[Federal Register: January 10, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 6)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DHS-2006-0080]
Notice of Meeting of National Infrastructure Advisory Council
(NIAC)
AGENCY: Directorate for Preparedness, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) will meet
in open session.
DATES: Tuesday, January 16, 2007, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20045.
You may submit comments, identified by DHS-2006-0080, by one of the
following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: william.corcoran@associates.dhs.gov. When
submitting comments electronically, please include by DHS-2006-0080, in
the subject line of the message.
Mail: Jenny Menna, Department of Homeland Security,
Directorate for Preparedness, Washington, DC 20528. To ensure proper
handling, please reference by DHS-2006-0080, on your correspondence.
This mailing address may be used for paper, disk or CD-ROM submissions.
Hand Delivery/Courier: Jenny Menna, Department of Homeland
Security, Directorate for Preparedness, Washington, DC 20528. Contact
Telephone Number 703-235-5316.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the words
``Department of Homeland Security'' and DHS-2006-0080, 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, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenny Menna, NIAC Designated Federal
Officer, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528;
telephone 703-235-5316.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Pub. L. 92-463, as amended (5
U.S.C. App.). At this meeting, the NIAC will be briefed on the status
of several Working Group activities in which the Council is currently
engaged.
Due to a clerical error at DHS, this Notice was not published in
the Federal Register in a timely fashion. However, because of
scheduling concerns, it is impossible for DHS to reschedule the
meeting; accordingly, this Notice is presented late pursuant to 41 CFR
102-3.150(b). In light of the late publication, DHS is making
additional outreach efforts to notify stakeholders of this meeting.
This meeting is open to the public on a first-come, first-served
basis. Please note that the meeting may close early if all business is
finished.
A tentative agenda for the meeting is set forth below, but may be
updated. Please consult the NIAC Web site, http://www.dhs.gov/niac, for
the most current agenda. Information on Services for Individuals with
Disabilities: For information on facilities or services for individuals
with disabilities, or to request special assistance at the meeting,
telephone the Designated Federal Officer as soon as possible.
Dated: January 5, 2007.
Mary Kate Whalen,
Deputy Associate General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs.
Draft Agenda of January 16, 2007 Meeting
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I. Opening of Meeting.................. Jenny Menna, Designated Federal
Officer, NIAC, Department of
Homeland Security.
II. Roll Call of Members............... Jenny Menna.
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III. Opening Remarks and Introductions. NIAC Chairman, Erle A. Nye,
Chairman Emeritus, TXU and
Corp.
Michael Chertoff, Secretary,
Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), (Invited).
Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary,
Department of Health and Human
Services (Invited).
Frances Fragos Townsend,
Assistant to the President for
Homeland Security and
Counterterrorism (Invited).
IV. Approval of October Minutes........ NIAC Chairman, Erle A. Nye.
V. Final Reports and Deliberations..... NIAC Chairman, Erle A. Nye
Presiding.
A. Convergence of Physical and George Conrades, Executive
Cyber Technologies and Related Chairman, Akamai of
Security Management Challenges. Technologies, NIAC Member,
Margaret Grayson, President,
Grayson and Associates, NIAC
Member, and Gregory A. Peters,
Managing Partner, Collective
IQ, NIAC Member.
B. Deliberation and Approval of NIAC Members.
Recommendations of Final Report.
C. The Prioritization of Critical Chief Rebecca F. Denlinger,
Infrastructures for a Pandemic Fire Chief, Cobb County,
Outbreak in the United States. Georgia Fire and Emergency
Services, NIAC Member, Martha
H. Marsh, Chairman and CEO,
Stanford Hospital and Clinics,
NIAC Member and Bruce Rohde,
Chairman and CEO Emeritus,
ConAgra Foods, Inc.
D. Deliberation and Approval of NIAC Members.
Recommendations of Final Report.
VI. New Business....................... NIAC Chairman, Erle A. Nye,
NIAC Members TBD.
A. Introduction of New Working NIAC Members TBD.
Group Topic: Assessment of the
Insider Threat on Critical
Infrastructure.
B. Recommendation Follow-up........ Greg Garcia, Assistant
Secretary for Cyber Security
and Telecommunications, DHS
(Invited).
VII. Adjournment....................... NIAC Chairman, Erle A. Nye.
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