Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 22 / Thursday, February 2, 2006 / Notices 5649 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 013006D] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) Coastal 

Pelagic Species Management Team 

(CPSMT) and Coastal Pelagic Species 

Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS) will hold 

joint and separate work sessions, 

focused on Krill management and other 

fishery-related matters, which are open 

to the public. 

DATES: The CPSMT and the CPSAS will 

meet in a joint session on Wednesday, 

February 22, 2006, from 9 a.m. until 12 

noon, and will meet separately from 1 

p.m. until business for the day is 

completed. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

NMFS Southwest Regional Office, 501 

West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200, 

Long Beach, CA 90802, (562) 980–4000. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Mike Burner, Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, telephone: (503) 

820–2280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

primary purpose of the joint session is 

to review a draft Environmental 

Assessment and Amendment 12 to the 

Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) Fishery 

Management Plan regarding krill 

management. The CPSAS and CPSMT 

will also review the status of ongoing 

CPS fisheries and marine protected area 

issues. During separate afternoon 

sessions, the CPSAS and CPSMT will 

elect officers for 2006 and will develop 

recommendations for presentation to the 

Council at the March 2006 Council 

meeting. Additionally, the CPSMT will 

develop plans for completing the 2006 

CPS Stock Assessment and Fishery 

Evaluation document. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may be 

discussed, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal action during this 

meeting. Action will be restricted to 

those issues specifically listed in this 

document and any issues arising after 

publication of this document that 

require emergency action under section 

305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

provided the public has been notified of 

the intent to take final action to address 

the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. 

Carolyn Porter at (503) 820–2280 at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: January 30, 2006. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Science Board 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee 

Meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board 

Task Force on Software Assurance will 

meet in closed session on February 23 

and 24, 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: January 27, 2006. 

Linda Bynum, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Science Board 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee 

meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board 

Task Force on Technology Vectors will 

meet in closed session on February 15 

and 16, 2006; at Strategic Analysis, Inc. 

(SAI), 3601 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 

500, Arlington, VA. This meeting will 

be a plenary meeting used to map the 

study’s direction and begin discussion 

on what will be the Technology Vectors 

DoD will need for the 21st century. 

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: Review previous 

attempts by DoD to identify critical 

technologies in order to derive lessons 

that would help illuminate the current 

challenge; identify the National Security 

objectives for the 21st century and the 

operational missions that U.S. military 

will be called upon to support these 

objectives; identify new operational 

capabilities needed for the proposed 

missions; identify the critical science 

technology, and other related enablers 

of the desired capabilities; assess 

current S&T investment plans’ relevance 

to the needed operational capabilities 

and enablers and recommend needed 

changes to the plans; identify 

mechanisms to accelerate and assure the 

transition of technology into U.S. 

military capabilities; and review and 

recommend changes as needed, the 

current processes by which national 

security objectives and needed 

operational capabilities are used to 

develop and prioritize science, 

technology, and other related enablers, 

and how those enablers are then 

developed. 

In accordance with Section 10(d) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

Public Law 92–463, as amended (5 


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