13 March 2006
[Federal Register: March 13, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 48)]
[Notices]
[Page 12684]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Defense Science Board
AGENCY: Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee Meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board Task Force on Software Assurance
will meet in closed session on March 22, 2006; at Science Applications
International Corporation (SAIC), 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA.
This meeting is to chart the direction of the study and begin assessing
the current capabilities and vulnerabilities of DoD software.
The mission of the Defense Science Board is to advise the Secretary
of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology & Logistics on scientific and technical matters as they
affect the perceived needs of the Department of Defense. At these
meetings, the Defense Science Board Task Force will: Assess the risk
that DoD runs as a result of foreign influence on its software and to
suggest technology and other measures to mitigate the risk.
In accordance with section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. II), it has been
determined that these Defense Science Board Task Force meetings concern
matters listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and that, accordingly, the
meetings will be closed to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LCDR Clifton Phillips, USN, Defense
Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, Room 3C553, Washington, DC 20301-
3140, via e-mail at clifton.phillips@osd.mil, or via phone at (703)
571-0083.
Dated: March 7, 2006.
L.M. Bynum,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 06-2375 Filed 3-10-06; 8:45 am]
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