[Federal Register: September 16, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 179)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

 
Defense Science Board

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on the Role and 
Status of DoD Red Teaming Activities will meet in closed session on 
September 24, 2002; November 14, 2002; and December 17, 2002, at 
Strategic Analysis Inc., 3601 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA. This 
Task Force will review the role and status of Red Teaming in the 
Department of Defense (DoD) and recommend ways to make it a more 
effective tool.
    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 this 
meeting, the Defense Science Board Task Force will review and evaluate 
current and past Red Team activities

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within the Department of Defense and its agencies, as well as other 
government and non-government organizations (including those initiated 
since September 11). The Task Force will prepare recommendations that 
are relevant to red teaming that portrays both state and non-state 
adversaries. It will also look at how the Department should work with 
other government departments and agencies to foster effective red 
teaming. The Task Force will address issues of red team products, 
processes and organization.
    In accordance with section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, Pub. L. 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. II), it has been 
determined that this Defense Science Board Task Force meeting concerns 
matters listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and that, accordingly, this 
meeting will be closed to the public.

    Dated: September 6, 2002.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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