[Federal Register: January 14, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 9)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
National Communications System
[Docket No. NCS-2008-0004]
President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory
Committee
AGENCY: National Communications System, 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 to the public.
DATES: February 10, 2009, 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 Ms. Sue Daage at
(703) 235-5526 or by e-mail at sue.daage@dhs.gov by 5 p.m. February 1,
2009. If you desire to submit comments regarding the February 10, 2009,
meeting they must be submitted by February 17, 2009. Comments must be
identified by NCS-2008-0004 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
(Customer Service Branch), Department of Homeland Security, 1100
Hampton Park Blvd., Capitol Heights, MD 20743;
Fax: 1-866-466-5370.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the words
``Department of Homeland Security'' and NCS-2008-0004, 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. Sue Daage, Customer Service Branch
at (703) 235-5526, e-mail: sue.daage@dhs.gov or write the Deputy
Manager, National Communications System, Department of Homeland
Security, 1100 Hampton Park Blvd., Capitol Heights, MD 20743.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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
(1972), as amended appearing in 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
At the upcoming meeting, between 2 p.m. and 2:15 p.m., the
conference call will include government stakeholder feedback on NSTAC
initiatives, and a status report on NSTAC Recommendations. This portion
of the meeting will be open to the public.
Between 2:15 p.m. and 3 p.m., the NSTAC will discuss and vote on
the Global Resiliency Report and receive three updates from the
identity management, cybersecurity and satellite network task forces.
This portion of the meeting will be closed to the public.
Persons with disabilities who require special assistance should
indicate this when arranging access to the teleconference and are
encouraged to identify anticipated special needs as early as possible.
Basis for Closure: During the portion of the meeting to be held
from 2:15 p.m. to 3 p.m., the NSTAC will discuss core assurance and
physical security of the cyber network, cybersecurity collaboration
between the Federal government and the private sector, identity
management issues and cyber-related vulnerabilities of the satellite
network. Such discussions will likely include internal agency personnel
rules and practices, specifically, identification of vulnerabilities in
the Federal government's cyber network, along with strategies for
mitigating those vulnerabilities and other sensitive law enforcement or
homeland security information of a predominantly internal nature which,
if disclosed, would significantly risk circumvention of DHS regulations
or statutes. NSTAC members will likely inform the discussion by
contributing confidential and voluntarily-provided commercial
information relating to private sector network vulnerabilities that
they would not customarily release to the public. Disclosure of this
information can be reasonably expected to frustrate DHS's ongoing
cybersecurity programs and initiatives and could be used to exploit
vulnerabilities in the Federal government's cyber network. Accordingly,
the relevant portion of this meeting will be closed to the public
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pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2), (4) and (9)(B).
James Madon,
Deputy Manager, National Communications System.
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