[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54061-54062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25345]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

National Communications System

[Docket No. NCS-2009-0004]


President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory 
Committee

AGENCY: National Communications System, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of a 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 19, 2009, from 12 p.m. until 1 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. November 12, 
2009. If you desire to submit comments regarding the November 19, 2009 
meeting, they must be submitted by November 30, 2009. Comments must be 
identified by NCS-2009-0004 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 
(Government Industry Planning and Management Branch), Department of 
Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane SW., Washington, DC 20598-0615; Fax: 
1-866-466-5370.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the words 
``Department of Homeland Security'' and NCS-2009-0004, 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, background documents or comments 
received by the NSTAC, go to http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Sue Daage, Government Industry 
Planning and Management Branch at (703) 235-5526, e-mail: 
[email protected] or write the Deputy Manager, National Communications 
System, Department of Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane SW., 
Washington, DC 20598-0615.

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 12 p.m. and 12:35 p.m., the NSTAC Principals will 
receive government stakeholder comments, hold a discussion and vote on 
the Satellite Task Force Report, and discuss the January-May portion of 
the NSTAC Work Plan. This portion of the meeting will be open to the 
public. Between 12:35 p.m. and 1 p.m., the Principals will receive an 
update on the work of the Cybersecurity Collaboration Task Force.
    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 12:35 p.m. to 1 p.m., the NSTAC will discuss cybersecurity 
collaboration between the private sector and the Federal Government. 
Such discussions will likely include identification of network 
vulnerabilities and strategies for mitigating those vulnerabilities. 
NSTAC members will likely inform the discussion by contributing 
confidential and voluntarily-provided commercial information relating 
to private sector cybersecurity vulnerabilities that they would not 
customarily release to the public. Disclosure of this information can 
be reasonably expected to frustrate DHS's ongoing cyber security 
programs and initiatives, especially the National Cyber Incident 
Response Plan, 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).


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    Dated Signed: October 1, 2009.
James Madon,
Director, National Communications System.
[FR Doc. E9-25345 Filed 10-20-09; 8:45 am]
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