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DoD Support of Civil Authorities

Advisory Panel on Department of Defense Capabilities for Support of Civil Authorities After Certain Incidents

Date/Time:

November 23, 2009
November 24, 2009

1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST)
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. MST

Location:

Day 1 (classified meeting, closed to the public):
Headquarters, U.S. Northern Command
Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
(NOTE: This session of the meeting is closed to the public)

Day 2 :
Doolittle Hall—Association of Graduates Building
3116 Academy Drive
US Air Force Academy, Colorado 80840–4475
Phone: (719) 472-0300.

Meeting Purpose

November 23rd Session : Panel members will be briefed by leadership and staff at U.S. Northern Command and will engage in discussion about the activities of U.S. Northern Command that relate to the panel’s congressionally mandated tasks. Briefings and discussion will be classified.

November 24 Session : The purpose of this session is to obtain information on the role of the Defense Coordinating Officer (DCO); and on the mission and activities of the U.S. Marine Corps Chemical-Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF), the National Guard Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Conventional High-Explosives Enhanced Force Package (CERFP), and National Guard Civil Support Team (CST). The meeting will include a briefing by the Subpanel on Plans and Programs for Training and Equipping, who observed the Illinois National Guard’s “Joint Eagle” exercise in October. Discussion will also focus on the status of current research topics and plans for future full panel and subpanel meetings.

More information can be found in the Federal Register, at:

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Panel Mission

This Advisory Panel will assess authorities and capabilities for DoD support for CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives) incidents in areas of:

policies, programs, directives, and plans for training and equipping forces;
conducting support operations; coordinating with other Federal agencies;
obtaining information from States and localities;
other DoD equipment needs;
the number and location of additional National Guard Civil Support Teams (if any); and
the methodology and process behind establishing and maintaining, and the plans and programs for resourcing, dedicated, special, and general purpose forces.

Enabling Legislation

Section 1082, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (as modified by Section 1034, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010)

More Information

For more information, please see the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database.

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