[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 41037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11459]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. NCS-2006-0006]


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 be meeting by teleconference: the meeting will 
be partially closed.

DATES: Thursday, July 27, 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 Monday, July 24, 2006. If you desire to submit comments, they must 
be submitted by Wednesday, July 26, 2006. Comments must be identified 
by NCS-2006-0006 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-2006-0006, 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. Kiesha Gebreyes, Chief, Industry 
Operations Branch at (703) 235-5525, 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 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 (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 receive comments from government stakeholders, receive an update 
from government officials on hurricane preparedness, review the NSTAC 
XXX work plan, discuss a request from the National Infrastructure 
Advisory Council (NIAC) to the NSTAC, and receive updates from the 
NSTAC International Scoping Group (ISG) and the Emergency 
Communications and Interoperability Task Force (ECITF). This portion of 
the meeting will be open to the public.
    Between 2:45 p.m. and 3 p.m. the committee will discuss global 
infrastructure resiliency (GIR). This portion of the meeting will be 
closed to the public.
    Persons with disabilities who require special assistance should 
indicate this when arranging for access to the teleconference and are 
encouraged to identify anticipated special needs as early as possible.
    Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150(b), this notice was published late as 
a result of exceptional circumstances. An administrative processing 
error prevented earlier publication, and the Department determined that 
it would be impracticable to reschedule the substantive activity 
scheduled for this meeting. In order to allow the greatest possible 
public participation, the Department has extended the usual deadlines 
to register public participants for the teleconference and to receive 
public comments. As noted above, these dates are, respectively, July 
24, 2006, and July 26, 2006.
    Basis for Closure: The GIR discussion will likely involve sensitive 
infrastructure information concerning system threats and explicit 
physical/cyber vulnerabilities related to current communications 
capabilities. Public disclosure of such information would heighten 
awareness of potential vulnerabilities and increase the likelihood of 
exploitation by terrorists or other motivated adversaries. 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: July 14, 2006.
George W. Foresman,
Under Secretary for Preparedness.
[FR Doc. E6-11459 Filed 7-18-06; 8:45 am]
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