[Federal Register: May 6, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 86)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
National Communications System
[Docket No. NCS-2009-0002]
President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory
Committee
AGENCY: National Communications System, 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 on May 21, 2009, in a partially closed
session.
DATES: Thursday, May 21, 2009, from 2:30 p.m. until 5:10 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
1615 H St., NW., Washington, DC. If you desire meeting materials,
contact Ms. Sue Daage at (703) 235-5526 or by e-mail at
sue.daage@dhs.gov. Please submit your comments by May 28, 2009.
Comments must be identified by NCS-2009-0002 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: NSTAC1@dhs.gov. Include docket number in the
subject line of the message.
Mail: Office of the Manager, National Communications
System, Department of Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane, Washington,
DC 20598-0615.
Fax: 1-866-466-5370.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the words
``Department of Homeland Security'' and NCS-2009-0002, the docket
number for this action. Comments received will be posted without
alteration at 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. Sue Daage, Customer Service
Division, at (703) 235-5526, e-mail: Sue.Daage@dhs.gov, or write the
Deputy Manager, National Communications System, Department of Homeland
Security, 245 Murray Lane, Washington, DC 20598-0615.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NSTAC advises the President on issues
and problems related to implementing national security and emergency
preparedness telecommunications policy. Notice of this meeting is given
under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as
amended, appearing in 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
At the upcoming meeting, between 2:30 p.m. and 3:40 p.m., the NSTAC
will receive comments from government stakeholders, including comments
from the Federal Communications Commission Acting Chief of the Public
Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, and discuss ongoing NSTAC work on
research and development, and outreach efforts. This portion of the
meeting will be open to the public.
Between 3:45 p.m. and 5:10 p.m., the NSTAC will receive briefings
from the Director for the National Security Space Office and the Acting
Senior Director for Cyber Space. The NSTAC will discuss cybersecurity
and satellite security issues. This portion of the meeting will be
closed to the public.
Basis for Closure: Briefings from the Director for the National
Security Space Office and the Acting Senior Director for Cyber Space,
as well as discussions on cybersecurity and satellite security, will
likely involve sensitive infrastructure information. The NSTAC's
discussions will likely include information which is predominantly
internal and that, if disclosed, would significantly risk circumvention
of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations or statutes--
specifically, identification of vulnerabilities in the Federal
Government's cyber network, along with strategies for mitigating those
vulnerabilities and other sensitive law enforcement or homeland
security information. NSTAC members will likely inform the discussion
by contributing confidential and voluntarily provided commercial
information relating to private-sector network vulnerabilities that
they would not customarily release to the public. Disclosure of this
information can be reasonably expected to frustrate DHS's ongoing
cybersecurity programs and initiatives and could be used to exploit
vulnerabilities in the Federal Government's cyber network. Accordingly,
the 3:45 p.m. and 5:10 p.m. portions of this meeting will be closed to
the public pursuant to the authority set forth in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2),
(4) and (9)(B).
Dated: May 1, 2009.
James Madon,
Director, National Communications System.
[FR Doc. E9-10526 Filed 5-5-09; 8:45 am]
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