Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee

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The Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee (DPBAC or DPB) is a federal advisory committee to the United States Department of Defense. Their charter is available on line through the Director of the Office of Administration and Management of the Department of Defense. The committee type is discretionary.

Richard Perle was the chairman of the committee during the initial years of the George W. Bush administration.

Excerpt of Objectives and Scope of Activities from charter:

1. The Defense Policy Board will serve the public interest by providing the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary and Under Secretary for Policy with independent, informed advice and opinion concerning major matters of defense policy. It will focus upon long-term, enduring issues central to strategic planning for the Department of Defense and will be responsible for research and analysis of topics, long or short range, addressed to it by the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary and Under Secretary for Policy.

Announcements for upcoming meetings of the DPBAC are published in the Federal Register.

[edit] External links and references

• DPB charter (pdf)
• definition of DoD federal advisory committee
• Office of Administration and Management of the Department of Defense
• Federal Register

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Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee • Office of Net Assessment • Defense Criminal Investigative Service • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency • Defense Commissary Agency • Defense Contract Audit Agency • Defense Contract Management Agency • Defense Finance and Accounting Service • Defense Information Systems Agency • Defense Intelligence Agency • Defense Legal Services Agency • Defense Logistics Agency • Defense Security Cooperation Agency • Defense Security Service • Defense Threat Reduction Agency • Missile Defense Agency • National Security Agency • National Reconnaissance Office • National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency • Pentagon Force Protection Agency • American Forces Information Service • Counterintelligence Field Activity • Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office • Department of Defense Education Activity • Defense Human Resources Activity • Office of Economic Adjustment • Tricare Management Activity • Washington Headquarters Services