[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 201 (Thursday, October 16, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 61433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24613]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

National Communications System

[Docket No. DHS-2008-0098]


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 to the public.

DATES: November 6, 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. October 27, 
2008. If you desire to submit comments regarding the November 6, 2008 
meeting they must be submitted by November 13, 2008. Comments must be 
identified by DHS-2008-0098 and may be submitted by one of the 
following methods: (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov; (2) E-mail: [email protected] (Include docket number 
in the subject line of the message); (3) Fax: 1-866-466-5370; or (4) 
Mail: Office of the Manager, National Communications System (Customer 
Service Branch), Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20529.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the words 
``Department of Homeland Security'' and DHS-2008-0098, 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, Deputy Chief, 
Customer Service Branch at (703) 235-5525, e-mail: 
[email protected] or write the Deputy Manager, National 
Communications System, Department of Homeland Security, CS&C/NCS/CSB, 
245 Murray Lane, SW., Building 410, Washington, DC 20528.

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, an update on NSTAC outreach activities, and a discussion 
and vote on the national security/emergency preparedness internet 
protocol-based traffic report. This portion of the meeting will be open 
to the public.
    Between 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m., the NSTAC will discuss core network 
assurance, cyber collaboration and internet identity. 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: During the portion of the meeting to be held 
from 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., the NSTAC will discuss core assurance and 
physical security of the cyber network, cybersecurity collaboration 
between the Federal Government and the private sector, and identity 
management. Such discussions will likely include internal agency 
personnel rules and practices, specifically, identification of 
vulnerabilities in the Federal Government's cyber network, along with 
strategies for mitigating those vulnerabilities and other sensitive law 
enforcement or homeland security information of a predominantly 
internal nature which, if disclosed, would significantly risk 
circumvention of DHS regulations or statutes. NSTAC members will likely 
inform the discussion by contributing confidential and voluntarily-
provided commercial information relating to private sector network 
vulnerabilities that they would not customarily release to the public. 
Disclosure of this information can be reasonably expected to frustrate 
DHS's ongoing cybersecurity programs and initiatives and could be used 
to exploit vulnerabilities in the Federal Government's cyber network. 
Accordingly, the relevant portion of this meeting will be closed to the 
public pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2), (4) and (9)(B).

James Madon,
Director, National Communications System.
[FR Doc. E8-24613 Filed 10-15-08; 8:45 am]
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