[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 202 (Friday, October 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55946-55947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22804]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Defense Business Board; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee 
Meeting

AGENCY: Chief Management Officer, Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense (DoD) is publishing this notice to 
announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the 
Defense Business Board (``the Board'') will take place.

DATES: Closed to the public Wednesday, November 6, 2019 from 8:00 a.m. 
to 10:00 a.m. Open to the public Wednesday, November 6, 2019 from 10:00 
a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Closed to the public Wednesday, November 6, 2019 
from 10:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The closed and open portions of the meeting will be in Room 
3E869 in the Pentagon, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roma Laster, (703) 695-7563 (Voice), 
(703) 614-4365 (Facsimile), [email protected] (Email). Mailing 
address is Defense Business Board, 1155 Defense Pentagon, Room 5B1088A, 
Washington, DC 20301-1155, website: http://dbb.defense.gov/. The most 
up-to-date changes to the meeting agenda can be found on the website.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is being held under the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C., 
Appendix), the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 
CFR 102-3.140 and 102-3.150.
    Purpose of the Meeting: To obtain, review, and evaluate information 
related to the Board's mission in advising the Secretary of Defense on 
overall DoD management and governance on (a) issues central to 
strategic DoD planning; (b) policy implications of U.S. force structure 
and force modernization and on DoD's ability to execute U.S. defense 
strategy; (c) U.S. regional defense policies; and (d) other research 
and analysis of topics raised by the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy 
Secretary of Defense, or the Chief Management Officer of the Department 
of Defense (CMO) to allow the Board to provide informed, independent 
advice reflecting an outside private sector perspective of proven and 
effective best practices that can be applied to the DoD.
    Agenda: The closed meeting will begin on November 6, 2019 at 8:00 
a.m. with opening remarks by Ms. Roma Laster, the Designated Federal 
Officer. The Board will receive classified information provided by the 
National Guard Bureau and the United States Navy on the status of each 
respective organization. The meeting will go into open session at 10:00 
a.m. where the Board Interim Chair will provide an update on the 
Board's activities in support of current DoD reform efforts. The 
meeting will again go into closed session at 10:45 a.m. for classified 
discussions on proposed reform efforts, key challenges, and current 
scorecard within the Fourth Estate; classified discussions with the 
Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and the Chief 
Management Officer in regards to ongoing reform efforts; and classified 
briefings from the Special Assistant to the Chief of the National Guard 
Bureau and the Director, Space Force Planning Task Force on the 
establishment of both U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) and United States 
Space Force (USSF). The meeting will adjourn at 2:30 p.m.
    Meeting Accessibility: In accordance with section 10(d) of the FACA 
and 41 CFR 102-3.155, the DoD has determined that portions of the 
Board's meeting will be closed to the public. Specifically, the CMO, 
after consultation with the DoD Office of General Counsel, has 
determined in writing that from 8:00

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a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and again from 10:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. the meeting 
will be closed as the Board will consider classified information 
covered by 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). This determination is based on the 
consideration that the information presented by the National Guard 
Bureau and the U.S. Navy, discussions on the Fourth Estate, discussions 
with the Secretary, Deputy Secretary of Defense, the CMO, and 
information presented on Space are classified and it is expected that 
discussions throughout these briefings will involve classified matters 
of national defense or foreign policy. Such classified material is so 
intertwined with the unclassified material that it cannot reasonably be 
segregated into separate discussions without disclosing secret, 
confidential, or otherwise classified material. Pursuant to FACA and 41 
CFR 102-3.140, that portion of the meeting from 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 
a.m. is open to the public. Public attendees requiring escort should 
arrive at the Pentagon Visitor Center (adjacent to the Pentagon Metro 
Entrance) with sufficient time to complete security screening no later 
than 9:30 a.m. on November 6, 2019. To complete security screening, 
come prepared to present two forms of identification one of which must 
be a pictured identification card.
    Written Statements: Written comments on this, or any other Defense 
Business Board related topic, may be submitted to the Designated 
Federal Officer via email to mailbox address: 
[email protected] in either Adobe 
Acrobat or Microsoft Word format. Comments received 24 hours prior to 
the scheduled meeting will be presented during the meeting. After such 
time the statement will be distributed to the membership for their 
review and attached as a tab to the final study. Please note that 
because the Board operates under the provisions of the FACA, all 
submitted comments will be treated as public documents and will be made 
available for public inspection, including, but not limited to, being 
posted on the Board's website.

    Dated: October 15, 2019.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2019-22804 Filed 10-17-19; 8:45 am]
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