[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58568-58569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18470]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Defense Science Board; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee 
Meeting

AGENCY: Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, 
Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Notice of Federal advisory committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that the 
following Federal advisory committee meeting of the Defense Science 
Board (DSB) will take place.

DATES: Closed to the public Monday, September 11, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 5:00 p.m.; Tuesday, September 12, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; 
Wednesday, September 13, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Thursday, 
September 14, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Friday, September 
15, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The address of the closed meeting is the Jack C. Taylor 
Conference Center, 290 Wood Rd., Naval Academy, MD 21402.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kevin Doxey, Designated Federal 
Officer (DFO), (703) 571-0081 (Voice), (703) 697-1860 (Facsimile), 
[email protected] (Email). Mailing address is Defense Science 
Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, Room 3B888A, Washington, DC 20301-3140. 
Website: http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/. 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 chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.) 
(commonly known as the ``Federal Advisory Committee Act'' or ``FACA''), 
5 U.S.C. 552b (commonly known as the ``Government in the Sunshine 
Act''), and sections 102-3.140 and 102-3.150 of title 41, Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR).
    Purpose of the Meeting: The mission of the DSB is to provide 
independent advice and recommendations on matters relating to the DoD's 
scientific and technical enterprise. The objective of the meeting is to 
obtain, review, and evaluate classified information related to the 
DSB's mission. DSB membership will meet to discuss the 2023 DSB Summer 
Study on Climate Change and Global Security (``the DSB Summer Study'').
    Agenda: The meeting will begin on Monday, September 11 at 8:30 a.m. 
with administrative remarks from Mr. Kevin Doxey, DFO and Executive 
Director, and opening remarks and a classified overview of the 2023 
Summer Study on Climate Change & Global Security to date from Dr. Eric 
Evans, the DSB Chair. Next, the DSB members will meet as a group in a 
plenary session to review the generated study briefing materials and 
engage in classified discussion(s) regarding anticipating the global 
stresses and possible conflict due to climate change. Following break, 
the DSB members will meet in smaller breakout groups to review the 
study briefing materials and engage in classified discussion regarding 
anticipating the global stresses and possible conflict due to climate 
change. The meeting will adjourn at 5:00 p.m.
    On September 12 at 8:30 a.m., DSB members will meet in smaller 
breakout groups to review the study briefing materials and engage in 
classified discussion regarding anticipating the global stresses and 
possible conflict due to climate change, with a break mid-day. The 
meeting will adjourn at 4:30 p.m.
    On September 13 at 8:30 a.m., the meeting will begin with a plenary 
session where members will meet as a group to review the generated 
study briefing materials and engage in classified discussion(s) 
regarding anticipating the global stresses and possible conflict due to 
climate change. Following break, the DSB members will meet in a 
breakout session, wherein smaller breakout groups will review the study 
briefing materials and engage in classified discussion regarding 
anticipating the global stresses and possible conflict due to climate. 
The meeting will adjourn at 4:30 p.m.
    On September 14 at 8:30 a.m., DSB members will meet in smaller 
breakout groups to review the study briefing materials and engage in 
classified discussion regarding anticipating the global stresses and 
possible conflict due to climate change, with a break mid-day. The 
meeting will adjourn at 4:30 p.m.
    On September 15, 2023, the final day of the meeting will open at 
8:30 a.m. with a plenary session, where members will review the 
generated study briefing materials and engage in classified 
discussion(s) regarding anticipating the global stresses and possible 
conflict due to climate change. The meeting will adjourn at 12:00 p.m.
    Meeting Accessibility: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 1009(d) and 41 
CFR 102-3.140 through 102-3.155, the DoD has determined that the DSB 
meeting will be closed to the public. Specifically, the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Research and Engineering, in consultation with the DoD 
Office of the General Counsel, has determined in writing that the 
meeting will be closed to the public because it 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 material 
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 Research and 
Engineering.
    Written Statements: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(3) and 41 
CFR

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102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, interested persons may submit a written 
statement for consideration by the DSB 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 DFO at the email address provided in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section at any point; however, if a written 
statement is not received at least three calendar days prior to the 
meeting, which is the subject of this notice, then it may not be 
provided to or considered by the DSB until a later date.

    Dated: August 23, 2023.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2023-18470 Filed 8-25-23; 8:45 am]
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