[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 197 (Friday, October 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58110-58111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20130]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

National Communications System

[Docket No. NCS-2007-0004]


National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee

AGENCY: National Communications System, 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, November 8, 2007, 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 Ms. Sue Daage at 
(703) 235-5526 or by e-mail at [email protected] by 5 p.m. on Friday, 
November 1, 2007. If you desire to submit comments, they must be 
submitted by November 15, 2007. Comments must be identified by NCS-
2007-0004 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.
     Fax: 1-866-466-5370.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the words 
``Department of Homeland Security'' and NCS-2007-0004, 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, CS&C/NCS/N5.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 
(1972), as amended appearing in 5 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq. (1997).
    At the upcoming meeting, between 2 p.m. and 2:25 p.m., the 
conference call will include government stakeholder feedback on NSTAC 
initiatives and an overview of NSTAC's investigation of identity 
management and emergency communications interoperability for national 
security and emergency preparedness communications. This portion of the 
meeting will be open to the public.
    Between 2:25 p.m. and 3 p.m., the committee will discuss and vote 
on the results of their investigation of the global network 
infrastructure environment, and will also discuss and vote on the 
results of their investigation of commercial systems' reliance on 
global positioning systems for network timing synchronization. This 
portion of the meeting will be closed to the public.
    Persons with disabilities who require special assistance should 
indicate this when arranging access to the teleconference and are 
encouraged to identify anticipated special needs as early as possible.

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    Basis for Closure: Discussions about the global network 
infrastructure environment and about commercial systems' reliance on 
global positioning systems for network timing synchronization will 
contain sensitive industry information concerning specific system 
threats and explicit physical/cyber vulnerabilities. This information 
could be exploited by terrorists or other motivated adversaries.
    Pursuant to section 10(d) of FACA, the Department has determined 
that this discussion will likely reveal trade secrets or financial 
information obtained from private parties which is privileged or 
confidential. Pursuant to section 10(d) of FACA, the Department has 
also 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 5 
U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(9)(B) (1976), applied through 5 U.S.C. 
App. 1 et seq. at Sec.  10(d) (1997).

    Dated: September 9, 2007.
Gary Amato,
Chief, Technical and Programs Division, National Communications System.
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