[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 4157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-851]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DHS-2006-0003]


Notice of Meeting of National Infrastructure Advisory Council 
(NIAC)

AGENCY: Directorate for Preparedness, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) will meet 
in open session.

DATES: Monday, February 13, 2006, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The National Press Club Ballroom, 529 14th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20045. You may submit comments, identified by DHS-2006-
0003, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: [email protected]. When submitting 
comments electronically, please include by DHS-2006-0003, in the 
subject line of the message.
     Mail: Jenny Menna, Department of Homeland Security, 
Directorate for Preparedness, Washington, DC 20528. To ensure proper 
handling, please reference by DHS-2006-0003, on your correspondence. 
This mailing address may be used for paper, disk or CD-ROM submissions.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: Jenny Menna, Department of Homeland 
Security, Directorate for Preparedness, Washington, DC 20528. Contact 
Telephone Number 703-235-5316.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the words 
``Department of Homeland Security'' and DHS-2006-0003, 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, go to http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenny Menna, NIAC Designated Federal 
Officer, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528; 
telephone 703-235-5316.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 
U.S.C. App.1 et seq.). At this meeting, the NIAC will be briefed on the 
status of several Working Group activities in which the Council is 
currently engaged.

    Dated: January 9, 2006.
Jenny Menna,
Designated Federal Officer for the NIAC.

Draft Agenda of February 13, 2006 Meeting

I. Opening of Meeting
    Jenny Menna, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) / Designated 
Federal Officer, NIAC
II. Roll Call of Members
    Jenny Menna
III. Opening Remarks and Introductions
    NIAC Chairman, Erle A. Nye, Chairman Emeritus, TXU Corp.
    NIAC Vice Chairman, John T. Chambers, Chairman and CEO, Cisco 
Systems, Inc.
    Michael Chertoff, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security 
(Invited)
    George W. Foresman, Under Secretary, Preparedness Directorate
    Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland 
Security and Counterterrorism (Invited)
    Kirstjen Nielsen, Special Assistant to the President and Senior 
Director of Prevention, Preparedness and Response, Homeland Security 
Council (Invited)
IV. National Infrastructure Protection Plan Status Update
    Robert B. Stephan, Assistant Secretary, Office of Infrastructure 
Protection
V. Approval of October Minutes
    NIAC Chairman Erle A. Nye
VI. Final Reports and Deliberations
    NIAC Chairman Erle A. Nye Presiding
    A. Intelligence Coordination
    NIAC Vice Chairman John T. Chambers, Chairman & CEO, Cisco Systems, 
Inc. and Gilbert Gallegos, Chief of Police (ret.), Albuquerque, New 
Mexico Police Department, NIAC Member
    B. Deliberation and Approval of Recommendations of Final Report
    NIAC Members
VII. Status Reports on Current Working Group Initiatives
    NIAC Chairman Erle A. Nye Presiding
    A. Workforce Preparation, Education and Research
    Alfred R. Berkeley III, Chairman & CEO, Pipeline Trading, LLC., 
NIAC Member Dr. Linwood Rose, President, James Madison University, NIAC 
Member
    B. Biological, Chemical and Radiological Terror and the Critical 
Infrastructure Workforce
    Chief Rebecca K. Denlinger, Fire Chief, Cobb County, Georgia Fire 
and Emergency Services, NIAC Member, Martha H. Marsh, Chairman and CEO, 
Stanford Hospital and Clinics, NIAC Member and Bruce Rohde, Chairman 
and CEO Emeritus, ConAgra Foods, Inc.
    C. Convergence of Physical and Cyber Technologies and Related 
Security Management Challenges
    George Conrades, Executive Chairman, Akamai Technologies, NIAC 
Member, Margaret Grayson, President, AEP Government Solutions Group, 
NIAC Member, and Gregory A. Peters, Former President and CEO, Internap 
Network Services Corporation, NIAC Member.
VIII. New Business
    NIAC Chairman Erle A. Nye, NIAC Members TBD
    A. Status Report on Implementation of Recommendations
    Nancy J. Wong, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) / Designated 
Federal Officer, NIAC
IX. Adjournment
    NIAC Chairman Erle A. Nye 2
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