[Federal Register: October 11, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 196)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Office of the Secretary
Designation of Manager, National Communications System
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Homeland Security announces the designation
of the Under Secretary for Preparedness, Directorate for Preparedness,
as the Manager, National Communications System (NCS).
DATES: The designation of the Manager, National Communications System,
is effective August 15, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Marilyn Witcher, Chief, Industry,
Government, and External Affairs, National Communications System,
telephone (703) 235-5515, e-mail: Marilyn.Witcher@dhs.gov or write the
Deputy Manager, National Communications System, PREP/CS&T/NCS/N5, Mail
Stop 8500, Department of Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane, Building
410, Washington, DC 20528-8500.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This designation is issued in accordance
with section 1(e)(1) of Executive Order 12472 of April 3, 1984, as
amended by section 46 of Executive Order 13286 of February 28, 2003. It
supersedes the designation to the Assistant Secretary of Homeland
Security for Infrastructure Protection.
The NCS consists of the telecommunications assets of the entities
represented on the NCS Committee of Principals and an administrative
structure consisting of the Executive Agent, the NCS Committee of
Principals, and the Manager. The mission of the NCS is to assist the
President, the National Security Council, the Homeland Security
Council, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy,
and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget in:
(1) The exercise of designated telecommunications functions and
responsibilities; and
(2) The coordination of the planning for and provision of national
security and emergency preparedness communications for the Federal
Government under all circumstances, including crisis or emergency,
attack, recovery, and reconstitution.
As stated in Section 1(g) of Executive Order 12472 of April 3,
1984, as amended, the Manager, NCS, shall develop for consideration by
the NCS Committee of Principals and the Executive Agent:
(1) A recommended evolutionary telecommunications architecture
designed to meet current and future Federal Government national
security and emergency preparedness telecommunications requirements;
(2) Plans and procedures for the management, allocation, and use,
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including the establishment of priorities or preferences, of federally
owned or leased telecommunications assets under all conditions of
crisis or emergency;
(3) Plans, procedures, and standards for minimizing or removing
technical impediments to the interoperability of government-owned and/
or commercially-provided telecommunications systems;
(4) Test and exercise programs and procedures for the evaluation of
the capability of the Nation's telecommunications resources to meet
national security or emergency preparedness telecommunications
requirements; and
(5) Alternative mechanisms for funding, through the budget review
process, national security or emergency preparedness telecommunications
initiatives that benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or
entities. Those mechanisms recommended by the NCS Committee of
Principals and the Executive Agent shall be submitted to the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget.
The Manager shall also:
(1) Implement and administer any approved plans or programs as
assigned, including any system of priorities and preferences for the
provision of communications service, in consultation with the NCS
Committee of Principals and the Federal Communications Commission, to
the extent practicable or otherwise required by law or regulation;
(2) Chair the NCS Committee of Principals and provide staff support
and technical assistance thereto;
(3) Serve as a focal point for joint industry-government planning,
including the dissemination of technical information, concerning the
national security or emergency preparedness telecommunications
requirements of the Federal Government;
(4) Conduct technical studies or analyses, and examine research and
development programs, for the purpose of identifying, for consideration
by the NCS Committee of Principals and the Executive Agent, improved
approaches that may assist Federal entities in fulfilling national
security or emergency preparedness telecommunications objectives;
(5) Pursuant to the Federal Standardization Program of the General
Services Administration, and in consultation with other appropriate
entities of the Federal Government including the NCS Committee of
Principals, manage the Federal Telecommunications Standards Program,
ensuring wherever feasible that existing or evolving industry,
national, and international standards are used as the basis for Federal
telecommunications standards; and
(6) Provide such reports and perform such other duties as are from
time to time assigned by the President or his authorized designee, the
Executive Agent, or the NCS Committee of Principals. Any such
assignments of responsibility to, or reports made by, the Manager shall
be transmitted through the Executive Agent.
Designation: In accordance with section 1(e)(1) of Executive Order
12472 of April 3, 1984, as amended by section 46 of Executive Order
13286 of February 28, 2003, and as the designated Executive Agent for
the National Communications System, Department of Homeland Security, I
designate the position Under Secretary for Preparedness, Directorate
for Preparedness, as the Manager, National Communications System. This
designation supersedes the prior designation to the Assistant Secretary
of Homeland Security for Infrastructure Protection.
Dated: September 28, 2006.
Michael Chertoff,
Secretary of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E6-16833 Filed 10-10-06; 8:45 am]
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