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[Federal Register: January 15, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 10)]
[Notices]               
[Page 2555]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. DHS-2009-0158]

 
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 January 26-28, 2010, at the Department of Homeland 
Security, 1120 Vermont Ave., NW., Washington, DC. This meeting will be 
closed to the public.

DATES: The Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee 
will meet January 26, 2010, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., January 27, 2010, 
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on January 28, 2010, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Department of Homeland 
Security, 1120 Vermont Ave., NW., Washington, DC. 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, January 8, 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-2009-0158 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 (Top Secret-level) briefings and presentations regarding 
relationships between Science & Technology and selected Defense related 
topics concerning matters sensitive 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, the portion of the meeting that concerns these issues will 
be closed to the public.

    Dated: January 7, 2010.
Tara O'Toole,
Under Secretary for Science and Technology.
[FR Doc. 2010-737 Filed 1-14-10; 8:45 am]
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