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###### Department of Defense

###### Office of the Secretary

# AGENCY:

Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, Department of Defense (DoD).

# ACTION:

Notice of Federal advisory committee meeting.

# SUMMARY:

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

# DATES:

Closed to the public Monday, September 11, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Tuesday, September 12, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Wednesday, September 13, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Thursday, September 14, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Friday, September 15, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

# ADDRESSES:

The address of the closed meeting is the Jack C. Taylor Conference Center, 290 Wood Rd., Naval Academy, MD 21402.

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Mr. Kevin Doxey, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), (703) 571-0081 (Voice), (703) 697-1860 (Facsimile),                         *kevin.a.doxey.civ@mail.mil*                         (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 chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.) (commonly known as the “Federal Advisory Committee Act” or “FACA”), 5 U.S.C. 552b (commonly known as the “Government in the Sunshine Act”), and sections 102-3.140 and 102-3.150 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).

*Purpose of the Meeting:*                     The mission of the DSB is to provide independent advice and recommendations on matters relating to the DoD's scientific and technical enterprise. The objective of the meeting is to obtain, review, and evaluate classified information related to the DSB's mission. DSB membership will meet to discuss the 2023 DSB Summer Study on Climate Change and Global Security (“the DSB Summer Study”).                

*Agenda:*                     The meeting will begin on Monday, September 11 at 8:30 a.m. with administrative remarks from Mr. Kevin Doxey, DFO and Executive Director, and opening remarks and a classified overview of the 2023 Summer Study on Climate Change & Global Security to date from Dr. Eric Evans, the DSB Chair. Next, the DSB members will meet as a group in a plenary session to review the generated study briefing materials and engage in classified discussion(s) regarding anticipating the global stresses and possible conflict due to climate change. Following break, the DSB members will meet in smaller breakout groups to review the study briefing materials and engage in classified discussion regarding anticipating the global stresses and possible conflict due to climate change. The meeting will adjourn at 5:00 p.m.                

On September 12 at 8:30 a.m., DSB members will meet in smaller breakout groups to review the study briefing materials and engage in classified discussion regarding anticipating the global stresses and possible conflict due to climate change, with a break mid-day. The meeting will adjourn at 4:30 p.m.

On September 13 at 8:30 a.m., the meeting will begin with a plenary session where members will meet as a group to review the generated study briefing materials and engage in classified discussion(s) regarding anticipating the global stresses and possible conflict due to climate change. Following break, the DSB members will meet in a breakout session, wherein smaller breakout groups will review the study briefing materials and engage in classified discussion regarding anticipating the global stresses and possible conflict due to climate. The meeting will adjourn at 4:30 p.m.

On September 14 at 8:30 a.m., DSB members will meet in smaller breakout groups to review the study briefing materials and engage in classified discussion regarding anticipating the global stresses and possible conflict due to climate change, with a break mid-day. The meeting will adjourn at 4:30 p.m.

On September 15, 2023, the final day of the meeting will open at 8:30 a.m. with a plenary session, where members will review the generated study briefing materials and engage in classified discussion(s) regarding anticipating the global stresses and possible conflict due to climate change. The meeting will adjourn at 12:00 p.m.

*Meeting Accessibility:*                     In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 1009(d) and 41 CFR 102-3.140 through 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 the General Counsel, has determined in writing that the meeting will be closed to the public because it will consider matters covered by 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 meeting. 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 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(3) and 41 CFR                           ( print page 58569)                        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 at the email address provided in the                     **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT**                     section 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: August 23, 2023.

Aaron T. Siegel,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 2023-18470 Filed 8-25-23; 8:45 am]

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