[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 41037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11459]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. NCS-2006-0006]
Preparedness Directorate; National Security Telecommunications
Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Preparedness Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of partially closed Advisory Committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: The President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory
Committee (NSTAC) will be meeting by teleconference: the meeting will
be partially closed.
DATES: Thursday, July 27, 2006, from 2 p.m. until 3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place by teleconference. For access to
the conference bridge and meeting materials, contact Mr. William Fuller
at (703) 235-5521, or by e-mail at William.C.Fuller@dhs.gov by 5 p.m.
on Monday, July 24, 2006. If you desire to submit comments, they must
be submitted by Wednesday, July 26, 2006. Comments must be identified
by NCS-2006-0006 and may be submitted by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: NSTAC1@dhs.gov. Include docket number in the
subject line of the message.
Mail: Office of the Manager, National Communications
System (N5), Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20529.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the words
``Department of Homeland Security'' and NCS-2006-0006, the docket
number for this action. Comments received will be posted without
alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal
information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received by the NSTAC, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kiesha Gebreyes, Chief, Industry
Operations Branch at (703) 235-5525, e-mail: Kiesha.Gebreyes@dhs.gov or
write the Deputy Manager, National Communications System, Department of
Homeland Security, IP/NCS/N5.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NSTAC advises the President on issues
and problems related to implementing national security and emergency
preparedness telecommunications policy. Notice of this meeting is given
under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92-463, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App.1 et seq.).
At the upcoming meeting, between 2 p.m. and 2:45 p.m., the members
will receive comments from government stakeholders, receive an update
from government officials on hurricane preparedness, review the NSTAC
XXX work plan, discuss a request from the National Infrastructure
Advisory Council (NIAC) to the NSTAC, and receive updates from the
NSTAC International Scoping Group (ISG) and the Emergency
Communications and Interoperability Task Force (ECITF). This portion of
the meeting will be open to the public.
Between 2:45 p.m. and 3 p.m. the committee will discuss global
infrastructure resiliency (GIR). This portion of the meeting will be
closed to the public.
Persons with disabilities who require special assistance should
indicate this when arranging for access to the teleconference and are
encouraged to identify anticipated special needs as early as possible.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150(b), this notice was published late as
a result of exceptional circumstances. An administrative processing
error prevented earlier publication, and the Department determined that
it would be impracticable to reschedule the substantive activity
scheduled for this meeting. In order to allow the greatest possible
public participation, the Department has extended the usual deadlines
to register public participants for the teleconference and to receive
public comments. As noted above, these dates are, respectively, July
24, 2006, and July 26, 2006.
Basis for Closure: The GIR discussion will likely involve sensitive
infrastructure information concerning system threats and explicit
physical/cyber vulnerabilities related to current communications
capabilities. Public disclosure of such information would heighten
awareness of potential vulnerabilities and increase the likelihood of
exploitation by terrorists or other motivated adversaries. Pursuant to
section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463,
as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.), the Department has determined
that this discussion will concern matters which, if disclosed, would be
likely to frustrate significantly the implementation of a proposed
agency action. Accordingly, the relevant portion of this meeting will
be closed to the public pursuant to the authority set forth in 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(9)(B).
Dated: July 14, 2006.
George W. Foresman,
Under Secretary for Preparedness.
[FR Doc. E6-11459 Filed 7-18-06; 8:45 am]
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