[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 32 (Thursday, February 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8058-8059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4084]
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ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY
The Director's Advisory Committee; Notice of Closed Meetings
February 5, 1999.
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2 section 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 and Places: February 22-23, 1999, State Department
Building, 320 21st Street, NW., Room 5930, Washington, DC 20451;
February 24, 1999, Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri; March 11-12, 1999,
State Department Building, 320 21st Street, NW., Room 5930,
Washington, DC 20451.
Type of Meetings: Closed.
Contact: Robert Sherman, Executive Director, Director's Advisory
Committee, Room 5844, Washington, DC 20451, (202) 647-4622.
Purpose of Advisory Committee: To advise the President, the
Secretary of State, and the Director of the U.S. Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency with respect to 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
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Weapons Conventions. Members will exchange information and concepts
with key ACDA and Livermore Laboratory personnel. All meetings will
be held in Executive Session.
Reasons 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 Director of the U.S. Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency dated February 5, 1999, 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
The Director's Advisory Commission (DirAC) will hold meetings in
Washington, D.C., on February 22-23 and March 11-12, and Ft. Leonard
Wood, Missouri on February 24, 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 FR 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.
John D. Holum,
Director.
[FR Doc. 99-4084 Filed 2-16-99; 11:06 am]
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