August 7 through August 10, 2017, 
of the Defense Science Board 2017 Summer Study Task Force on Countering 
Anti-access Systems with Longer Range and Standoff Capabilities, 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 102-3.140 and 102-3.150.
    The mission of the DSB 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 Long 
Range Effects 2017 Summer Study Task Force is to explore new defense 
systems and technologies that will enable cost effective power 
projection that relies on the use of longer stand-off distances than 
current capabilities. System components may be deployed on manned or 
unmanned platforms with a range of potential autonomous capabilities. 
Use of cost reducing technology and advanced production practices from 
defense and commercial industry may be a major part of the strategy for 
deploying adequate numbers of weapons. This nine-day session will focus 
on coalescing all the information from briefings presented during the 
January, February, March, April, May, June and July meetings of the 
Long Range Effects 2017 Summer Study Task Force. The four panels 
(Architecture; Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance; Basing, 
Delivery, and Weapons; and Command, Control, Communications, and Cyber) 
will meet simultaneously to discuss topics and analyze data in support 
of the study.
    Additionally, the DSB members will attend a working luncheon on 
August 9, 2017, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to deliberate and vote on 
the findings and recommendations from the 2017 DSB Summer Study on Long 
Range Effects, and on August 11, 2017, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. to 
present the final outbriefing of the Long Range Effects 2017 Summer 
Study Task Force to DoD senior leaders.
    In accordance with section 10(d) of the FACA and 41 CFR 102-3.155, 
the DoD has determined that the Defense Science Board and the Long 
Range Effects 2017 Summer Study Task Force meetings 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 the DSB meetings and 
the Long Range Effects 2017 Summer Study Task Force meeting 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 the DSB meetings and 
the Long Range Effects 2017 Summer Study Task Force meeting will 
involve classified matters of national security concern. Such 
classified material is so intertwined with the unclassified material 
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 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-
3.105(j) and 102-3.140, interested persons may submit a written 
statement for consideration by the Long Range Effects 2017 Summer Study 
Task Force members 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 Long Range 
Effects 2017 Summer Study Task Force. The DFO will review all 
submissions with the Long Range Effects 2017 Summer Study Task Force 
Co-Chairs and ensure they are provided to Long Range Effects 2017 
Summer Study Task Force members prior to the beginning of this nine-day 
meeting on July 31, 2017.

    Dated: August 2, 2017.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2017-16633 Filed 8-7-17; 8:45 am]
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