[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 242 (Monday, December 19, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75206-75207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-24190]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DHS-2005-0044]


Homeland Security Advisory Council

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice of Federal advisory committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Homeland Security Advisory Council will hold a meeting to 
receive reports and briefings and to hold member deliberations. This 
meeting will be partially closed to the public as authorized under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act.

DATES: Meeting date: Tuesday, January 10, 2006.
    Comments date: If you desire to submit comments, they must be 
submitted by January 3, 2006.

ADDRESSES: The open portions of the meeting for the purpose of 
receiving Task Force reports and updates will be held at the Mandarin 
Oriental Hotel, 1330 Maryland Avenue Southwest, Washington, DC in Grand 
Ballroom A from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The closed portions of the meeting 
for the purpose of receiving detailed critical infrastructure briefings 
will be held in a separate venue closed to the public at the Mandarin 
Oriental Hotel, 1330 Maryland Avenue Southwest, Washington, DC from 8 
a.m. to 9:50 a.m. and from 12:10 p.m. to 3 p.m.
    You may submit comments, identified by DHS-2005-0044, by one of the 
following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include docket number in the subject 
line of the message.
     Fax: (202) 772-9718.
     Mail: Mike Miron, Homeland Security Advisory Council, 
Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Department 
of Homeland Security and DHS-2005-0044, 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 DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Committee, go 
to http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Miron, Homeland Security Advisory 
Council, Washington, DC 20528, (202) 692-4283, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the upcoming meeting, the Homeland 
Security Advisory Council (HSAC) will receive reports from the Critical 
Infrastructure Task Force and the Prevention of the Entry of Weapons of 
Mass Effect on American Soil Task Force. It also will receive updates 
from the Private Sector Information Sharing and Fusion Center Task 
Forces. Additionally, the HSAC will receive detailed briefings covering 
specific critical infrastructure vulnerabilities, interdependencies, 
infrastructure resilience, and vulnerability mitigation. The HSAC will 
also hold roundtable deliberations and discussions among HSAC members, 
including discussions regarding administrative matters.
    Public Attendance: A limited number of members of the public may 
register to attend the public session on a first-come, first-served 
basis. Security requires that any member of the public who wishes to 
attend the public session provide his or her name and date of birth, no 
later than 5 p.m. e.s.t., Tuesday, January 03, 2006, to Mike Miron or 
an Executive Staff Member of the HSAC via e-mail at [email protected] or via 
phone at (202) 692-4283. Persons with disabilities who require special 
assistance should so indicate in their admittance request and are 
encouraged to indicate their desires to attend and anticipated special 
needs as early as

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possible. Photo identification will be required for entry into the 
public session, and everyone in attendance must be present and seated 
by 9:45 a.m.
    Basis for Closure: In accordance with Section 10(d) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
App. 1 et seq.), I have determined that portions of this HSAC meeting 
(referenced above as ``closed'') will concern matters excluded from 
Open Meetings requirements. At portions of the meeting where the 
committee will be addressing specific critical infrastructure 
vulnerabilities, interdependencies, infrastructure resilience and 
vulnerability mitigation, discussions may include: trade secrets and 
commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential; 
investigative techniques and procedures; and matters that for which 
disclosure would likely frustrate significantly the implementation of 
proposed agency actions. Accordingly, I have determined that these 
portions of the meeting must be kept closed as well, consistent with 
the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), (7)(E), and (9)(B).

    Dated: December 12, 2005.
Michael Chertoff,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-24190 Filed 12-16-05; 8:45 am]
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