[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44292-44293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14791]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


U.S. Army Science Board Open Meeting; Notice

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Government 
in the Sunshine Act of 1976, the Department of the Army announces the 
following committee meeting of the U.S. Army Science Board (ASB) Summer 
Voting Session.

DATES: The U.S. Army Science Board Summer Voting Session will meet from 
8:15 a.m.-1:45 p.m. on Thursday, July 20, 2023.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Army Science Board, Designated Federal 
Officer, 2530 Crystal Drive, Suite 7098, Arlington, VA 22202; Ms. 
Heather J. Gerard (Ierardi), the ASB's Designated Federal Officer 
(DFO), at (406) 926-9090 or email: [email protected], and 
Mr. Vince L. Bullard, the ASB's Alternate Designated Federal Official 
at (571) 215-1408 or email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to circumstances beyond the control of 
the Designated Federal Officer, the U.S. Army Science Board was unable 
to provide public notification required by 41 CFR 102-3.150(a) 
concerning its July 20, 2023 meeting. 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.
    Purpose of Meeting: The purpose of the meeting is for ASB members 
to review, deliberate, and vote on the findings and recommendations 
presented for one Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 study, one FY2021 study, and 
two (FY23) ASB studies.
    Agenda: The board will present findings and recommendations for 
deliberation and vote on the following studies:
    ``An lndependent Assessment of the Army's Ability to Fight and Win 
on a Nuclear Battlefield.'' This FY21 study is classified and will be 
presented in a closed session at 8:15 a.m.-9:15 a.m.
    ``Surge Capacity in the Industrial Base.'' The study team collected 
data marked CUI from its source and cannot disseminate the information 
to the public. Reasons include (but are not limited to) the passing of 
proprietary business information and controlled technical information. 
This FY23 study is controlled unclassified and will be presented in a 
closed session at 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
    ``An Independent Assessment of the Army Implementation of Digital 
Engineering.'' This FY23 study is not classified and will be presented 
in an open session at 10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
    ``An Independent Assessment of the 2040 Battlefield and its 
Implications for 5th Generation Combat Vehicle Technologies''. This 
FY20 study is not classified and will be presented in an open session 
at 12:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m.
    Public Accessibility to the Meeting: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as 
amended, and 41 CFR 102-3.140 through 102-3.165, and subject to the 
availability of space, this meeting is open to the public. Registration 
of members of the public who wish to attend the meeting will begin at 
8:30 a.m. on the day of the meeting. Seating is limited and is on a 
first-to-arrive basis. Attendees will be asked to provide their name, 
title, affiliation, and contact information to include email address 
and daytime telephone number at registration. Any interested person may 
attend the meeting, file written comments or statements with the 
committee, or make verbal comments from the floor during the public 
meeting, at the times, and in the manner, permitted by the committee, 
as set forth below.
    Special Accommodations: The meeting venue is fully handicap 
accessible, with wheelchair access. Individuals requiring special 
accommodations to access the public meeting or seeking additional 
information about public access procedures, should contact Mr. Vince 
Bullard, the Alternate Designated Federal Official (ADFO) for the ASB, 
at the email addresses or telephone numbers listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section, at least five (5) business days prior to 
the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
    Written Comments or Statements: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 
Sec.  102-3.140(c) and 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(3), the public or interested 
organizations may submit written comments or statements to the ASB 
about its mission and/or the topics to be addressed in this public 
meeting. Written comments or statements should be submitted to Mr. 
Vince Bullard, the ADFO of the ASB, via electronic mail, the preferred 
mode of submission, at the addresses listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section in the following formats: Adobe Acrobat or 
Microsoft Word. The comment or statement must include the author's 
name, title, affiliation, address, and daytime telephone number. 
Written comments or statements being submitted in response to the 
agenda set forth in this notice must be received by the ADFO at least 
five (5) business days prior to the meeting so that they may be made 
available to the ASB for its consideration prior to the meeting. 
Written comments or statements received after this date may not be 
provided to the ASB until its next meeting. Please note that because 
the ASB operates under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended, all written comments will be

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treated as public documents and will be made available for public 
inspection.

James W. Satterwhite, Jr.,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-14791 Filed 7-11-23; 8:45 am]
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