28 April 2006
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[Federal Register: April 27, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 81)]
[Notices]
[Page 24859]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. NCS-2006-0004]
Preparedness Directorate; National Security Telecommunications
Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Preparedness Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of partially closed advisory committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: The President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory
Committee (NSTAC) will meet in a partially closed session.
DATES: Wednesday, May 10, 2006, from 9:15 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Ronald Reagan Building
and International Trade Center, Washington, DC. If you desire to submit
comments, they must be submitted by May 2, 2006. Comments must be
identified by NCS-2006-0004 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: NSTAC@dhs.gov. Include docket number in the
subject line of the message.
Mail: Office of the Manager, National Communications
System (N5), Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20529.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the words
``Department of Homeland Security'' and NCS-2006-0004, 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. Kiesha Gebreyes, Chief, Industry
Operations Branch at (703) 235-5525, e-mail: kiesha.gebreyes@dhs.gov or
write the Deputy Manager, National Communications System, Department of
Homeland Security, IP/NCS/N5.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NSTAC advises the President of the
United States on issues and problems related to implementing national
security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) telecommunications policy.
Notice of this meeting and the partial closure thereof is given under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Pub. L. 92-463, as amended
(5 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.).
At the upcoming meeting, between 9:15 a.m. and 10:15 a.m., the
committee will discuss ongoing NSTAC task force work of the Emergency
Communications & Interoperability Task Force, Telecommunications and
Electric Power Interdependency Task Force, Legislative and Regulatory
Task Force, and Research and Development Task Force. This portion of
the meeting will be open to the public.
Following the morning Business Session, the committee will hold an
Executive Session between the hours of 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to
discuss emergency communications & interoperability, international
implications of the NGN, and regional coordination, planning, and
exercises. The Executive Session will conclude with a discussion of the
findings and conclusions reached during the meeting. This portion of
the meeting will be closed to the public.
Basis for Closure: The Executive Session will likely include
discussions of sensitive infrastructure information concerning system
threats and explicit physical/cyber vulnerabilities related to current
emergency communications capabilities and the use of national security
and emergency preparedness services over the next generation networks.
Public disclosure of such information would heighten awareness of
potential vulnerabilities and increase the likelihood of exploitation
by terrorists or other motivated adversaries.
The Executive Session will occur between 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
and will involve sensitive information. Pursuant to Section 10(d) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended (5
U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.), the Department has determined that this
discussion will concern matters which, if disclosed, would be likely to
frustrate significantly the implementation of a proposed agency action.
Accordingly, the relevant portion of this meeting will be closed to the
public pursuant to the authority set forth in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B).
Dated: April 5, 2006.
Peter M. Fonash,
Deputy Manager National Communications System.
[FR Doc. 06-3994 Filed 4-26-06; 8:45 am]
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