[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 102 (Tuesday, May 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24534-24535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10991]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[DHS-2019-0024]


Notice of the President's National Security Telecommunications 
Advisory Committee Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting; request for 
comments.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), CISA 
announces a meeting of the President's National Security 
Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC). The meeting will be a 
joint session with the President's National Infrastructure Advisory 
Council (NIAC) and will allow NIAC and NSTAC members to discuss and 
coordinate critical infrastructure activities and pertinent Government 
cybersecurity initiatives and national security and emergency 
preparedness priorities with DHS leadership and other senior Government 
officials. The meeting will also allow NSTAC and NIAC members to engage 
in a collaborative discussion and provide feedback on each committee's 
examinations. This will be the first time that the committees have held 
a joint meeting. The NIAC has issued a separate, contemporaneous 
Federal Register notice announcing its participation in the joint 
meeting. CISA invites public comment on the agenda items to be 
considered by both committees at the meeting.

DATES: 
    Meeting Registration: Registration to attend the meeting in person 
must be received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on June 5, 2019.
    Public Comments: Written comments are due by 12:00 p.m. ET on June 
12, 2019.
    Meeting: The meeting will be held on June 13, 2019 from 8:30 a.m.-
3:15 p.m. Pacific Time (PT).

ADDRESSES: The joint meeting will be held at Microsoft Studio H/1022-
Chinook Facility, 3850 148th Ave. NE, Redmond, WA 98052.
    Meeting Registration: To register, send an email to 
[email protected]. Include ``NIAC/NSTAC Meeting Registration'' in the 
subject line of the message. You may register either through the NIAC 
or NSTAC, but it is not necessary to register with both committees to 
attend the meeting.
    Public Comments: Written comments may be submitted on the issues to 
be considered by the NIAC and NSTAC as described in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section below. Any associated briefing materials for the 
public session of the meeting will be made publicly available at both 
of the following website: https://www.dhs.gov/national-infrastructure-advisory-councilandhttps://www.dhs.gov/cisa/national-security-telecommunications-advisory-committeeon Friday, May 30, 2019.
    Comments identified by docket number ``DHS-2019-0024'' may be 
submitted by:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow 
the instructions for submitting written comments.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number for this notice. All written comments received will 
be posted without alteration at www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided. For detailed instructions on sending 
comments and additional information on participating in the upcoming 
NIAC and NSTAC meeting, see the ``PUBLIC PARTICIPATION'' heading of the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
    Docket: For access to the docket and to read comments received, go 
to www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Jackson, NSTAC Designated 
Federal Officer, 703-705-6276, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the 
FACA, 5 U.S.C. Appendix (Pub. L. 92-463). The NIAC provides the 
President, through the Secretary of Homeland Security, with advice on 
the security and resilience of the Nation's critical infrastructure 
sectors.\1\ The NSTAC advises the President on matters related to 
National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) telecommunications 
and cybersecurity policy.\2\ The meeting will be the first joint 
meeting with the NIAC and will allow NIAC and NSTAC members to discuss 
and coordinate critical infrastructure activities and pertinent 
Government cybersecurity initiatives and NS/EP priorities with DHS 
leadership and other senior Government officials. The meeting will also 
allow NSTAC and NIAC members to engage in a collaborative discussion 
and provide feedback on each committee's examinations.
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    \1\ The NIAC was established under Section 10 of E.O. 13231, 66 
FR 53063 (Oct. 16, 2001) and was most recently amended and continued 
under E.O. 13811, 82 FR 46363 (Sep. 29, 2017).
    \2\ The NSTAC was established by E.O. 12382, 47 FR 40531 (Sept. 
15, 1982), amended by E.O. 13286, 68 FR 10619 (Mar. 5, 2003), and 
most recently continued under E.O. 13811, 82 FR 46363 (Sept. 29, 
2017).
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    Agenda: The NSTAC and NIAC will meet in an open session from 12:30 
p.m.-3:15 p.m. on June 13, 2019, and receive remarks from DHS 
leadership and other senior Government officials regarding the 
Government's current cybersecurity initiatives and critical 
infrastructure priorities. The meeting will include a keynote address 
and a panel discussion on foreign economic industrial policies and the 
U.S. supply chain. Participants will also discuss advancing resiliency 
and fostering innovation in the Information and Communication 
Technology (ICT) ecosystem, which relates to the NSTAC's study 
examining what technology capabilities the United

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States needs to support robust and resilient networks and other NS/EP 
functions, and how the Government is managing risks associated with 
those dependencies.
    The committees will also meet in a closed session from 8:30 a.m. to 
11:30 a.m. to discuss adversarial threats to critical infrastructure 
and cybersecurity systems and potential NSTAC and NIAC study topics.
    Basis for Closure: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), The 
Government in the Sunshine Act, it has been determined that two agenda 
items require closure because disclosure of the information that will 
be discussed would not be in the public interest.
    Specifically, the agenda items include an adversarial threat 
discussion and a discussion of potential NSTAC and NIAC study topics. 
These discussions will address areas of critical cybersecurity 
vulnerabilities and critical infrastructure priorities for Government. 
Government officials will share data with NSTAC and NIAC members on 
initiatives, assessments, and future security requirements across 
public and private sector networks. The information will include 
specific vulnerabilities within cyberspace that affect the United 
States' ICT infrastructures and proposed mitigation strategies. 
Disclosure of this information to the public would provide adversaries 
with an incentive to focus on these vulnerabilities to increase attacks 
on the Nation's critical infrastructure and communications networks. As 
disclosure of this portion of the meeting is likely to significantly 
frustrate implementation of proposed DHS actions, it is required to be 
closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B).

Public Participation

    Meeting Registration Information: Due to limited seating, requests 
to attend in person will be accepted and processed in the order in 
which they are received.
    Public Comment: While this meeting is open to the public, 
participation in FACA deliberations are limited to council members. A 
public comment period will be held during the meeting from 
approximately 2:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m. PT. Speakers who wish to comment 
during the meeting must register in advance and can do so by emailing 
[email protected] no later than Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at 5:00 p.m. 
ET. You may register to comment either through the NIAC or NSTAC, but 
it is not necessary to register with both committees. Speakers are 
requested to limit their comments to three minutes. Please note that 
the public comment period may end before the time indicated, following 
the last call for comments.
    Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities: For 
information on facilities or services for individuals with disabilities 
or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact 
[email protected] as soon as possible.

    Dated: May 21, 2019.
Sandra Benevides,
Alternate Designated Federal Officer, National Security 
Telecommunications Advisory Committee, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2019-10991 Filed 5-24-19; 8:45 am]
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