[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 173 (Friday, September 5, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 51799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-20554]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Partially Closed Meeting of the Secretary of the Navy 
Advisory Panel

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The SECNAV Advisory Panel will discuss recommendations for the 
Department of the Navy's acquisition structure and strategies related 
to a classified topic.

DATES: The meeting will be held on September 25, 2008 from 8:30 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m. The morning sessions on Acquisition Structure from 8:30 a.m. 
to 11:30 a.m. will be open. The afternoon sessions will be closed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Pentagon Conference Center 
across from the Corridor 8 entrance to the Pentagon. Public access is 
limited due to the Pentagon Security requirements. Members of the 
public wishing to attend will need to contact LCDR Cary Knox at 703-
693-0463 or Colonel Simkins-Mullins at 703-697-9154 no later than 
September 19, 2008 and provide Name, Date of Birth and Social Security 
number. Public transportation is recommended as public parking is not 
available. Members of the public wishing to attend this event must 
enter through the Pentagon's Metro Entrance between 7:45 a.m. and 8:15 
a.m. where they will need two forms of identification in order to 
receive a visitor's badge and meet their escort. Members will then be 
escorted to the Pentagon Conference Center to attend the open sessions 
of the Advisory Panel. Members of the public shall remain with 
designated escorts at all times while on the Pentagon Reservation. 
Members of the public will be escorted back to the Pentagon Metro 
Entrance at 11:30 a.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colonel Caroline Simkins-Mullins, 
SECNAV Advisory Panel, Office of Program and Process Assessment, 1000 
Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350, telephone: 703-697-9154.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), these matters of 
the afternoon sessions constitute classified information that is 
specifically authorized by Executive Order to be kept secret in the 
interest of national defense and is, in fact, properly classified 
pursuant to such Executive Order.
    Accordingly, the Secretary of the Navy has determined in writing 
that the public interest requires that portions of this meeting be 
closed to the public because they will be concerned with matters listed 
in section 552b(c)(1) of Title 5, United States Code.
    Individuals or interested groups may submit written statements for 
consideration by the Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel at any time 
or in response to the agenda of a scheduled meeting. All requests must 
be submitted to the Designated Federal Officer at the address detailed 
below. If the written statement is in response to the agenda mentioned 
in this meeting notice, then the statement, if it is to be considered 
by the Panel for this meeting, must be received at least five days 
prior to the meeting in question.
    The Designated Federal Officer will review all timely submissions 
with the Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel Chairperson, and ensure 
they are provided to members of the Secretary of the Navy Advisory 
Panel before the meeting that is the subject of this notice.
    To contact the Designated Federal Officer, write to: Designated 
Federal Officer, SECNAV Advisory Panel, Office of Program and Process 
Assessment, 1000 Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350, Telephone: 703-
697-9154.

    Dated: August 28, 2008.
T. M. Cruz,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-20554 Filed 9-4-08; 8:45 am]
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