[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 173 (Monday, September 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 52971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22700]



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NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM


National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee

AGENCY: National Communications System (NCS).

ACTION: Notice of closed meetings.

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SUMMARY: A meeting of the President's National Security 
Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) will be held via 
conference call on Wednesday, September 17, 2003, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. 
The NSTAC is subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Pub. 
L. 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. II.) The conference call will be 
closed to the public to allow for oral discussion of:
    [sbull] Interdependencies of Critical Infrastructures
    [sbull] Issues regarding security matters due to diversity of 
ownership, control, and access to U.S. critical telecommunication and 
information technology infrastructures
    Since revealing details of infrastructure interdependencies could 
reveal predominantly internal agency records that would significantly 
risk circumvention of agency regulations or statutes intended to 
protect critical infrastructures, closing this portion of the meeting 
is consistent with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2). In order to assess security 
matters raised by diversity of ownership within the telecommunications 
and information technology infrastructures, it is necessary to close 
this portion of the meeting to protect proprietary information NSTAC 
members may need to present on this topic, consistent with 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(4). Based on the sensitivity of these topics, this conference 
call will be closed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Call Ms. Kiesha Gebreyes, (703) 607-
6134, or write the Manager, National Communications System, 701 South 
Court House Road, Arlington, Virginia 22204-2198.

Peter M. Fonash,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, National Communications System.
[FR Doc. 03-22700 Filed 9-5-03; 8:45 am]
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