[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-864]



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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Office of Administration


Notice of Meeting of the Commission on the Intelligence 
Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United 
States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction (``Commission'') will meet 
in closed session twice in February. The first meeting will be held on 
Wednesday, February 2, 2005, and Thursday, February 3, 2005, in its 
offices in Arlington, Virginia. The second meeting will be held in the 
same location on Wednesday, February 16, 2005, and Thursday, February 
17, 2005.
    Executive Order 13328 established the Commission for the purpose of 
assessing whether the Intelligence Community is sufficiently 
authorized, organized, equipped, trained, and resourced to identify and 
warn in a timely manner of, and to support the United States 
Government's efforts to respond to, the development of Weapons of Mass 
Destruction, related means of delivery, and other related threats of 
the 21st Century. This meeting will consist of briefings and 
discussions involving classified matters of national security, 
including classified briefings from representatives of agencies within 
the Intelligence Community; Commission discussions based upon the 
content of classified intelligence documents the Commission has 
received from agencies within the Intelligence Community; and 
presentations concerning the United States' intelligence capabilities 
that are based upon classified information. While the Commission does 
not concede that it is subject to the requirements of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 United States Code Appendix 2, it has 
been determined that both February meetings would fall within the scope 
of exceptions (c)(1) and (c)(9)(B) of the Sunshine Act, 5 United States 
Code, Sections 552b(c)(1) & (c)(9)(B), and thus could be closed to the 
public if FACA did apply to the Commission.

DATES: First meeting: Wednesday, February 2, 2005 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) 
and Thursday, February 3, 2005. (9 a.m. to 2 p.m.). Second meeting: 
Wednesday, February 16, 2005 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and Thursday, February 
17, 2005 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.).

ADDRESSES: Members of the public who wish to submit a written statement 
to the Commission are invited to do so by facsimile at (703) 414-1203, 
or by mail at the following address: Commission on the Intelligence 
Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass 
Destruction, Washington, DC, 20503. Comments also may be sent to the 
Commission by e-mail at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Brett C. Gerry, Associate 
General Counsel, Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the 
United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction, by facsimile, or 
by telephone at (703) 414-1200.

Victor E. Bernson, Jr.,
Executive Office of the President, Office of Administration, General 
Counsel.
[FR Doc. 05-864 Filed 1-14-05; 8:45 am]
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