[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 42 (Friday, March 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15198-15199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04368]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

National Nuclear Security Administration


Advisory Committee for Nuclear Security

AGENCY: Office of Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a closed meeting of the Advisory 
Committee for Nuclear Security (ACNS). The Federal Advisory Committee 
Act requires that public notice of meetings be announced in the Federal 
Register. Due to national security considerations, the meeting will be 
closed to the public and matters to be discussed are exempt from public 
disclosure.

DATES: March 26, 2024; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: In-person meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allyson Koncke-Fernandez, Office of 
Policy and Strategic Planning (NA-1.1) National Nuclear Security 
Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, 
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 287-5327, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background: The ACNS provides advice and recommendations to the 
Under Secretary Nuclear Security & Administrator, NNSA areas and those 
of the National Nuclear Security Administration.
    Purpose of the Meeting: The Quarterly meeting of the Advisory 
Committee for Nuclear Security (ACNS) will cover the current status of 
Committee activities as well as additional charges and is expected to 
contain discussions of a sensitive nature.
    Type of Meeting: In the interest of national security, the meeting 
will be closed to the public under Executive

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Order 13526 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. The Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, section 10(d), and the Federal Advisory 
Committee Management Regulation, 41 CFR 102-3.155, incorporate by 
reference the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b, which, at 
552b(c)(1) and (c)(3) permits closure of meetings where restricted data 
or other classified matters will be discussed.
    Tentative Agenda: Welcome; Headquarters and ACNS Updates; 
discussion of reports and current actions; discussion of next charges; 
conclusion.
    Public Participation: There will be no public participation in this 
closed meeting. Those wishing to provide written comments or statements 
to the Committee are invited to send them to Allyson Koncke-Fernandez 
at the address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
    Minutes: The minutes of the meeting will not be available.
    Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was 
signed on February 26, 2024, by David Borak, Deputy Committee 
Management Officer, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary 
of Energy. That document with the original signature and date is 
maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance 
with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the 
undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to 
sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as 
an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative 
process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon 
publication in the Federal Register.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on February 27, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-04368 Filed 2-29-24; 8:45 am]
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