[Federal Register: September 5, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 171)]
[Notices]
[Page 50941]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Meetings of the Naval Research Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of Closed Meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Naval Research Advisory Committee (NRAC) will meet to
discuss classified information from government organizations and
proprietary information from commercial organizations. All sessions of
the September 26 Plenary Session will be devoted to briefings and
discussions focusing on emerging threats posed by potential
adversaries, the exploitation of physical vulnerabilities and the
tactical applications of known and emerging technologies. These
sessions will also include proprietary information regarding technology
applications and systems under development in the private sector
between competing companies. In addition, these sessions will focus on
the assessment of the emerging concepts of operations in each of these
areas and evaluate appropriate options in such areas as: Training, S&T
funding allocation, technology monitoring, and progress assessments;
and probable time frames for transformation and implementation.
Furthermore, these sessions will identify, review, and assess
challenges with the utilization and fielding of various technology
applications. All sessions on September 27 will be open to the public
except for the meeting period from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. dealing with the
security and counterintelligence briefing which will involve
discussions of security policies and procedures classified at the
SECRET level.
DATES: The Fall Meetings will be held on Wednesday, September 26, and
Thursday, September 27. The sessions open to the public will be on
Thursday morning, September 27 at the Pentagon auditorium from 8:30
a.m. to 12 p.m. and on Thursday afternoon from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. The
security and counterintelligence briefing on the afternoon of September
27 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and all sessions of September 26 will be
closed to the public.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Pentagon auditorium and the
Headquarters, Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William H. Ellis, Jr., Program
Director, Naval Research Advisory Committee, 875 North Randolph Street,
Arlington, VA 22203-1995, 703-696-5775.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is provided in accordance with
the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2).
All sessions of the first day of the meeting will be devoted to
executive sessions that will include discussions and technical
examination of information related to the application of research and
development to current and projected Navy and Marine Corps issues.
Briefings classified at the SECRET level from the Assistant Secretary
of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) and high level Navy
and Marine Corps officers are scheduled to provide candid assessments
of threats, countermeasures and current and projected issues. All
sessions of the second day of the meeting will be open to the public,
with the exception of one session from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. devoted to a
security and counterintelligence briefing for new members of the
committee. This security and counterintelligence briefing has been
developed in its entirety for new members of the NRAC, and will outline
security policies and procedures as they apply to the NRAC member.
These briefings and discussions will contain proprietary
information and information classified at the SECRET level that is
specifically authorized under criteria established by Executive Order
to be kept SECRET in the interest of national defense and is in fact
properly classified pursuant to such Executive Order. The proprietary,
classified and non-classified matters to be discussed are so
inextricably intertwined as to preclude opening these sessions of the
meeting. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(d), the
Secretary of the Navy has determined in writing that the public
interest requires that these sessions of the meetings be closed to the
public because they will be concerned with matters listed in 5 U.S.C.
section 552b(c)(1) and (4).
Dated: August 29, 2007.
T.M. Cruz,
Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-17508 Filed 9-4-07; 8:45 am]
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