Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council

The Department of Homeland Security has established the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC) to facilitate effective coordination between federal infrastructure protection programs with the infrastructure protection activities of the private sector and of state, local, territorial and tribal governments.  

The CIPAC represents a partnership between government and critical infrastructure/key resource (CIKR) owners and operators and provides a forum in which they can engage in a broad spectrum of activities to support and coordinate critical infrastructure protection.

Council Membership

CIPAC membership will encompass CIKR owner/operator institutions and their designated trade or equivalent organizations that are identified as members of existing Sector Coordinating Councils (SCCs).  It is also includes representatives from federal, state, local and tribal governmental entities identified as members of existing Government Coordinating Councils (GCCs) for each sector.

• Council Members

CIPAC Plenary Meeting Information

The 2008 CIPAC Plenary was held July 30, 2008 at the J.W. Marriott in Washington, D.C.

• 2008 Plenary Agenda (PDF, 3 pages - 37 KB)
• Archived 2007 Plenary Meeting Documents

Meeting Information

• May 19, 2009 – Oil and Natural Gas Joint Sector Committee Meeting. Meeting Closed to Public.
• May 12, 2009 – Dams Joint Sector Committee Meeting. Meeting Closed to Public.
• April 29-30, 2009 – Food and Agriculture Joint Sector Committee Meeting. Meeting Closed to Public.
• April 15-16, 2009 – Cross Sector Joint Committee Meeting. Meeting Closed to Public.
• April 14, 2009 – Information Technology Joint Sector Committee Meeting. Meeting Closed to Public.
• March 5, 2009 – Nuclear Joint Sector Committee Meeting. Meeting Closed to Public.
• March 4-5, 2009 – Water Joint Sector Committee Meeting. Meeting Closed to Public.
• February 24, 2009 – Oil and Natural Gas Joint Sector Committee Meeting. Meeting Closed to Public.
• February 19, 2009 – Highway and Motor Carriers Joint Sector Committee Meeting. Meeting Closed to Public.
• February 12, 2009 – Dams Joint Sector Committee Meeting. Meeting Closed to Public.
• January 29, 2009 - Joint Sector Committee Meeting. Meeting Closed to Public.
• January 27, 2009 – Communications Joint Sector Committee Meeting. Meeting Closed to Public.
• January 14-15, 2009 – Cross Sector Joint Committee Meeting. Meeting Closed to Public.
• January 13, 2009 – Information Technology Joint Sector Committee Meeting. Meeting Closed to Public.
• Archived Meeting Agendas

Authorities

• CIPAC Charter (PDF, 5 Pages - 123 KB)
• Federal Register:  CIPAC Notice of Committee Establishment  (March 24, 2006)