98-27570. The Director's Advisory Committee; Notice of Closed Meetings

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 197 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 54670]
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[FR Doc No: 98-27570]


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ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY


The Director's Advisory Committee; Notice of Closed Meetings

October 7, 1998.
    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2 Sec. 10(a)(2)(1996), the U.S. Arms 
Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) announces the following Advisory 
Committee meetings:

    Name: The Director's Advisory Committee (DirAC).
    Dates: October 13-14, 1998, November 23-24, 1998, December 17-
18, 1998, January 26-27, 1999.
    Time: 8:30 a.m.
    Place: For the October, November and December meetings: State 
Department Building, 320 21st Street, NW., Room 4930, Washington, DC 
20451.
    For the January meeting: STRATCOM HQ, Offutt Air Force Base, 
Omaha, Nebraska.
    Type of Meetings: Closed.
    Contact: Robert Sherman, Executive Director, Director's Advisory 
Committee, Room 5844, Washington, DC 20451, [phone].
    Purpose of Advisory Committee: To advise the President, the 
Secretary of State, and the Director of the U.S. Arms Control and 
Disarmament Agency respecting scientific, technical, and policy 
matters affecting arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament.
    Purpose of the Meetings: The Committee will review specific arms 
control, nonproliferation, and verification issues. Members will be 
briefed on current U.S. policy and issues regarding negotiations 
such as the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the Convention on 
Conventional Weapons. Members will also be briefed on issues 
regarding the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions. Members 
will exchange information and concepts with key ACDA and Livermore 
Laboratory personnel. All meetings will be held in Executive 
Session.
    Reason for Closing: The DirAC members will be reviewing and 
discussing matters specifically authorized by Executive Order 12,958 
to be kept secret in the interest of national defense and foreign 
policy.
    Authority to Close Meetings: The closing of the meetings is in 
accordance with a determination by the Acting Director of the U.S. 
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency dated October 8, 1998, made 
pursuant to the provisions of Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2 Sec. 10(d)(1996).

    Notice: This notice is being published less than 15 days before 
the first meeting because of recent changes in the location of the 
meetings.
Cathleen Lawrence,
Director of Administration.

Determination To Close Meetings of the Director's Advisory Committee

October 8, 1998.
    The Director's Advisory Committee (DirAC) will hold a meeting in 
Washington, DC, on October 13-14, 1998, November 23-24, 1998, 
December 17-18, 1998, and at Offutt AFB, Omaha, Nebraska on January 
26-27, 1999.
    The entire agenda of these meetings will be devoted to specific 
national security policy and arms control issues. Pursuant to 
section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2 
Sec. 10(d)(1996), I have determined that the meetings may be closed 
to the public in accordance with 5 U.S.C. Sec. 552b(c)(1). Materials 
to be discussed at the meetings have been properly classified and 
are specifically authorized under criteria established by Executive 
Order 12,958, 60 Fed. Reg. 19,825 (1995), to be kept secret in the 
interests of national defense and foreign policy.
    This notice is being published less than 15 days before the 
first meeting day, because of recent changes in the location of the 
meetings.
Ralph Earle II,
Acting.
[FR Doc. 98-27570 Filed 10-8-98; 3:53 pm]
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