[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29301-29302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13462]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. DHS-2017-0035]


The President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory 
Committee

AGENCY: Department of Homeland Security.

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

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SUMMARY: The President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory 
Committee (NSTAC) will meet via teleconference on Friday, July 14, 
2017. The meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The NSTAC will meet on Friday, July 14, 2017, from 1:30 p.m. to 
2:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Please note that the meeting may 
close early if the committee has completed its business.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via conference call. For access to 
the conference call bridge, information on services for individuals 
with disabilities, or to request special assistance to attend, please 
email [email protected] by 5:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, July 13, 2017. 
Individuals who experience technical difficulties during the call 
should contact the NSTAC Designated Federal Officer at 
[email protected].
    Members of the public are invited to provide comment on the issues 
that will be considered by the committee as listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section below. Associated briefing materials that 
participants may discuss during the meeting will be available at 
www.dhs.gov/nstac for review as of Monday, July 3, 2017. Comments may 
be submitted at any time and must be identified by docket number DHS-
2017-0035. Comments may be submitted by one of the following methods:

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     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Please follow the instructions for submitting written comments.
     Email: [email protected]. Include the docket number DHS-
2017-0035 in the subject line of the email.
     Fax: (703) 705-6190, ATTN: Sandy Benevides.
     Mail: Designated Federal Officer, Stakeholder Engagement 
and Critical Infrastructure Resilience Division, National Protection 
and Programs Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, 245 Murray 
Lane, Mail Stop 0612, Arlington, VA 20598-0612.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the words 
``Department of Homeland Security'' and the docket number for this 
action. Comments received will be posted without alteration at 
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.
    Docket: For access to the docket and comments received by the 
NSTAC, please go to www.regulations.gov and enter docket number DHS-
2017-0035.
    A public comment period will be held during the conference call on 
Friday, July 14, 2017, from 2:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. EST. Speakers who 
wish to participate in the public comment period must register in 
advance by no later than Monday, July 10, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. EST by 
emailing [email protected]. Speakers are requested to limit their 
comments to three minutes and will speak in order of registration. 
Please note that the public comment period may end before the time 
indicated, following the last request for comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Jackson, NSTAC Designated 
Federal Officer, Department of Homeland Security, (703) 705-6276 
(telephone) or [email protected] (email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. appendix (Pub. L. 92-463). The 
NSTAC advises the President on matters related to national security and 
emergency preparedness (NS/EP) telecommunications and cybersecurity 
policy.
    Agenda: The NSTAC will hold a conference call on July 14, 2017, to 
discuss issues and challenges related to NS/EP communications. This 
will include discussions with senior-level Government stakeholders and 
a review of ongoing NSTAC work, including a deliberation and vote on 
the Committee's NSTAC Report to the President on Emerging Technologies 
Strategic Vision which addresses the near- and longer-term NS/EP 
implications of emergent and expected information and communications 
technologies. The NSTAC will also discuss the most recent tasking that 
was assigned to the committee at its meeting on May 18, 2017. The 
National Security Council, on behalf of the President, tasked the NSTAC 
to study ways in which the private sector and Government, together, can 
improve the resilience of the Internet and communications ecosystem. 
This includes identifying ways to encourage collaboration across the 
ecosystem to reduce the threats perpetuated by automated and 
distributed attacks (e.g., botnets). The desired outcome of the NSTAC's 
study will be twofold: (1) Industry and Government will have 
recommendations for strengthening their partnership; and (2) concrete 
pathways for reducing threats from automated and distributed attacks 
will be identified.

    Dated: June 21, 2017.
Helen Jackson,
Designated Federal Officer for the NSTAC.
[FR Doc. 2017-13462 Filed 6-27-17; 8:45 am]
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