DOD Science Advisory Committees
Rich Cowan
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Advisory Committee Resources
[Note: WRIS Packet #3 published a full list of members of key
DOD, NASA, and EPA federal advisory committee members. This
update for 1991 shows what some of the DOD committees were
doing and lists new academic members to these committees.]
On an early February trip to Washington, DC, WRIS
Clearinghouse Coordinator Rich Cowan visited the General
Services Agency Committee Management Secretariat (tel. 202-
632-1135) and extracted the following information:
o In 1991 the DoD had 66 Federal Advisory Committees, 26 of
which were "technical" and 7 of which were "national policy"
related. The committees held a total of 504 meetings, 151 of
which were open to the public. The non-federal members were
paid $568,914 for their attendance at these meetings; $2.3
Million was spent on travel. The total DoD federal advisory
committees budget was $14.7 Million. All committees are re-
quired to issue a public report summarizing all Closed Meetings.
o Two task forces, the National Space Council and the Task Force
on US Government International Broadcasting failed to release
their membership lists. The National Security Agency Scientific
Advisory Board again released only one name on its
membership list; we have filed a FOIA request to discover this
information.
o The Board of Visitors of the National Defense University still
has no academic members. A new Defense Environmental
Responsibility Task Force was formed in 1991; it also has no
academic members.
o A new Federal Advisory Commission on Consolidation and
Conversion of Defense Research and Development Laboratories
was created. Only academic member: Dr. John Palms of the
University of South Carolina. This title looks quite promising
indeed, but the all-male panel does not appear to have any
experts on converting weapons labs to peaceful uses.
New Academic Members to Key Advisory Committees:
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology:
Murrin, Thomas J. - Duquesne University, Dean of Business School
Defense Science Board:
Baldeschweiler, John D. - Caltech, Professor of Physics
Carter, Ashton - Harvard, Kennedy School of Government
Carter, Donald I. - Harvard, Aerospace Division
Doty, Paul - Harvard
Nosenchuck, Daniel - Princeton, Assistant Professor
Roth, John R. - University of Utah, Professor of Biology
Board of Visitors, Defense Systems Management College:
Borsting, Jack - Dean, Univ. of Southern Cal. Business School
State Department Committee on Historical Diplomatic
Documentation (replacing Paul Kattenburg):
Annie Van Camp - Stanford U niv. Hoover Institution, archivist
1991 DoD Committee Activities
Defense Science Board
Reports:
DSB 1990 Summer Study on R&D Strategy for the 1990's:
Vol. I Executive Summary
Vol. 2 Scenarios & Intelligence
Vol. 3 Strategic Forces & Supporting C3
Vol. 4 Tactical Forces & Supporting C3
Vol. 5 Technology & Technology Transfer Policy
DSB Task Force on High-Leverage Technology Support for
Operation Desert Shield; DSB Task Force on Strategic Sensors
Army Science Board
Reports:
Stinger Reprogrammable Microprocessor; Electromagnetic/ Elec-
trothermal Gun Technology Development; Army Chemical/ Biolog-
ical (C/B) Protective Suit; Walter Reed Army Institute of Re-
search, Laboratory ; Effectiveness Review; Liquid Propellant Ad-
vanced Field Artillery System ; Future Systems: What will be the
Follow-on Radio to SINGCARS?; 1990 Summer Study on Reduction
of Operation and Support Costs; 1989 Summer Study on the Use of
Army Systems and Technologies in Counternarcotics Efforts
1991 Summer Studies:
The Soldier as a System; Army Simulation Strategy
Other Studies:
Improving the Quality of Science and Engineering in the Army;
Tactical Space Systems; Initiatives to Improve HBCU/MIs
[Historically Black Colleges and Universities/ ??] Infrastructure;
Requirements for Predicting Outyear Resource; Requirements
for Maintaining, Repairing, and Operating Army Facilities;
Tactical Space Systems; Logistic Support and Sustainment of
Operation Desert Shield; Depleted Uranium Study
Naval Research Advisory Committee
Reports:
NRAC Report on Aviator Physical Stress; NRAC Report on
Determining the Impact of Advancing Technology on Exercise
Resconstruction and Data Collection; NRAC Report on Suppression
of Enemy Fighter Defenses Over Land in the Year 2000 and
Beyond; Federal Advisory Committees - Closed Meetings Report
Other Studies:
Improving Navy Laboratory/Industry Relationships; Anti-Tactical
Ballistic Missile Requirements in the 2010 Timeframe; Open
Systems Architecture for Command Control, and Communications;
Countermine Capabilities for Amphibious Operations
Air Force Scientific Advisory Board
Written Reports:
Ad Hoc Committee on Munitions Warhead Effectiveness; Ad Hoc
Committee on Technology Options and Concepts for Defeating
Enemy Air Defenses
Draft Reports:
Ad Hoc Committee on Space Power Technology; Ad Hoc
Committee on Modeling and Simulation; Ad Hoc Committee on
Extension of Dormant Munitions Storage and Insensitive High
Explosives Research and Development; Ad Hoc Committee on
Directed Energy Weapons for Delay and Denial Security Systems;
Ad Hoc Committtee on Alternative Strategies for Software and
Computer Processor Upgrades to Software Intensive Aircraft
Oral Reports:
Ad Hoc Committee on Off-Board Sensors to Support Air Combat
Operations; Ad Hoc Committee on Air Force Aircraft Jet Engine
Manufacturing and Production Processes; Ad Hoc Committee on
Aerospace Applications of Superconductivity
Other Subcommittees:
Ad Hoc Committee on Modeling and Simulation; Aeronautical
Systems Division Advisory Group; Electronic System Division
Advisory Group; Electronic Security Command Advisory Group;
Airlift Cross-Matrix Panel; Foreign Technology Division Advisory
Group; Air Force Communication Command Advisory Group;
Logistics Cross-Matrix Panel; Scientific Advisory Board
Technology Strategy Panel; Space Cross-Matrix Panel;
National Security Agency Scientific Advisory Board: (all
reports are classified)
Other Studies:
SIGINT Exploitation Panel; Advance Technology/Voice Panel;
Technology Utilization Panel; Math Panel
New all-male committee (way to go, DOE)
Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Task Force on Energy
Research Priorities (no renewable energy experts):
Brinkman, William F. - AT&T Bell Labs, Physics Division
Townes, Charles H. - Berkeley, Professor of Physics
Everhart, Thomas E. - Caltech, President
Koonin, Steve - Caltech, Professor of Physics
McTague, John P. - Ford Motor, VP of Technical Affairs
Baldwin, David E. - Livermore Labs, Ass. Dir. Magnetic Fusion
May, Michael M. - Lawrence Livermore Labs, Director Emeritus
Feschbach, Herman - MIT, Professor of Physics
Treiman, Sam - Princeton University, Department of Physics
Frieman, Edward A. - Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Dir.
Wojcicki, Stanley - Stanford University, Deparment of Physics
Rosenbluth, Marshall N. - UC San Diego, Dept. of Physics
Frauenfelder, Hans - University of Illinois, Professor of Physics
Pake, George E. - Xerox Research Center, Vice President
Baltay, Charles - Yale University, Department of Physics