80 FR 19292 - Threat Reduction Advisory Committee; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 69 (April 10, 2015)

The Department of Defense announces the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the Threat Reduction Advisory Committee (TRAC). This meeting will be closed to the public.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 69 (Friday, April 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19292-19293]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08212]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Threat Reduction Advisory Committee; Notice of Federal Advisory 
Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, 
Technology and Logistics), Department of Defense.

ACTION: Federal Advisory Committee Meeting Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense announces the following Federal 
advisory committee meeting of the Threat Reduction Advisory Committee 
(TRAC). This meeting will be closed to the public.

DATES: Tuesday, April 21, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Wednesday, 
April 22, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.

ADDRESSES: CENTRA Technology Inc., Ballston, Virginia on April 21 and 
CENTRA Technology Inc., Ballston, Virginia and the Pentagon, Arlington, 
Virginia on April 22.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William Hostyn, DoD, Defense 
Threat Reduction Agency J2/5/8R-AC, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, MS 6201, 
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201. Email: [email protected]. 
Phone: (703) 767-4453. Fax: (703) 767-4206.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to difficulties beyond the control of 
the Designated Federal Officer, the Department of Defense was unable to 
finalize the meeting announcement for the scheduled meeting of the 
Threat Reduction Advisory Committee on April 21-22, 2015, to ensure 
compliance with 41 CFR 102-3.150(a). Accordingly, the Advisory 
Committee Management Officer for the Department of Defense, pursuant to 
41 CFR 102-3.150(b), waives the 15-calendar day notification 
requirement.
    Purpose of Meeting: This meeting is being held under the provisions 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA) (5 U.S.C., 
Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 
U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.150. The TRAC will obtain, 
review and evaluate classified information related to the TRAC's 
mission to advise on technology security, combating weapons of mass 
destruction (CWMD), counterterrorism, and counterproliferation.
    Agenda: On Tuesday, April 21, the meeting will open with classified 
opening remarks from the TRAC Chairperson. The TRAC will then receive a 
classified intelligence briefing from the Defense Intelligence Agency 
and the Central Intelligence Agency focused on Russian actions and 
current events as related to weapons of mass destruction. Following the 
intelligence update, the TRAC will have a working lunch and the group 
will discuss classified WMD issues as related to North Korea. The TRAC 
will then discuss two current TRAC taskings, at the classified level. 
These taskings include recommended changes to the current DoD role in 
the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) using the DoD response to the 
Ebola crisis in West Africa and Nuclear Strategic Stability (NSS) in 
light of current world events. Following the current taskings, the TRAC 
will discuss, at the classified level, emerging issues facing the 
Defense Threat Reduction Agency and U.S. Strategic Command Center for 
Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction at the request of the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. To 
conclude the day, the TRAC will deliberate on information received 
about the GHSA and NSS efforts.
    The TRAC will continue to meet on April 22, 2015. The TRAC 
Chairperson will summarize the previous day's information and discuss 
the way forward. Subsequently, the group will receive a classified 
brief from Ambassador Linton Brooks on Russian actions and implications 
of these actions on U.S./Russian future activities. Following 
Ambassador Brooks' presentation, the TRAC will

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hear from experts on the situation in Ukraine, at the classified level. 
The TRAC will continue discussion over a working lunch where they will 
review the topics they intend to brief senior leaders at the Pentagon 
later that afternoon.
    The TRAC will then transition to the Pentagon where the members 
will provide the DoD senior leaders with an out brief from the meeting.
    Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 102-
3.155, the Department of Defense has determined that the meeting of the 
TRAC on April 21-22, 2015, shall be closed to the public. The Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, in 
consultation with the DoD FACA Attorney, has determined in writing that 
the public interest requires all sessions of this meeting be closed to 
the public because the discussions and sharing of information will be 
concerned with classified information and matters covered by 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(1). Such classified matters are inextricably intertwined with 
the unclassified material and cannot reasonably be segregated into 
separate discussions without disclosing secret material.
    Advisory Committee's Designated Federal Officer or Point of 
Contact:
    Mr. William Hostyn, DoD, Defense Threat Reduction Agency J2/5/8R-
ACP, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, MS 6201, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201. 
Email: [email protected]. Phone: (703) 767-4453. Fax: (703) 
767-4206.
    Written Statements: Pursuant to section 10(a)(3) of FACA and 41 CFR 
102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or interested organizations may 
submit written statements to the membership of the TRAC at any time 
regarding its mission or in response to the stated agenda of a planned 
meeting. Written statements should be submitted to the TRAC's 
Designated Federal Officer. The Designated Federal Officer's contact 
information is listed in the section immediately above or it can be 
obtained from the General Services Administration's FACA Database: 
http://www.facadatabase.gov/committee/committee.aspx?cid=1663&aid=41.
    Written statements that do not pertain to a scheduled meeting of 
the TRAC may be submitted at any time. However, if individual comments 
pertain to a specific topic being discussed at a planned meeting, then 
these statements must be submitted no later than five business days 
prior to the meeting in question. The Designated Federal Officer will 
review all submitted written statements and provide copies to all TRAC 
members.

    Dated: April 6, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-08212 Filed 4-9-15; 08:45 am]
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