7 November 2001
Source: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/fr-cont.html

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[Federal Register: November 7, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 216)]
[Notices]
[Page 56288-56289]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Defense Science Board

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Chemical Warfare
Defense will meet in closed session on November 27, 2001, at SAIC,
Inc., 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA. The

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Task Force will assess the possibility of controlling the risk and
consequences of a chemical warfare (CW) attack to acceptable national
security levels within the next five years.
    The mission of the Defense Science Board is to advise the Secretary
of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology, & Logistics on scientific and technical matters as they
affect the perceived needs of the Department of Defense. At this
meeting, the Task Force will assess current national security and
military objectives with respect to CW attacks; CW threats that
significantly challenge these objectives today and in the future; the
basis elements (R&D, materiel, acquisition, personnel, training,
leadership) required to control risk and consequences to acceptable
levels, including counter-proliferation; intelligence, warning,
disruption; tactical detection and protection (active and passive);
consequence management; attribution and deterrence; and policy. The
Task Force will also assess the testing and evaluation necessary to
demonstrate and maintain the required capability and any significant
impediments to accomplishing this goal.
    In accordance with section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, Pub. L. 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. II), it has been
determined that this Defense Science Board meeting concerns matters
listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1), and that accordingly this meeting will
be closed to the public.

    Dated: November 1, 2001.
L. M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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