[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 126 (Friday, July 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38119-38120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13007]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Defense Science Board Meeting
AGENCY: Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee Meeting; Defense Science Board
Task Force on Roles and Authorities of the Director of Defense Research
and Engineering.
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SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board Task Force on Roles and Authorities
of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering will meet in closed
session on July 28, 2005, at SAI, 3601 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA.
The Task Force will examine the past and current roles and authorities
for the Director of Defense Research and Engineering (DDR&E).
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 these
meetings, the Task Force will review and evaluate concepts to determine
appropriate future roles and authorities of the DDR&E including an
analysis of the relationship of the Director to other senior science
and technology (S&T) and acquisition officials of the military
departments and the Defense Agencies; the relationship of the Director
to the performance of the following functions: planning, programming,
and budgeting of the S&T programs of the DoD; management of DoD
laboratories and technical centers; promotion of the rapid transition
of technologies to acquisition programs within the DoD; promotion of
the transfer of technologies into and from the commercial sector; the
coordination of DoD S&T activities with organizations outside the DoD;
technical review of DoD acquisition programs and policies; training and
education activities for the national scientific and technical
workforce; development of science and technology policies and programs
relating to the maintenance of the national technology and industrial
base; and the development of new technologies in support of the
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transformation of the Armed Forces. The Task Force will also examine
the duties of the Director as the Chief Technology Office of the DoD.
DATES: July 28, 2005.
ADDRESSES: SAI, 3601 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LTC Scott Dolgoff, USA, Defense
Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, Room 3D865, Washington, DC 20301-
3140, via email at [email protected], or via phone at (703) 695-
4158.
Dated: June 24, 2005.
Jeannette Owings-Ballard,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 05-13007 Filed 6-30-05; 8:45 am]
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