97-4564. Meeting of the National Defense Panel

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 8430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4564]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Meeting of the National Defense Panel

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for the 
first meeting of the National Defense Panel, and describes the 
functions of the Panel. The meeting will be closed to the public, in 
accordance with U.S. Code Title 552b, (c)(1) in order for the panel to 
discuss classified material. Notice of this meeting is required under 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, (Pub. L. 92-463). Notice of this 
meeting is less than fifteen days prior to the meeting due the Panel's 
delayed selection and the Panel members' subsequent need to meet at the 
earliest date possible.

DATES: February 27, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Room 3E912, Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310-1010.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Defense Panel was established 
January 24, 1997 by the Military Force Structure Review Act of 1996, 
Pub. L. 104-201, and will expire after December 15, 1997. The purpose 
of the Panel is to provide the Secretary of Defense and the Congress 
with an independent, nonpartisan assessment of the Secretary's 
Quadrennial Defense Review. The Panel will also provide the Secretary 
and the Congress by December 15, 1997 with an Alternate Force Structure 
Analysis that will explore innovative ways to meet the national 
security challenges of the Twenty-First century.

PROPOSED SCHEDULE AND AGENDA: The National Defense Panel will meet in 
closed session from approximately 12:00 PM until 3:30 PM on February 
27, 1997. The Panel will discuss classified intelligence information on 
the international security environment provided to the Panel by the 
Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Intelligence Council.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please call the National Defense Panel 
at [phone].

    Dated: February 19, 1997.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 97-4564 Filed 2-24-97; 8:45 am]
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