[Federal Register: October 11, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 196)]
[Notices]               
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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 meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board Task Force on Software Assurance 
will meet in closed session on October 16-17, 2006: at Science 
Applications International Corporation (SAIC), 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, 
Arlington, VA. This meeting is to assess the future direction of space 
requirements and identify the industrial base to meet the Nation's 
future requirements.
    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

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these meetings, the Defense Science Board Task Force will: assess the 
health of the U.S. space industrial base and determine if there is any 
adverse impact from export controls, in particular, on the health of 
lower-tier contractors; anticipate future space requirements and the 
shape of the space industrial base required to achieve the anticipated 
capabilities; and recommend improvements to current policies and 
processes, where applicable, while also identifying policies and 
processes that can shape the space industrial base to deliver future 
capabilities.
    In accordance with Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, Pub. L. No. 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. II), it has been 
determined that these Defense Science Board Task Force meetings concern 
matters listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and that, accordingly, the 
meetings will be closed to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LCDR Clifton Phillips, USN, Defense 
Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, Room 3C553, Washington, DC 20301-
3140, via e-mail at clifton.phillips@osd.mil, or via phone at (703) 
571-0083.
    Due to scheduling and work burden difficulties, there is 
insufficient time to provide timely notice required by Section 10(a) of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act and Subsection 102-3.150(b) of the 
GSA Final Rule on Federal Advisory Committee Management, 41 CFR Part 
102-3.150(b), which further requires publication at least 15 calendar 
days prior to the meeting.

    Dated: October 4, 2006.
C.R. Choate,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 06-8595 Filed 10-10-06; 8:45 am]

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