Committees & Working Groups

The committees and working groups listed below include links from this Web site and from Department of Homeland Security component agency Web sites.

Homeland Security Advisory Council. Provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary on matters related to homeland security. The Council comprises leaders from state and local government, first responder communities, the private sector, and academia.

Critical Infrastructure Sector Partnership. Critical infrastructure protection is a shared responsibility among federal, state, local and tribal governments, and the owners and operators of the nation's critical infrastructure and key resources.

The DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee. Advises the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and the Department's Chief Privacy Officer on programmatic, policy, operational, administrative and technological issues relevant to the Department that affect individual privacy, data integrity and data interoperability and other privacy related issues.

National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC). The National Infrastructure Advisory Council provides the President, through the Secretary of Homeland Security, with advice on the security of critical infrastructures, both physical and cyber, supporting sectors of the economy.

Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC).  The Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council 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.

State, Local, Tribal and Territorial Government Coordinating Council.  The State, Local, Tribal and Territorial Government Coordinating Council works with the federal government and critical infrastructure/key resources owners to protect the nation's critical infrastructure.

Interagency Security Committee. The Interagency Security Committee’s mandate is to develop standards, policies and best practices for enhancing the quality and effectiveness of physical security in, and the protection of, nonmilitary federal facilities in the United States.

The Homeland Security Information Network Advisory Committee  provides a balanced perspective of the federal, state, local, tribal and private sector communities whom they represent.