[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7690-7691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02207]


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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 Tuesday, February 6, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. 
to 4:45 p.m.; closed to the public Wednesday, February 7, 2024 from 
8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; closed to the public Thursday, February 8, 2024 
from 8:15 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The addresses of the closed meeting are the Pentagon, Room 
3A912A, Washington, DC, 20301 and 4075 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300, 
Arlington, VA 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Elizabeth J. Kowalski, Designated 
Federal Officer (DFO): (703) 571-0081 (Voice), (703) 697-1860 
(Facsimile), [email protected], (Email). Mailing 
address is Defense Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, 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).
    Due to circumstances beyond the control of the DFO, the DSB was 
unable to provide public notification required by 41 CFR 102-3.150(a) 
concerning its February 6--8, 2024 meeting. Accordingly, the Advisory 
Committee Management Officer for the DoD, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-
3.150(b), waives the 15-calendar day notification requirement. 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

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DSB's mission. DSB membership will meet with DoD leadership to discuss 
classified current and future national security challenges and 
priorities within the DoD. DSB membership will also discuss the 2024 
DSB Summer Study on Advanced Capabilities for Potential Future Conflict 
and classified strategies for continued development of symmetric and 
asymmetric capabilities.
    Agenda: The meeting will begin on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 9:00 
a.m. Ms. Betsy Kowalski, DSB DFO, and Dr. Eric Evans, DSB Chair, will 
provide classified opening remarks regarding ongoing studies. Following 
break, Lt. Gen. Charles Moore, United States Air Force (Ret.), the 
Chair of the DSB Task Force on Future Cyber Warfighting Capabilities of 
the DoD will provide a classified briefing on the Task Force's findings 
and recommendations, regarding technical evaluations of cyber 
capabilities, on which the DSB will then deliberate and vote. Following 
break, Dr. Katherine McGrady and Dr. Robert Wisnieff, Chairs of the DSB 
Task Force to Advise Implementation and Prioritization of National 
Security Innovation Activities will provide a classified briefing on 
the Task Force's findings and recommendations, regarding emerging 
hardware and materials areas with the most significant potential dual-
use impact, on which the DSB will then deliberate and vote. After a 
break, Dr. Robert Grossman, study chair, will present the DSB Task 
Force on Digital Engineering's written report, regarding an independent 
assessment of the progress made by the DoD in implementing sections 23l 
(a) through (c) of the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization 
Act, followed by classified deliberation and a vote. The DSB Task Force 
on Test and Evaluation, which studied the resources and capabilities of 
the test and evaluation organizations, facilities, and laboratories of 
the DoD and is chaired by Dr. Dave Van Wie and Dr. Johney Green, will 
present a minority opinion document followed by classified deliberation 
and a vote. Next, Dr. David Knoll, Director for Analysis and Study 
Director, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Policy; Mr. Elee 
Wakim, Project Lead, OSD Policy; CDR Matthew Noland, Study Member, OSD 
Policy; CPT T.S. Allen, U.S. Army, Study Member; and MAJ Bart Kennedy, 
Study Member, Joint Staff, from a Joint OSD Policy, Joint Staff J7, and 
Office of Net Assessment team will provide a classified briefing on 
lessons learned from the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Finally, Mr. Doug 
Beck, Director of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), will provide a 
classified briefing on DIU's strategy, challenges, and priorities. The 
meeting will adjourn at 4:45 p.m. On Wednesday, February 7, 2024 at 
8:15 a.m., Ms. Betsy Kowalski, DSB DFO, and Dr. Eric Evans, DSB Chair, 
will provide opening remarks and a classified overview of the 
objectives of the 2024 Summer Study on Advanced Capabilities for 
Potential Future Conflict. Next, DSB members will meet to discuss 
classified strategies that best enable DoD's continued development of 
symmetric and asymmetric capabilities that will characterize future 
conflicts, including periodic breaks. Finally, the Honorable Heidi 
Shyu, Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering, will 
provide a classified briefing on her view of symmetric and asymmetric 
capabilities that will characterize future conflicts. The meeting will 
adjourn at 5:00 p.m. On Thursday, February 8, 2024, starting at 8:15 
a.m., the DSB members will continue to meet to discuss classified 
strategies that best enable DoD's continued development of symmetric 
and asymmetric capabilities that will characterize future conflicts, 
including periodic breaks. The meeting will adjourn at 4:00 p.m.
    Meeting Accessibility: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 1009(d) and 41 
CFR 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 (R&D), 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 R&D.
    Written Statements: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(3) and 41 
CFR 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: January 30, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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