[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 5254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01565]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Secret Service

[DHS-2024-0002]


U.S. Secret Service ``Cyber Investigations Advisory Board''

AGENCY: United States Secret Service (USSS), Department of Homeland 
Security, (DHS).

ACTION: Public announcement for the reestablishment of a Federal 
advisory committee.

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SUMMARY: The United States Secret Service (USSS) has reestablished a 
``Cyber Investigations Advisory Board (CIAB),'' a Federal Advisory 
Committee, in order to ``prevent and disrupt criminal use of 
cyberspace,'' as directed in the 2018 Department of Homeland Security 
Cybersecurity Strategy (Pillar #3, Goal #4) and as identified by the 
Secretary of Homeland Security in 2021. This notice is not a 
solicitation for membership. The goal of CIAB is to provide the USSS 
with insights from industry, the public sector, academia, and non-
profit organizations on emerging cybersecurity and cybercrime issues, 
and to provide outside strategic direction for the USSS investigative 
mission. The CIAB will serve a principal mechanism through which senior 
industry and other experts can engage, collaborate, and advise the USSS 
regarding cybersecurity and cybercrime issues.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background on the U.S. Secret Service's Investigative Mission: The 
U.S. Secret Service has been investigating and preventing financial 
crimes since its creation in 1865. Today, the agency's investigative 
mission has evolved to include safeguarding the payment and financial 
systems of the United States from a wide range of financial and 
computer-enabled frauds.
    The Office of Investigations is the largest directorate within the 
U.S. Secret Service, supporting protective responsibilities world-wide 
and executing the founding mission of the Secret Service--to safeguard 
the integrity of U.S. financial and payment systems. The Office of 
Investigations accomplishes this mission through strategic objectives 
that include: (1) Focusing on countering the most significant criminal 
threats to the financial and payment systems of the United States 
through criminal investigations; (2) Supporting protective 
responsibilities through investigation of threats and safeguarding 
persons, locations and events; (3) Growing and developing the Secret 
Service workforce through strategic hiring and training.
    FACA Exemption: Due to the law enforcement sensitive nature of the 
discussions that will take place during committee meetings, the CIAB is 
exempted by the Secretary of Homeland Security from the public notice, 
reporting, and open meeting requirements of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C. ch.10), pursuant to the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002, 871(a)[(6 U.S.C. 451(a))].

DATES: The CIAB will hold meetings twice annually at U.S. Secret 
Service Headquarters in Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emma Wormser, CIAB Designated Federal 
Officer, [email protected].

Michael J. Miron,
Committee Management Officer, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2024-01565 Filed 1-25-24; 8:45 am]
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