[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 186 (Monday, September 28, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49391-49392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23221]


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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: [email protected]. 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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