83 FR 30922 - Defense Science Board; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 127 (July 2, 2018)

Page Range		30922-30923
FR Document		2018-14194

The Department of Defense (DoD) is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Defense Science Board (DSB) will take place.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 127 (Monday, July 2, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 127 (Monday, July 2, 2018)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-14194]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Defense Science Board; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee 
Meeting

AGENCY:  Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, 
Defense Science Board, Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense (DoD) is publishing this notice to 
announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the 
Defense Science Board (DSB) will take place.

DATES:  June 27, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.-June 28, 2018 from 
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES:  The Executive Conference Center, 4075 Wilson Boulevard, 3rd 
Floor, Arlington, VA 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Defense Science Board Designated 
Federal Officer (DFO) Mr. Edward C. Gliot, (703) 571-0079 (Voice), 
(703) 697-1860 (Facsimile), [email protected] (Email). 
Mailing address is Defense Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, Room 
3B888A, Washington, DC 20301-3140. Website: http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/
. The most up-to-date changes to the meeting agenda can be found on the 
website.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  This meeting is being held under the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C., 
Appendix), the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 
CFR 102-3.140 and 102-3.150.
    Purpose of the Meeting: The mission of the DSB is to provide 
independent advice and technical enterprise. The objective of the 
meeting is to obtain, review, and evaluate classified information 
related to the DSB's mission. The meeting will focus on DoD dependence 
on the U.S. electric power grid, homeland air defense, maritime 
situational awareness, threats and promise of biotechnology, countering 
autonomous systems, technical approaches to counter-intelligence, 
resilient positioning, navigation and timing, various undersea issues, 
gray zone conflict, resilience of the defense industrial base, and 
logistics.
    Agenda: The 2018 Summer Study meeting will begin on Wednesday, June 
27, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. with opening remarks from Mr. Edward Gliot, DSB 
Executive Director, Dr. Craig Fields, DSB Chairman and Dr. Eric Evans, 
Vice Chairman. Following opening remarks, Defense Science Board members 
will hold classified small group discussions covering DoD dependence on 
the U.S. electric power grid, homeland air defense, maritime 
situational awareness, threats and promise of biotechnology, countering 
autonomous systems, technical approaches to counter-intelligence, 
resilient positioning, navigation and timing, various undersea issues, 
gray zone conflict, resilience of the defense industrial base, and 
logistics. After break, DSB members will hold a plenary session of 
classified discussion covering DoD dependence on the U.S. electric 
power grid, homeland air defense, maritime situational awareness, 
threats and promise of biotechnology, countering autonomous systems, 
technical approaches to counter-intelligence, resilient positioning, 
navigation and timing, various undersea issues, gray zone conflict, 
resilience of the defense

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industrial base, and logistic. The meeting will adjourn at 5:00 p.m. On 
the second day of the meeting, Thursday, June 28, 2018, the day will 
begin at 8:00 a.m. with a classified plenary session covering DoD 
dependence on the U.S. electric power grid, homeland air defense, 
maritime situational awareness, threats and promise of biotechnology, 
countering autonomous systems, technical approaches to counter-
intelligence, resilient positioning, navigation and timing, various 
undersea issues, gray zone conflict, resilience of the defense 
industrial base, and logistic. After break, the classified plenary 
discussion will continue. The meeting will adjourn at 3:00 p.m.
    Meeting Accessibility: In accordance with section 10(d) of the FACA 
and title 41 CFR 102-3.155, the DoD has determined that the DSB meeting 
will be closed to the public. Specifically, the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Research and Engineering, in consultation with the DoD 
Office of General Counsel, has determined in writing that the meeting 
will be closed to the public because it will consider matters covered 
by title 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). The determination is based on the 
consideration that it is expected that discussions throughout will 
involve classified matters of national security concern. Such 
classified material is so intertwined with the unclassified material 
that it cannot reasonably be segregated into separate discussions 
without defeating the effectiveness and meaning of the overall 
meetings. To permit the meeting to be open to the public would preclude 
discussion of such matters and would greatly diminish the ultimate 
utility of the DSB's findings and recommendations to the Secretary of 
Defense and to the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 
Engineering.
    Written Statements: In accordance with section 10(a)(3) of the FACA 
and title 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, interested persons may 
submit a written statement for consideration by the DSB at any time 
regarding its mission or in response to the stated agenda of a planned 
meeting. Individuals submitting a written statement must submit their 
statement to the DSB DFO provided above at any point; however, if a 
written statement is not received at least three calendar days prior to 
the meeting, which is the subject of this notice, then it may not be 
provided to or considered by the DSB until a later date.

    Dated: June 27, 2018.
Shelly E. Finke,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2018-14194 Filed 6-29-18; 8:45 am]
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Accordingly, after consideration of would be collected over the telephone. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
these comments, CPSC will request For participants eligible for in-home Defense Science Board Designated
approval from OMB for this collection interviews, a two-member survey team Federal Officer (DFO) Mr. Edward C.
of information. will ask household residents questions Gliot, (703) 571–0079 (Voice),
related to installed smoke and CO (703) 697–1860 (Facsimile),
B. Survey
alarms. The survey team will then test edward.c.gliot.civ@mail.mil (Email).
CPSC has entered into a contract with residents’ smoke and CO alarms. If any Mailing address is Defense Science
Eureka Facts to conduct a national in- of the alarms do not work, the survey Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, Room
home survey that will estimate the use team will offer to replace the alarms free 3B888A, Washington, DC 20301–3140.
and functionality of smoke and CO of charge. Website: http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/.
alarms in households, as well as user The most up-to-date changes to the
hazard perceptions regarding such C. Burden Hours
meeting agenda can be found on the
alarms. The information collected from The survey interview will take 20 to website.
this survey will provide CPSC updated 60 minutes to conduct, depending on
national estimates regarding the use of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
whether the survey is administered by meeting is being held under the
smoke alarms and CO alarms in telephone (about 20 minutes), or by an
households, based on direct observation provisions of the Federal Advisory
in-home interview (60 minutes). We Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C.,
of alarm installations. The survey also estimate the number of survey
will help CPSC identify the groups that Appendix), the Government in the
respondents to be 1,185. We estimate Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41
do not have operable smoke alarms and/ the total annual burden hours for
or CO alarms and the reasons they do CFR 102–3.140 and 102–3.150.
respondents to be 1,422 hours, based on Purpose of the Meeting: The mission
not have such alarms. With this the total time required to respond to the
information, CPSC will be able to target of the DSB is to provide independent
invitation, screener, and the actual advice and technical enterprise. The
its messaging better and improve survey. The monetized hourly cost is
consumer use and awareness regarding objective of the meeting is to obtain,
$35.64, as defined by the average total review, and evaluate classified
the operability of these alarms. In hourly cost to employers for employee
addition, the survey results will help to information related to the DSB’s
compensation for employees across all mission. The meeting will focus on DoD
inform CPSC’s recommendations to occupations as of September 2017,
voluntary standards groups and state/ dependence on the U.S. electric power
reported by the Bureau of Labor grid, homeland air defense, maritime
local jurisdictions regarding their codes, Statistics. Accordingly, we estimate the
standards, and/or regulations on smoke situational awareness, threats and
total annual cost burden to all promise of biotechnology, countering
and CO alarms. respondents to be $50,680. (1,422 hours
The survey seeks to collect autonomous systems, technical
× $35.64 = $50,680.). The total cost to approaches to counter-intelligence,
information from 1,185 households
the federal government for the contract resilient positioning, navigation and
within the United States, with an initial
to design and conduct the survey is timing, various undersea issues, gray
group of 50 households that will be
$721,773. zone conflict, resilience of the defense
processed and analyzed to identify any
issues regarding the survey instrument Alberta E. Mills, industrial base, and logistics.
and data collection procedures. The Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Agenda: The 2018 Summer Study
survey will use a mixed-mode, Commission. meeting will begin on Wednesday, June
multistage approach to data collection. [FR Doc. 2018–14140 Filed 6–29–18; 8:45 am] 27, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. with opening
The data will be collected through two BILLING CODE P
remarks from Mr. Edward Gliot, DSB
modes: Face-to-face in-home interviews Executive Director, Dr. Craig Fields,
and telephone surveys. The survey DSB Chairman and Dr. Eric Evans, Vice
instrument will be programmed on Chairman. Following opening remarks,
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Vovici software and will be Defense Science Board members will
administered via in-home interviews Office of the Secretary hold classified small group discussions
using a Computer-Assisted Personal covering DoD dependence on the U.S.
Interview (CAPI) format, or by Defense Science Board; Notice of electric power grid, homeland air
telephone, using a Computer-Assisted Federal Advisory Committee Meeting defense, maritime situational awareness,
Telephone Interview (CATI) format. threats and promise of biotechnology,
Smoke alarms are more prevalent in AGENCY: Under Secretary of Defense for countering autonomous systems,
homes than CO alarms are. Accordingly, Research and Engineering, Defense technical approaches to counter-
during the screening process, if Science Board, Department of Defense. intelligence, resilient positioning,
respondents indicate that they have a ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory navigation and timing, various undersea
smoke alarm that may be tested directly, Committee meeting. issues, gray zone conflict, resilience of
the respondents will be scheduled for the defense industrial base, and
an in-home interview for the full survey. SUMMARY: The Department of Defense logistics. After break, DSB members will
However, if the smoke alarm cannot be (DoD) is publishing this notice to hold a plenary session of classified
tested directly because the household announce that the following Federal discussion covering DoD dependence on
does not have a smoke alarm installed, Advisory Committee meeting of the the U.S. electric power grid, homeland
or the smoke alarms are connected to a Defense Science Board (DSB) will take air defense, maritime situational
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central alarm system that will notify the place. awareness, threats and promise of
police or fire department, the DATES: June 27, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. to biotechnology, countering autonomous
respondent is not eligible for the in- 5:00 p.m.–June 28, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. systems, technical approaches to
home survey. Instead of the in-home to 3:00 p.m. counter-intelligence, resilient
survey, these households would be ADDRESSES: The Executive Conference positioning, navigation and timing,
given a subset of survey questions about Center, 4075 Wilson Boulevard, 3rd various undersea issues, gray zone
safety attitudes and demographics that Floor, Arlington, VA 22203. conflict, resilience of the defense

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting.
Dates		June 27, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.-June 28, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Contact		Defense Science Board Designated Federal Officer (DFO) Mr. Edward C. Gliot, (703) 571-0079 (Voice), (703) 697-1860 (Facsimile), [email protected] (Email).
FR Citation		83 FR 30922

83 FR 30922 - Defense Science Board; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSEOffice of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 127 (July 2, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary