[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24728-24729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9979]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS-2012-0016]
President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory
Committee
AGENCY: National Protection and Programs Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: Committee Management; Notice of Partially Closed Federal
Advisory Committee Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory
Committee (NSTAC) will meet on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, in Washington DC.
The meeting will be partially closed to the public.
DATES: The NSTAC will meet in closed session on Tuesday, May 15, 2012,
from 9:45 a.m. to 12 p.m. and in closed session on Tuesday, May 15,
2012, from 1:45 p.m. to 5:10 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public portion of the meeting will be held at the Ronald
Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Atrium Hall, Washington DC. All visitors attending the open
sessions must pre-register. Please provide your name, telephone number,
and email address by 5 p.m. on Wednesday May 9, 2012, to Helen Jackson
at 703-235-4957 or to nstac@dhs.gov. The closed portion of the meeting
will be held at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at 725 17th
Street NW., Washington DC.
For information on facilities or services for individuals with
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact
nstac@dhs.gov or Helen Jackson at 703-235-4957 as soon as possible.
We are inviting public comment on the issues to be considered by
the committee as listed in the
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``SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION'' section below. Associated briefing
materials that will be discussed at the meeting will be available at
www.ncs.gov/nstac for review as of May 4, 2012. Comments must be
submitted in writing no later than May 11, 2012, and must be identified
by DHS-2012-0016 and may be submitted by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Email: nstac@dhs.gov. Include the docket number in the
subject line of the message.
Fax: 703-235-4941, Attn: Helen Jackson.
Mail: Deputy Manager, National Communications System,
National Protection and Programs Directorate, Department of Homeland
Security, 245 Murray Lane, Mail Stop 0615, Arlington, VA 20598-0615.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the words
``Department of Homeland Security'' and 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.
A public comment period will be held during the open portion of the
meeting on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, from 3:25 p.m. to 3:55 p.m., and
speakers are requested to limit their comments to 3 minutes. Speakers
will be accommodated in order of registration. Please note that the
public comment period may end before the time indicated, following the
last call for comments. Contact Helen Jackson at 703-235-4957 to
register as a speaker.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allen F. Woodhouse, NSTAC Alternate
Designated Federal Officer, Department of Homeland Security, telephone
(703) 235-4214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92-463). The
NSTAC advises the President on matters related to national security and
emergency preparedness telecommunications policy.
Agenda: The committee will meet in open session to receive a
briefing on the Federal Government's current technology priorities,
including initiatives to further implement the 25Point Implementation
Plan to reform Federal Information Technology Management, such as
progress made towards implementing the Government's Cloud First Policy.
Additionally, the NSTAC will receive a briefing on the Department of
Commerce's current initiatives with respect to the National Public
Safety Broadband Network. The NSTAC Members will then deliberate and
vote on their Report to the President on Cloud Computing. The members
will also discuss and vote on the National Public Safety Broadband
Network Subcommittee's Scoping Recommendations Report. Lastly, the
NSTAC will hear from the Executive Office of the President regarding
potential new taskings for future examination and receive feedback
regarding NSTAC open recommendations. Both reports to be deliberated
and discussed will be available for review at www.ncs.gov/nstac as of
May 4, 2012.
The committee will meet in a closed session to hear a classified
briefing regarding supply chain threats and activities. Additionally,
the members will discuss with senior government officials incentives
for public-private collaboration and the adoption of interoperable,
standards-based products for enterprise-level cybersecurity.
Basis for Closure: In accordance with the Government in the
Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), two meeting agenda items are determined
to require closure as the disclosure of the information would not be in
the public interest.
The first of these agenda items relates to issues and concerns
surrounding the threats and risks posed by supply chain management
within the telecommunications sector. The briefing provided will
discuss threats and vulnerabilities in addressing all aspects of the
telecommunications supply chain. In examining these risks, the NSTAC
will address sector vulnerabilities and how the Government can best
plan to mitigate these vulnerabilities without impeding commerce.
Disclosure of these vulnerabilities would provide a road map to
criminals who wish to increase threats to the telecommunication
sector's supply chain system and exacerbate or exploit vulnerabilities
that Government and the private sector are currently working to reduce.
Therefore, this portion of the meeting is required to be closed
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1)(A)(B) and(9)(B).
The second agenda item will address cybersecurity public-private
collaboration and adoption of interoperable standards-based products
for enterprise-level cybersecurity. Government officials will share
data with NSTAC members on initiatives, assessments, and future policy
requirements for cybersecurity across public and private networks. The
data to be shared includes information on cyber risk assessments,
identified network vulnerabilities and potential plans to address those
vulnerabilities and is not public information. Disclosure of this
information to the public would provide criminals with the means to
exploit cyber and physical weaknesses that might inhibit response,
recovery, and reconstitution from a degraded network. Additionally,
disclosure of this information may provide incentive to increase
attacks on networks in areas deemed to be vulnerable. Since this would
undermine the ability of the United States to continue ongoing work
with private sector partners to mitigate network vulnerabilities and
obtain advice from NSTAC, this portion of the meeting is required to be
closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B).
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) and 552b(c)(1)(A)(B),
these portions of this meeting will be closed to the public.
Dated: April 19, 2012.
Allen F. Woodhouse,
Alternate Designated Federal Officer for the NSTAC.
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