Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 64 / Monday, April 6, 2009 / Notices 15461 

Dated: March 31, 2009. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–7708 Filed 4–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

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 Joint Professional Military 

Education will meet in closed session. 

DATES: April 28–29, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: SAIC, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, 

Arlington, VA 22203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CDR 

Kenneth Spurlock, Navy Military 

Assistant, Defense Science Board, 3140 

Defense Pentagon, Room 3B888A, 

Washington, DC 20301–3140, via e-mail 

at Kenneth.spurlock@osd.mil, or via 

phone at (703) 571–0083. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 this meeting, 

the Board will discuss the identification 

of leader competencies—joint, service, 

and generic—to include parsing their 

inter-relationship; the current PME 

practices in the Services and joint 

communities; expansion of the JPME; 

service and joint community plans to 

modify JPME practices; how the Service 

and Joint PME programs support one 

another; advances in learning 

approaches and methods from 

academia, the private sector and other 

government agencies; the ability to 

administer JPME education in a more 

efficient and effective manner; and the 

ability to rapidly incorporate lessons 

learned from current operations into 

joint and Service JPME curricula. 

In accordance with section 10(d) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

Public Law 92–463, as amended (5 

U.S.C. App. 2) and 41 CFR 102–3.155, 

the Department of Defense has 

determined that these Defense Science 

Board Quarterly meeting will be closed 

to the public. Specifically, the Under 

Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, 

Technology and Logistics), with the 

coordination of the DoD Office of 

General Counsel, has determined in 

writing that all sessions of these 

meetings will be closed to the public 

because they will be concerned 

throughout with matters listed in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and (4). 

Interested persons may submit a 

written statement for consideration by 

the Defense Science Board. Individuals 

submitting a written statement must 

submit their statement to the Designated 

Federal Official at the address detailed 

above, at any point, however, if a 

written statement is not received at least 

10 calendar days prior to the meeting, 

which is the subject of this notice, then 

it may not be provided to or considered 

by the Defense Science Board. The 

Designated Federal Official will review 

all timely submissions with the Defense 

Science Board Chairperson, and ensure 

they are provided to members of the 

Defense Science Board before the 

meeting that is the subject of this notice. 

Dated: March 31, 2009. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. E9–7595 Filed 4–3–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

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 Joint Professional Military 

Education will meet in closed session. 

DATES: June 10–11, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: SAIC, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, 

Arlington, VA 22203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CDR 

Kenneth Spurlock, Navy Military 

Assistant, Defense Science Board, 3140 

Defense Pentagon, Room 3B888A, 

Washington, DC 20301–3140, via e-mail 

at Kenneth.spurlock@osd.mil, or via 

phone at (703) 571–0083. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 this meeting, 

the Board will discuss the identification 

of leader competencies—joint, service, 

and generic—to include parsing their 

inter-relationship; the current PME 

practices in the Services and joint 

communities; expansion of the JPME; 

service and joint community plans to 

modify JPME practices; how the Service 

and Joint PME programs support one 

another; advances in learning 

approaches and methods from 

academia, the private sector and other 

government agencies; the ability to 

administer JPME education in a more 

efficient and effective manner; and the 

ability to rapidly incorporate lessons 

learned from current operations into 

joint and Service JPME curricula. 

In accordance with section 10(d) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

Public Law 92–463, as amended (5 

U.S.C. App. 2) and 41 CFR 102–3.155, 

the Department of Defense has 

determined that these Defense Science 

Board Quarterly meeting will be closed 

to the public. Specifically, the Under 

Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, 

Technology and Logistics), with the 

coordination of the DoD Office of 

General Counsel, has determined in 

writing that all sessions of these 

meetings will be closed to the public 

because they will be concerned 

throughout with matters listed in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and (4). 

Interested persons may submit a 

written statement for consideration by 

the Defense Science Board. Individuals 

submitting a written statement must 

submit their statement to the Designated 

Federal Official at the address detailed 

above, at any point, however, if a 

written statement is not received at least 

10 calendar days prior to the meeting, 

which is the subject of this notice, then 

it may not be provided to or considered 

by the Defense Science Board. The 

Designated Federal Official will review 

all timely submissions with the Defense 

Science Board Chairperson, and ensure 

they are provided to members of the 

Defense Science Board before the 

meeting that is the subject of this notice. 

Dated: March 31, 2009. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. E9–7596 Filed 4–3–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Science Board 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee 

meetings. 


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