[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64818-64819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26040]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS-2012-0033]
The Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council
AGENCY: National Protection and Programs Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: Quarterly Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council
membership update.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the
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establishment of the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory
Council (CIPAC) in a Federal Register Notice (71 FR 14930-14933) dated
March 24, 2006, which identified the purpose of CIPAC, as well as its
membership. This notice provides: (i) quarterly CIPAC membership
updates; (ii) instructions on how the public can obtain the CIPAC
membership roster and other information on the council; and (iii)
information on recently completed CIPAC meetings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry May, Designated Federal Officer,
Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council, Sector Outreach
and Programs Division, Office of Infrastructure Protection, National
Protection and Programs Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, 245 Murray Lane, Mail Stop 0607, Arlington, VA 20598-0607; by
telephone: (703) 603-5070; or via email at: [email protected].
Responsible DHS Official: Larry May, Designated Federal Officer for
the CIPAC.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose and Activity: The CIPAC facilitates interaction between
government officials and representatives of the community of owners
and/or operators for each of the critical infrastructure sectors
defined by Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7 and identified in
the National Infrastructure Protection Plan. The scope of activities
covered by the CIPAC includes planning; coordinating among government
and critical infrastructure owner and operator security partners;
implementing security program initiatives; conducting operational
activities related to critical infrastructure protection security
measures, incident response, recovery, and infrastructure resilience;
reconstituting critical infrastructure assets and systems for both
manmade as well as naturally occurring events; and sharing threat,
vulnerability, risk mitigation, and infrastructure continuity
information.
Organizational Structure: CIPAC members are organized into 18
critical infrastructure sectors. Each of these sectors has a government
coordinating council (GCC) whose membership includes (i) a lead Federal
agency that is defined as the Sector-Specific Agency; (ii) all relevant
Federal, state, local, tribal, and/or territorial government agencies
(or their representative bodies) whose mission interests also involve
the scope of the CIPAC activates for that particular sector; and (iii)
a sector coordinating council (SCC) whose membership includes critical
infrastructure owners and/or operators or their representative trade
associations.
CIPAC Membership: CIPAC Membership may include:
(i) Critical Infrastructure owner and/or operator members of an
SCC;
(ii) Trade association members who are members of an SCC
representing the interests of critical infrastructure owners and/or
operators;
(iii) Each sector's GCC members; and
(iv) State, local, tribal, and territorial governmental officials
comprising the State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial GCC.
CIPAC Membership Roster and Council Information: The current roster
of CIPAC members is published on the CIPAC Web site (http://www.dhs.gov/cipac) and is updated as the CIPAC membership changes.
Members of the public may visit the CIPAC Web site at any time to view
current CIPAC membership as well as the current and historic list of
CIPAC meetings and agendas.
Dated: October 16, 2012.
Larry May,
Designated Federal Officer for the CIPAC.
[FR Doc. 2012-26040 Filed 10-22-12; 8:45 am]
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