[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 23 (Monday, February 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6521-6522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2011]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

National Communications System

[Docket No. NCS-2007-0006]


President's 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: February 28, 2008, 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. February 21, 
2008. If you desire to submit comments regarding the February 28, 2008, 
meeting, they must be submitted by March 7, 2008. Comments must be 
identified by NCS-2007-0006 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.
     Fax: 1-866-466-5370.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the words 
``Department of Homeland Security'' and NCS-2007-0006, 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, Acting Chief, 
Customer Service Division 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 2:30 p.m., the 
conference call will include government stakeholder feedback on NSTAC 
initiatives, and a discussion and vote on its Global Positioning 
Systems Report. This portion of the meeting will be open to the public.
    Between 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m., NSTAC will discuss and vote on the 
results of its investigation of the global network infrastructure 
environment. NSTAC will also discuss progress made by its Network 
Security Scoping Group. 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.
    Basis For Closure: Discussions about the global network 
infrastructure environment and network security 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 section 10(d) (1997).


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    Dated: January 11, 2008.
Lawrence Hale,
Acting Director, National Communications System.
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