[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 216 (Thursday, November 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66949-66950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26605]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. DHS-2013-0071]


Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee 
(HSSTAC)

AGENCY: Science and Technology Directorate, DHS.

ACTION: Committee Management; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee 
Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory 
Committee (HSSTAC) will meet on December 4-5, 2013, in Washington, DC 
The meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The HSSTAC will meet Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 
p.m. and December 5, 2013 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The meeting may close 
early if the committee has completed its business.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Department of Homeland 
Security

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(DHS), Science and Technology Directorate, 1120 Vermont Avenue NW., 
(Room 5-212), Washington DC.
    All visitors must pre-register and present a government-issued ID 
in order to gain entry to the building. To register, please contact the 
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, below. Please 
provide your name, citizenship, organization (if any), title (if any), 
email address (if any), and telephone number.
    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact 
the person listed under For Further Information Contact, below.
    Materials that are provided to committee members will also be 
provided to the public, either at the meeting or on the public Web site 
mentioned below, or both. Check this Web site on the meeting dates: 
http://www.dhs.gov/st-hsstac. To facilitate public participation, we 
invite public comment on the issues to be considered by the committee 
as listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below. Comments may be 
submitted orally, in writing, or both. If submitting in writing, please 
include the docket number (DHS-2013-0071) and submit via one of the 
following methods before December 2, 2013:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected]. Include the docket number 
in the subject line of the message.
     Fax: 202-254-6176.
     Mail: Mary Hanson, HSSTAC Executive Director, Science and 
Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, 245 Murray 
Lane, Bldg. 410, Washington, DC 20528 Instructions: All submissions 
received must include the words ``Department of Homeland Security'' and 
the docket number. 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 HSSTAC, go to http://www.regulations.gov and 
type ``HSSTAC'' into the search function of the Web site.
    A period is allotted for oral public comment on December 4 and 5, 
2013, before any recommendations are formulated. Speakers are asked to 
pre-register and limit their comments to three minutes or less. Please 
note that the public comment period may end before the time indicated, 
following the last call for comments. To register as a speaker, contact 
the person listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Hanson, HSSTAC Executive 
Director, Science and Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland 
Security, 245 Murray Lane, Bldg. 410, Washington, DC 20528, 202-254-
5866 (O), 202-254-5823 (F), [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix (Pub. L. 92-
463). The HSSTAC was established and operates in accordance with the 
provisions of the FACA. The committee addresses areas of interest and 
importance to the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, such as 
new developments in systems engineering, cyber-security, knowledge 
management and how best to leverage related technologies funded by 
other federal agencies and by the private sector. It also advises the 
Under Secretary on policies, management processes, and organizational 
constructs as needed.
    Agenda: Members will meet with the Acting Under Secretary and other 
executives of the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) to 
hear updates, discuss areas of concern, and receive taskings. Agenda 
items on December 4 include an update on the status of the DHS Science 
and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T), a brief about the DHS S&T 
Resilient Systems Division, a discussion about industry engagement with 
DHS S&T, and a status report from the HSSTAC Task Force on Third Party 
Pre-Screening, followed by a public comment period, committee 
deliberations, and DHS taskings to the committee. The agenda on 
December 5 focuses solely on the interaction between DHS S&T and 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP). An official from CBP will first 
give a CBP overview, followed by a discussion among officials from CBP 
and DHS S&T about CBP's technology needs, how DHS S&T supports those 
needs, and how that support can be improved. A public comment period 
will follow the discussion. The committee will then deliberate, receive 
its tasking from DHS, and begin to develop written recommendations 
regarding how DHS S&T can better support CBP.

    Dated: October 29, 2013.
Mary Hanson,
Executive Director, Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory 
Committee.
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