[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 19969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06959]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. DHS-2023-0015]


Homeland Security Advisory Council

AGENCY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Office of 
Partnership and Engagement (OPE).

ACTION: Notice of new taskings for the Homeland Security Advisory 
Council (HSAC).

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SUMMARY: On March 27, 2023 the Secretary of DHS, Alejandro N. Mayorkas, 
issued a memorandum tasking the Homeland Security Advisory Council 
(HSAC) to establish six subcommittees further outlined below. This 
notice is not a solicitation for membership.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Sternhell, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary & HSAC Designated Federal Official, Homeland 
Security Advisory Council, Office of Partnership and Engagement, U.S. 
Department of Homeland Security at [email protected] or 202-891-2876.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Homeland Security Advisory Council 
provides organizationally independent, strategic, timely, specific, and 
actionable advice and recommendations for the consideration of the 
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on matters related to 
homeland security. The Homeland Security Advisory Council is comprised 
of leaders in local law enforcement, first responders, State, local and 
tribal government, national policy, the private sector, and academia.
    The Secretary has requested that the HSAC form new subcommittees to 
study and provide recommendations in four critical areas for the 
Department:
    1. Development of the Department's Artificial Intelligence (AI) 
Strategy. This effort will be divided into two subcommittees. One will 
be focused on how the Department can best use AI to advance critical 
missions, and the other will be focused on how the Department should be 
building defenses to the nefarious use of AI in the control of an 
adversary.
    2. Potential revisions to the homeland security grant programs, 
including the risk methodology that is applied, to ensure the 
Department is operating the programs optimally in light of the changed 
threat landscape over the past 20 years.
    3. A wholesale review of the immigration Alternatives to Detention 
(ATD) programs, and recommendations to modernize the programs and make 
them more effective.
    4. Potential revisions to the DHS workplace and workforce skill 
set. This effort will be divided into two subcommittees. One will 
review the Department's current diverse work environments--from secure 
spaces and ports of entry to remote offices--and make recommendations 
for the workplace of the future. The second subcommittee will assess 
the alignment of workforce skills with work responsibilities in 
discrete, critical mission areas.
    Schedule: The subcommittees' findings and recommendations will be 
submitted to the HSAC for its deliberation and vote during a public 
meeting mid-late Summer 2023.

    Dated: March 29, 2023.
Rebecca Kagan Sternhell,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary & HSAC Designated Federal 
Official, Homeland Security Advisory Council, Department of Homeland 
Security.
[FR Doc. 2023-06959 Filed 4-3-23; 8:45 am]
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