81 FR 59609 - Threat Reduction Advisory Committee; Notice of Closed Federal Advisory Committee Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 168 (August 30, 2016)

The Department of Defense announces the following closed Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Threat Reduction Advisory Committee (TRAC).

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59609-59610]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20895]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Threat Reduction Advisory Committee; Notice of Closed Federal 
Advisory Committee Meeting

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

ACTION: Federal Advisory Committee meeting notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense announces the following closed 
Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Threat Reduction Advisory 
Committee (TRAC).

DATES: Thursday, September 29, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 
Friday, September 30, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: CENTRA Technology Inc., Arlington, VA on September 29, 2016, 
and CENTRA Technology, Inc., Arlington, VA and the Pentagon, 
Washington, DC on September 30, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William Hostyn, DoD, Defense 
Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) J2/5/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: 
    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 provide advice on technology security, Combating Weapons of 
Mass Destruction (CWMD), counterterrorism, and counterproliferation.

Agenda:

    All discussions for the two-day meeting will be classified at the 
secret

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level or higher. On Thursday, September 29, Designated Federal Officer 
William Hostyn will make his remarks, and then the TRAC Chair, 
Ambassador Ronald Lehman, will open the meeting with comments that 
outline the topics to be covered in the two-day meeting. Following the 
opening remarks, the TRAC will hear from the Principal Deputy, 
Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs, Dr. Arthur Hopkins 
on updates regarding Unified Command Plan changes and the implications 
for the DoD mission of CWMD. Following Dr. Hopkins' remarks, there will 
be a classified intelligence briefing covering emerging biological 
threats relating to state and non-state actors. The TRAC will then 
receive a classified brief on ``Theories of Victory, Red and Blue'' 
from Dr. Roberts of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which will 
detail the shift from global to regional conflict as the central 
paradigm of 21st century strategic conflict and assess regional powers' 
evolving notions of how to deter U.S. power projection and the U.S. 
response. Next, the TRAC will hear from Dr. William Schneider on cross 
domain deterrence issues affecting the nuclear-armed escalatory matrix. 
The TRAC will have a working lunch and will receive a classified 
briefing from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency on biological 
detection capabilities. Following that discussion, the TRAC will 
discuss, deliberate, and finalize the findings and recommendations of 
the studies on Russian and Chinese provocations as well as CWMD in 
North Korea in preparation for the meeting on day two with the TRAC's 
sponsor, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and 
Logistics.
    The TRAC will continue the meeting on September 30, 2016. The group 
will first discuss prospective new studies and next steps for the TRAC 
in 2017-2018 based on the sponsor's guidance and direction. The TRAC 
will then receive a classified brief from Dr. Bates on emerging 
biological threats and technological proliferation issues. The TRAC 
members will review the final recommendations on Russia, China and 
North Korea over a working lunch. The TRAC will then transition to the 
Pentagon, where they will provide Under Secretary Kendall with a brief 
from the previous day's meeting on the finding and recommendations on 
Russia and China Provocations and CWMD in North Korea. At the 
conclusion of the discussion, the Chair will adjourn the 38th Plenary.
    Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to section 10(d) of the FACA, 5 
U.S.C. 552b(c), and 41 CFR 102-3.155, the DoD has determined that the 
meeting 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 all sessions of this 
meeting are required to be closed to the public because the discussions 
will contain 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-level or higher 
material.
    Advisory Committee's Designated Federal Officer or Point of 
Contact: Mr. William Hostyn, DoD, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, J2/
5/AC, 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 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 this notice, 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: August 25, 2016.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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