[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 226 (Monday, November 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69869-69870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27689]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS-2014-0059]
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
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.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Renee Murphy, 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; telephone: (703) 603-5083; email: [email protected].
Responsible DHS Official: Renee Murphy, 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 Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) 21 and identified in
National Infrastructure Protection Plan 2013: Partnering for Critical
Infrastructure Security and Resilience. The scope of activities covered
by the CIPAC includes: Planning; coordinating among government and
critical infrastructure owner and operator partners; implementing
security and resilience program initiatives; conducting operational
activities related to critical infrastructure security and resilience
measures, incident response, and recovery; reconstituting critical
infrastructure assets and systems from both manmade and naturally
occurring events; and sharing threat, vulnerability, risk mitigation,
business continuity information, best practices, and lessons learned at
the unclassified level and as necessary, the classified secret level
with current clearance holders.
Organizational Structure: CIPAC members are organized into 16
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 activities 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 (CI) owner and operator members of a
DHS-recognized Sector Coordinating Council (SCC), including their
representative trade associations or equivalent organization members of
a SCC as determined by the SCC.
(ii) Federal, State, local, and tribal governmental entities
comprising the members of the GCC for each sector, including their
representative organizations; members of the State, Local, Tribal, and
Territorial Government Coordinating Council; and representatives of
other federal agencies with responsibility for CI activities.
CIPAC membership is organizational. Multiple individuals may
participate in CIPAC activities on behalf of a member organization as
long as member representatives are not federally registered lobbyists.
CIPAC Membership Roster and Council Information: The current roster
of CIPAC members are 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 lists of
CIPAC meetings and agendas.
Dated: November 3, 2014.
Renee Murphy,
Designated Federal Officer for the CIPAC.
[FR Doc. 2014-27689 Filed 11-21-14; 8:45 am]
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