[Federal Register: October 4, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 191)]
[Notices]               
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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 Task Force on Mobility will meet in 
closed session on October 14-15, 2004; November 17-18, 2004; and 
December 14-15, 2004, in Arlington, VA. This task Force will identify 
the acquisition issues in improving our strategic mobility 
capabilities.
    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 Defense Science Board Task Force will review: The part 
transport plays in our present-day military capability--the technical 
strengths and weaknesses the operational opportunities and constraints; 
the possible advantage of better alignment of current assets with those 
in production and those to be delivered in the very near future; how

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basing and deployment strategies--CONUS-basing, prepositioning (ashore 
or afloat), and seabasing--drive our mobility effectiveness; the 
possible advantages available from new transport technologies and 
systems whose expected IOC dates are either short term ( 12 years) or, 
separately, the long term ( 25 years).
    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 Task Force meeting concerns 
matters listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and that, accordingly, the 
meeting will be closed to the public.

    Dated: September 27, 2004
L. M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 04-22172 Filed 10-1-04; 8:45 am]

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