National Infrastructure Advisory Council

President Bush meets with the members of the NIAC.

The National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) shall provide the President through the Secretary of Homeland Security with advice on the security of the critical infrastructure sectors and their information systems. The council is composed of a maximum of 30 members, appointed by the President from private industry, academia, and state and local government.

About the Council

Mission

• NIAC Charter (10/07) (PDF, 4 pages - 23 KB)
• NIAC Brochure (1/09) (PDF, 2 pages - 96 KB)

Council Membership

• Erle A. Nye - Chair
• Al Berkeley III – Vice Chair
• Members and Homeland Security Officials

 Reports and Recommendations

• NIAC Critical Infrastructure Protection Strategic Assessment Final Report (10/08) (PDF, 64 pages - 500 KB)
  • Transmittal Letter (10/08) (PDF, 3 pages - 45 KB)

• Insider Threat to Critical Infrastructures Report and Recommendations (04/08) (PDF, 56 pages - 393 KB)
  • Transmittal Letter (06/08) (PDF, 3 pages - 28 KB)

• Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Events and the Critical Infrastructure Workforce Report and Recommendations (01/08) (PDF, 88 pages - 635 KB)
  • Transmittal Letter (03/08) (PDF, 2 pages - 301 KB)

More Reports and Recommendations

Meeting Information

• Next Meeting:
  Tuesday, April 14, 2009
  
  Teleconference
  1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Tentative Meetings have been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. for the following dates:

• July 14, 2009 In-Person
• October 13, 2009 In-Person

Please note the time is subject to change. Please contact the NIAC Secretariat NIAC@dhs.gov for location confirmation.

Meeting Resources

Resources from our most recent (January 6, 2009) Meeting:

• Meeting Agenda (PDF, 2 pages - 24 KB)
• NIAC Frameworks for Dealing with Disasters and Related Interdependencies Working Group Slides (PDF, 17 pages - 92 KB)
• NIAC Critical Infrastructure Resilience Working Group Slides (PDF, 10 pages - 69 KB)

Minutes from Past Meetings

• Meeting of October 14, 2008 (PDF, 15 pages - 112 KB )
• Meeting of July 8, 2008 (PDF, 19 pages - 363 KB)
• Meeting of April 8, 2008 (PDF, 10 pages - 72 KB)
• Meeting of January 8, 2008 (PDF, 20 pages - 123 KB)

• Meetings from 2002-2007

Authorities

• Executive Order 13446 of September 28, 2007
• Executive Order 13385 of September 29, 2005
• Executive Order 13231 of October 16, 2001 (as amended by E.O 13286 of February 26, 2003)  (PDF, 3 pages - 149 KB)