[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 2259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-349]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. NCS-2006-0001]


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: Tuesday, January 31, 2006, from 2 p.m. until 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place by teleconference. For access to 
the conference bridge and meeting materials, contact Mr. William Fuller 
at (703) 235-5521, or by e-mail at [email protected] by 5 p.m. 
on Friday, January 27, 2006. If you desire to submit comments, they 
must be submitted by February 6, 2006. Comments must be identified by 
NCS-2006-0001 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: [email protected]. 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-2006-0001, 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. Alberta Ross, Industry Operations 
Branch at (703) 235-5526, e-mail: [email protected] 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), Public Law 92-463, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. App.1 et seq.).
    At the upcoming meeting, between 2 p.m. and 2:45 p.m., the members 
will review and discuss the Near Term Report from the NSTAC 
Telecommunications and Electric Power Interdependency Task Force 
(TEPITF), Legislative and Regulatory Task Force (LRTF) Report and 
Letter and the results of the December 8, 2005, NSTAC Working Group 
Meeting on hurricane Katrina. This portion of the meeting will be open 
to the public.
    Following this discussion, the committee will discuss and vote on 
the NSTAC Cellular Shutdown paper which outlines the process to follow 
after an order has been issued for shutting down cellular service. This 
portion of the meeting will be closed to the public.
    Basis for Closure: Following the NSTAC's October 13, 2005 
Conference Call on National Security and Emergency Preparedness, the 
NSTAC Cellular Shutdown Working Group drafted a white paper outlining 
considerations when ordering a shutdown and a process to be followed 
after an order has been issued for shutting down cellular service. At 
the upcoming meeting, the NSTAC will discuss and vote on the Cellular 
Services Shutdown Paper which outlines the above process.
    The discussion and vote on the Cellular Services Shutdown Paper 
will occur between 2:45 p.m. and 3 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: January 6, 2006.
Peter M. Fonash,
Deputy Manager National Communications System.
[FR Doc. E6-349 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am]
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