23 October 2008
[Federal Register: October 23, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 206)]
[Notices]
[Page 63139]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Federal Advisory Committee Meeting Notice
AGENCY: Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Office of the Under Secretary
of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; Department of
Defense.
ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of
1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5
U.S.C. 552b, as amended) the Department of Defense announces the
following Federal advisory committee meeting of the Threat Reduction
Advisory Committee (Hereafter referred to as the Committee).
DATES: Thursday, December 18, 2008, (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and Friday,
December 19, 2008, (10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.).
ADDRESSES: Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Defense Threat Reduction
Center Building, Conference Room G, Room 1252, 8725 John J. Kingman
Road, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060-6201, and the USD (AT&L) Conference
Room (3A912A), the Pentagon, Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Mr. Eric Wright, Defense
Threat Reduction Agency/AST, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, MS 6201, Fort
Belvoir, VA 22060-6201; E-mail: eric.wright@dtra.mil; Phone: (703) 767-
4759; Fax: (703) 767-5701.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of Meeting: To obtain, review and evaluate information
related to the Committee's mission to advise on technology security,
combating weapons of mass destruction (WMD), chemical and biological
defense, transformation of the nuclear weapons stockpile, and other
matters related to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's mission.
Meeting Agenda: The Committee will receive summaries of current
activities related to combating WMD as well as nuclear deterrent
transformation activities from the USD AT&L, ATSD (NCB) and Director of
DTRA. Panel summaries from five ad-hoc working Panels (Chemical-
Biological Warfare Defense, Systems and Technology, Combating Weapons
of Mass Destruction, Nuclear Deterrent Transformation, and
Intelligence) will be provided for committee discussion.
Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended, and
41 CFR 102-3.155, the Department of Defense has determined that the
meeting shall be closed to the public. The Under Secretary of Defense
for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, in consultation with the
Office of the DoD General Counsel, has determined in writing that the
public interest requires that all sessions of this meeting be closed to
the public because they will be concerned with matters listed in
section Sec. 552b(c)(1) of title 5, United States Code.
Written Statements: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140,
the public or interested organizations may submit written statements to
the membership of the Committee at any time or in response to the
stated agenda of a planned meeting. Written statements should be
submitted to the Committee's Designated Federal Officer; the Designated
Federal Officer's contact information can be obtained from the GSA's
FACA Database--https://www.fido.gov/facadatabase/public.asp.
Written statements that do not pertain to a scheduled meeting of
the Committee may be submitted at any time. However, if individual
comments pertain to a specific topic being discussed at a planned
meeting then these statements must be submitted no later than five
business days prior to the meeting in question. The Designated Federal
Officer will review all submitted written statements and provide copies
to all committee members.
Dated: October 15, 2008.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. E8-25303 Filed 10-22-08; 8:45 am]
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