[Federal Register: April 24, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 79)]
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UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY

 
The Director's Advisory Committee; Notice of Closed Meetings

April 21, 1998.
    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2Sec. 10(a)(2) (1996), the U.S. Arms 
Control and disarmament Agency (ACDA) announces the following Advisory 
Committee meetings:

    Name: The Director's Advisory Committee (DirAC).
    Dates: May 11-12, 1998, June 8-9, 1998.
    Time: 8:30 a.m.
    Place: For the May meeting: Offutt Air Force Base Omaha, 
Nebraska. For the June meeting: State Department Building, 320 21st 
Street, N.W. Room 4930 Washington, D.C.
    Type Of Meetings: Closed.
    Contact: Robert Sherman, Executive Director, Director's Advisory 
Committee, Room 5844, Washington, D.C. 20451, (202) 647-4622.
    Purpose of Advisory: To advise the Director of the U.S. Arms 
Control and Disarmament Agency respecting scientific, technical, and 
policy matters affecting arms control, nonproliferation, and 
disarmament.
    Purpose of the Meetings: The Committee will review specific arms 
control, nonproliferation, and verification issues. Members will be 
briefed on current U.S. policy and issues regarding agreements 
including the START II Treaty, Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the 
Convention on Conventional Weapons. Members will exchange 
information and concepts with key ACDA personnel. All meetings will 
be held in Executive Session.
    Reason for Closing: The DirAC members will be reviewing and 
discussing matters specifically authorized by Executive Order 12,958 
to be kept secret in the interest of national defense and foreign 
policy.
    Authority to Close Meetings: The closing of the meetings is in 
accordance with a determination by the Acting Director of the U.S. 
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency dated April 21, 1998, made 
pursuant to the provisions of Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2 Sec. 10(d) (1996).
Nancy Aderholdt,
Acting Director of Administration.
April 21, 1998.

Determination To Close Meetings of the Director's Advisory Committee

    The Director's Advisory Committee (DirAC) will hold meetings in 
Omaha, Nebraska, on May 11-12, and Washington, D.C., on June 8-9, 
1998.
    The entire agenda of these meetings will be devoted to specific 
national security policy and arms control issues. In accordance with 
section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2 
Sec. 10(d) (1996), I have determined that the meetings may be closed 
to the public in accordance with 5 U.S.C. Sec. 552b(c)(1) (1996). 
Materials to be discussed at the meetings have been properly 
classified, and are specifically authorized under criteria 
established by Executive Order 12,958, 60 Fed. Reg. 19,825 (1995), 
to be kept secret in the interests of national defense and foreign 
policy.
Ralph Earle, II,
Acting.
[FR Doc. 98-11095 Filed 4-22-98; 11:22 am]
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