[Federal Register: April 30, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 84)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS-2008-0041]
National Protection and Programs Directorate; the Critical
Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC) Quarterly Update
AGENCY: National Protection and Programs Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: Update of CIPAC council membership.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the
establishment of the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory
Council (CIPAC) by notice published in the Federal Register on March
24, 2006. See 71 FR 14930. That notice identified the purpose of CIPAC
as well as its membership. This notice provides (i) a brief description
of the CIPAC purpose, composition, and structure; (ii) notice of the
Secretary's renewal of the CIPAC Charter; and (iii) instructions for
obtaining the CIPAC membership roster and other information on the
Council and its activities.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carlos Kizzee, Deputy Director,
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Partnership Programs and Information Sharing Office, Partnership and
Outreach Division, Office of Infrastructure Protection, National
Protection and Programs Directorate, United States Department of
Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528, telephone (703) 235-3635 or
via e-mail at carlos.kizzee@dhs.gov.
Responsible DHS Official: Nancy J. Wong, Director Partnership
Programs and Information Sharing Office, Partnership and Outreach
Division, Office of Infrastructure Protection, National Protection and
Programs Directorate, United States Department of Homeland Security,
Washington, DC 20528, telephone (703) 235-3667 or via e-mail at
nancy.wong@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose and Activities: CIPAC facilitates interaction between
government officials and representatives of the community of owners
and/or operators for each of the critical infrastructure or key
resource (CIKR) sectors defined by Homeland Security Presidential
Directive 7 (HSPD-7) and identified in the National Infrastructure
Protection Plan (NIPP). The scope of activities covered by CIPAC
includes planning; coordinating among government and CIKR owner/
operator security partners; implementing security program initiatives;
conducting operational activities related to critical infrastructure
protection security measures, incident response, recovery,
infrastructure resilience, reconstituting CIKR assets and systems for
both man-made as well as naturally occurring events; and sharing
threat, vulnerability, risk mitigation, and infrastructure continuity
information and best practices.
Organizational Structure: CIPAC members are organized into the
seventeen HSPD-7 critical infrastructure and/or key resource sectors.
Additionally, on March 3, 2008, pursuant to authority defined by HSPD-7
which directs DHS to ``evaluate the need for and coordinate the
coverage of additional critical infrastructure and key resources
categories over time, as appropriate,'' and, section 201(d)(5) of the
Homeland Security Act [6 U.S.C 121(d)(5)], which directs the Secretary
of Homeland Security ``to develop a comprehensive national plan for
securing the key resources and critical infrastructure of the United
States,'' the Secretary of Homeland Security recognized an additional
sector; the Critical Manufacturing sector.
Within all of the sectors containing private sector CIKR owners/
operators there generally exists a Sector Coordinating Council (SCC)
that includes CIKR owners and/or operators or their representative
trade associations. Each of the sectors also has a Government
Coordinating Council (GCC) whose membership includes a lead Federal
agency that is defined as the Sector Specific Agency (SSA), and all of
the relevant Federal, State, local, Tribal, and/or Territorial
government agencies (or their representative bodies) whose mission
interests also involve the scope of the CIPAC activities for that
particular sector.
Membership: CIPAC Membership includes (i) CIKR owner and/or
operator members of an SCC; (ii) trade association members representing
the interests of CIKR owners and/or operators that own and invest in
infrastructure assets or in the systems and processes to secure them,
or representing CIKR owners and/or operators whom are held responsible
by the public for CIKR operations and the response and recovery when
their CIKR assets and systems are disrupted who are members of an SCC;
(iii) each sector's Government Coordinating Council (GCC); and, based
upon DHS' recent establishment of this council; (iv) State, local,
Tribal, and Territorial governmental officials comprising the DHS
State, Local, Tribal, Territorial GCC.
Notice of CIPAC Renewal: On March 20, 2008 the Secretary of
Homeland Security extended CIPAC for a period of two years. The current
CIPAC Charter reflecting the Secretary's action is available on the
CIPAC Web site. The CIPAC Charter also reflects the Secretary's
designation of the Critical Manufacturing Sector as the newest addition
to the CIKR Sector Partnership in the NIPP partnership framework.
CIPAC Membership Roster and Council Information: The current roster
of CIPAC membership is published on the CIPAC Web site (http://
www.dhs.gov/cipac). That Web site is updated as the CIPAC membership
changes. Members of the public may visit the CIPAC Web site at any time
to obtain information on CIPAC membership as well as a record of CIPAC
meetings and events.
Dated: April 11, 2008.
Nancy Wong,
Designated Federal Officer for the CIPAC.
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