[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34027-34028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-11840]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY


The Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC)

AGENCY: Directorate for National Protection and Programs, DHS.

ACTION: Committee management; update on CIPAC committee membership.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security announced the 
establishment of the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory 
Council (CIPAC) by Notice published in the Federal Register on March 
24, 2006 (``First CIPAC Notice''). That Notice identified the purpose 
of the committee as well as its membership. This Notice provides the 
quarterly update including instructions on how the public can obtain 
the most current roster of CIPAC membership.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brett Lambo, Partnership and Outreach 
Division, Office of Infrastructure Protection, National Protection and 
Programs Directorate, United States Department of Homeland Security, 
Washington, DC 20528, telephone (703) 235-5311 or via e-mail at 
[email protected].
    Responsible DHS Official: Nancy J. Wong, Director Infrastructure 
Programs Office, Partnership and Outreach Division, Office of 
Infrastructure Protection, National Protection and Programs 
Directorate, United States Department of Homeland Security, Washington, 
DC 20528, telephone (703) 235-5349.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CIPAC is intended to facilitate 
interaction between representatives of government and the community of 
critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) owners and operators 
in each critical sector. As set forth in the CIPAC's originating 
documents, it engages in: ``Planning; coordination; security program 
implementation; operational activities related to critical 
infrastructure protection security measures, including incident 
response, recovery, and reconstitution from events both man-made and 
naturally occurring; and the sharing of information about threats, 
vulnerabilities, protective measures, best practices, and lessons 
learned.''
    CIPAC is designed to include as many of the owners and/or operators 
and the owner and/or operator representative trade associations deemed 
by each sector's Sector Coordinating Council (SCC) as necessary as 
participants in these activities. CIPAC Membership is comprised of the 
CI/KR owner and/or operator entities (and the trade associations that 
represent CI/KR owners and/or operators) which the Department of 
Homeland Security (DHS) in conjunction with the Sector Specific Agency 
(SSA) (when different than DHS) recognizes as members of that sector's 
Sector Coordinating Council (SCC). It also includes Federal, State, 
local, and tribal government agencies (or their representative bodies) 
that comprise the membership of the Government Coordinating Council 
(GCC) for each sector as recognized by DHS in conjunction with the 
Sector Specific Agency (SSA).
    Owners and/or operators or trade associations representing the 
interests of owners and/or operators that own and invest in 
infrastructure assets, in the systems and processes to secure them, and 
that are held responsible by the public for their operations and the 
response and their recovery when their infrastructures or key resources 
are disrupted.
    This Notice serves as a quarterly notice to provide instructions 
for obtaining the most current roster of CIPAC membership. The most 
recent membership roster is published on the CIPAC Web site (http://www.dhs.gov/cipac). The CIPAC Web site maintains an updated list of all 
Sector industry/institutional CIPAC membership and all government 
entities involved in CIPAC. Any member of the public may visit the Web 
site to learn about CIPAC membership, and find a list of meetings and 
agendas.
    This Notice also serves to announce the first annual Plenary 
Meeting of the CIPAC to be held on July 19, 2007 in the Washington, DC 
Metropolitan area. The meeting will be open to the public. The CIPAC 
Web site noted above will provide details of the meeting as they become 
available.

    Dated: June 12, 2007.
Nancy J. Wong,
Director, Infrastructure Programs Office, CI/KR Partnership and 
Outreach Division,United States Department of Homeland Security.
 [FR Doc. E7-11840 Filed 6-19-07; 8:45 am]
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