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[Federal Register: April 12, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 69)]
[Notices]               
[Page 18516]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. DHS-2010-0020]

 
Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Science and Technology Directorate, DHS.

ACTION: Committee Management; notice of closed Federal Advisory 
Committee meeting

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SUMMARY: The Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory 
Committee will meet April 20-22, 2010 at the National Biodefense 
Analysis and Countermeasures Center, 110 Thomas Johnson Drive, Suite 
400, Frederick, MD. This meeting will be closed to the public.

DATES: The Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee 
will meet April 20, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., April 21, 2010 from 
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on April 22, 2010 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Biodefense Analysis 
and Countermeasures Center, 110 Thomas Johnson Drive, Suite 400, 
Frederick, MD 21702. Requests to have written material distributed to 
each member of the committee prior to the meeting should reach the 
contact person at the address below by Friday, April 16, 2010. Send 
written material to Ms. Tiwanda Burse, Science and Technology 
Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane, Bldg. 
410, Washington, DC 20528. Comments must be identified by DHS-2010-0020 
and may be submitted by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: HSSTAC@dhs.gov. Include the docket number in the 
subject line of the message.
     Fax: 202-254-6173.
     Mail: Ms. Tiwanda Burse, Science and Technology 
Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane, Bldg. 
410, Washington, DC 20528.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the words 
``Department of Homeland Security'' and the docket number for this 
action. Comments received will be posted without alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received by the (committee name), go to http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Tiwanda Burse, Science and 
Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, 245 Murray 
Lane, Bldg. 410, Washington, DC 20528, 202-254-6877.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92-463).
    At this meeting, the Committee will receive sensitive and 
classified (Secret-level) briefings and presentations regarding 
relationships between Science & Technology and selected National 
Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures related topics, which are 
matters relevant to homeland security.
    Basis for Closure: In accordance with Section 10(d) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act, it has been determined that the Homeland 
Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee meeting concerns 
sensitive Homeland Security information and classified matters within 
the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and (c)(9)(B) which, if prematurely 
disclosed, would significantly jeopardize national security and 
frustrate implementation of proposed agency actions and that, 
accordingly, this meeting will be closed to the public.

    Dated: April 2, 2010.
Tara O'Toole,
Under Secretary for Science and Technology.
[FR Doc. 2010-8203 Filed 4-9-10; 8:45 am]
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