[Federal Register: March 24, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 56)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Science Board 1997 Summer Study Task Force on DoD
Responses to Transnational Threats

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board 1997 Summer Study Task Force on DoD
Responses to Transnational Threats will meet in closed session on April
1-2, 1997 at the Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, Virginia.
    The mission of the Defense Science Board is to advise the Secretary
of Defense through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Technology on scientific and technical matters as they affect the
perceived needs of the Department of Defense. At these meetings the
Task force will provide an assessment of the DoD posture and recommend
actions to improve this posture. Specifically, review the legislation,
executive orders, prior studies and current activities of the
government, identify the variety of threats which should be addressed
by the Department, assess the nation's vulnerability to these threats,
examine the DoD capabilities for playing its proper role in response,
identify available and potential technologies which may be applicable
for enhancing the protection of US Armed Forces, and recommend actions
by the Department to position itself properly for this set of problems.
    In accordance with Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, P.L. No. 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. II (1994)), it has been
determined that these DSB Task Force meetings concern matters listed in
5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) (1994), and that accordingly these meetings will be
closed to the public.

Dated: March 19, 1997.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 97-7329 Filed 3-21-97; 8:45 am]
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