[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 10830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05169]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket ID DHS-2018-0072]


The President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory 
Committee

AGENCY: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

ACTION: Committee Management; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee 
Meeting (FACA).

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is publishing this 
notice to announce the following President's National Security 
Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) meeting. This meeting is 
open to the public.

DATES: The NSTAC will meet on Tuesday, April 2, 2019, from 1:00 p.m. to 
2:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). 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 participate, 
please email [email protected] by 5:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 26, 
2019.
    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, March 18, 2019. Comments 
may be submitted at any time and must be identified by Docket Number 
DHS-2018-0072. Comments may be submitted by one of the following 
methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Please follow the instructions for submitting written comments.
     Email: [email protected]. Include the Docket Number DHS-
2018-0072 in the subject line of the email.
     Fax: (703) 705-6190, ATTN: Sandy Benevides.
     Mail: Helen Jackson, Designated Federal Official, 
Stakeholder Engagement and Cyber Infrastructure Resilience Division, 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, 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-
2018-0072.
    A public comment period will be held during the teleconference on 
April 2, 2019, from 1:40 p.m.-1:55 p.m. ET. Speakers who wish to 
participate in the public comment period must register in advance by no 
later than Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at 5:00 p.m. ET 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 Official, 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 Tuesday, April 2, 
2019, 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 NSTAC Letter to the President on Advancing Resiliency and 
Fostering Innovation in the Information and Communications Technology 
(ICT) Ecosystem. In this letter, the NSTAC examined technology 
capabilities that are critical to NS/EP functions in the evolving ICT 
ecosystem, and Government measures and policy actions to manage near 
term risks, support innovation, and enhance vendor diversity for NS/EP-
critical capabilities.

    Dated: March 6, 2019.
Helen Jackson,
Designated Federal Official for the NSTAC.
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