[Federal Register: September 28, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 186)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS-2009-0109]
Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Science and Technology Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: Committee Management; Notice of Closed Federal Advisory
Committee Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory
Committee will meet October 20--22, 2009 at the Naval Postgraduate
School, 1 University Circle, Monterey, CA. This meeting will be closed
to the public.
DATES: The Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee
will meet October 20, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., October 21, 2009,
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on October 22, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to
4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Naval Postgraduate School, 1
University Circle, Monterey, CA. Requests to have written material
distributed to each member of the committee prior to the meeting should
reach the contact person at the address below by Friday, October 9,
2009. Send written material to Ms. Tiwanda Burse, Science and
Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, 245 Murray
Lane, Bldg. 410, Washington, DC 20528. Comments must be identified by
DHS-2009-0109 and may be submitted by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: HSSTAC@dhs.gov. Include the docket number in the
subject line of the message.
Fax: 202-254-6173.
Mail: Ms. Tiwanda Burse, Science and Technology
Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane, Bldg.
410, Washington, DC 20528.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the words
``Department of Homeland Security'' and the docket number for this
action. Comments received will be posted without alteration at http://
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received by the (committee name), go to http://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Tiwanda Burse, Science and
Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, 245 Murray
Lane,
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Bldg. 410, Washington, DC 20528, 202-254-6877.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92-463).
At this meeting, the Committee will receive classified (SECRET-
level) updated threat and Homeland Security related briefings; and
classified reports from the Committee panels. West Coast laboratories,
Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), and
Homeland Security experts will present SECRET-level briefings
concerning matters sensitive to homeland security.
Basis for Closure: In accordance with section 10(d) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, it has been determined that the Homeland
Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee meeting concerns
sensitive Homeland Security information and classified matters within
the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and (c)(9)(B) which, if prematurely
disclosed, would significantly jeopardize national security and
frustrate implementation of proposed agency actions and that,
accordingly, the portion of the meeting that concerns these issues will
be closed to the public.
Dated: September 16, 2009.
Bradley I. Buswell,
Under Secretary for Science and Technology (Acting).
[FR Doc. E9-23221 Filed 9-25-09; 8:45 am]
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