[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 155 (Thursday, August 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 48983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19866]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. DHS-2010-0062]


The Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC)

AGENCY: National Protection and Programs Directorate, DHS.

ACTION: Quarterly CIPAC membership update.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the 
establishment of the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory 
Council (CIPAC) by notice published in the Federal Register (71 FR 
14930-14933) dated March 24, 2006. That notice identified the purpose 
of CIPAC as well as its membership. This notice provides (i) the 
quarterly CIPAC membership update, (ii) instructions on how the public 
can obtain the CIPAC membership roster and other information on the 
Council, and (iii) information on recently completed CIPAC meetings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy J. Wong, Director, Partnership 
Programs and Information Sharing Office, Partnership and Outreach 
Division, Office of Infrastructure Protection, National Protection and 
Programs Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane, 
SW., Mail Stop 0607, Arlington, VA 20598-0607, by telephone (703) 235-
3999 or via e-mail at [email protected].
    Responsible DHS Official: Nancy J. Wong, Director, Partnership 
Programs and Information Sharing Office, Partnership and Outreach 
Division, Office of Infrastructure Protection, National Protection and 
Programs Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane, 
SW., Mail Stop 0607, Arlington, VA 20598-0607 by telephone (703) 235-
3999 or via e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose and Activity: CIPAC facilitates 
interaction between government officials and representatives of the 
community of owners and/or operators for each of the critical 
infrastructure or key resources (CIKR) sectors defined by Homeland 
Security Presidential Directive 7 (HSPD-7) and identified in the 
National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP). The scope of activities 
covered by CIPAC includes planning; coordinating among government and 
CIKR owner/operator security partners; implementing security program 
initiatives; conducting operational activities related to critical 
infrastructure protection security measures, incident response, 
recovery, infrastructure resilience, reconstituting CIKR assets and 
systems for both man-made as well as naturally occurring events; and 
sharing threat, vulnerability, risk mitigation, and infrastructure 
continuity information.
    Organizational Structure: CIPAC members are organized into 18 CIKR 
sectors. Within all of the sectors containing CIKR owners/operators, 
there generally exists a Sector Coordinating Council (SCC) that 
includes CIKR owners and/or operators or their representative trade 
associations. Each of the sectors also has a Government Coordinating 
Council (GCC) whose membership includes a lead Federal agency that is 
defined as the Sector Specific Agency (SSA), and all relevant Federal, 
State, local, Tribal, and/or territorial government agencies (or their 
representative bodies) whose mission interests also involve the scope 
of the CIPAC activities for that particular sector.
    CIPAC Membership: CIPAC Membership may include:
    (i) CIKR owner and/or operator members of an SCC. CIKR owners and 
operators own and invest in infrastructure assets or in the systems and 
processes to secure them. CIKR owners and/or operators are held 
responsible by the public for CIKR operations and the response and 
recovery when their CIKR assets and systems are disrupted;
    (ii) Trade association members who are members of an SCC 
representing the interests of CIKR owners and/or operators;
    (iii) Each sector's Government Coordinating Council (GCC) members; 
and
    (iv) State, local, Tribal, and territorial governmental officials 
comprising the DHS State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial GCC.
    CIPAC Membership Roster and Council Information: The current roster 
of CIPAC membership is published on the CIPAC Web site (http://www.dhs.gov/cipac) and is updated as the CIPAC membership changes. 
Members of the public may visit the CIPAC Web site at any time to 
obtain current CIPAC membership as well as the current and historic 
list of CIPAC meetings and agendas.

    Signed: August 2, 2010.
Nancy J. Wong,
Designated Federal Officer for the CIPAC.
[FR Doc. 2010-19866 Filed 8-11-10; 8:45 am]
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