[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2087-2088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-568]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

National Communications System

[Docket No. NCS-2008-0004]


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: February 10, 2009, 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 1, 
2009. If you desire to submit comments regarding the February 10, 2009, 
meeting they must be submitted by February 17, 2009. Comments must be 
identified by NCS-2008-0004 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 
(Customer Service Branch), Department of Homeland Security, 1100 
Hampton Park Blvd., Capitol Heights, MD 20743;
    Fax: 1-866-466-5370.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the words 
``Department of Homeland Security'' and NCS-2008-0004, 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. Sue Daage, Customer Service Branch 
at (703) 235-5526, e-mail: [email protected] or write the Deputy 
Manager, National Communications System, Department of Homeland 
Security, 1100 Hampton Park Blvd., Capitol Heights, MD 20743.

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. 2.
    At the upcoming meeting, between 2 p.m. and 2:15 p.m., the 
conference call will include government stakeholder feedback on NSTAC 
initiatives, and a status report on NSTAC Recommendations. This portion 
of the meeting will be open to the public.
    Between 2:15 p.m. and 3 p.m., the NSTAC will discuss and vote on 
the Global Resiliency Report and receive three updates from the 
identity management, cybersecurity and satellite network task forces. 
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 2:15 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, identity 
management issues and cyber-related vulnerabilities of the satellite 
network. 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

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pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2), (4) and (9)(B).

James Madon,
Deputy Manager, National Communications System.
[FR Doc. E9-568 Filed 1-13-09; 8:45 am]
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