[Federal Register: October 12, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 197)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
National Communications System
[Docket No. NCS-2007-0004]
National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
AGENCY: National Communications System, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of Partially Closed Advisory Committee Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory
Committee (NSTAC) will be meeting by teleconference: the meeting will
be partially closed.
DATES: Thursday, November 8, 2007, from 2 p.m. until 3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place by teleconference. For access to
the conference bridge and meeting materials, contact Ms. Sue Daage at
(703) 235-5526 or by e-mail at sue.daage@dhs.gov by 5 p.m. on Friday,
November 1, 2007. If you desire to submit comments, they must be
submitted by November 15, 2007. Comments must be identified by NCS-
2007-0004 and may be submitted by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: NSTAC1@dhs.gov. Include docket number in the
subject line of the message.
Mail: Office of the Manager, National Communications
System (N5), Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20529.
Fax: 1-866-466-5370.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the words
``Department of Homeland Security'' and NCS-2007-0004, the docket
number for this action. Comments received will be posted without
alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal
information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received by the NSTAC, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kiesha Gebreyes, Chief, Industry
Operations Branch at (703) 235-5525, e-mail: Kiesha.Gebreyes@dhs.gov or
write the Deputy Manager, National Communications System, Department of
Homeland Security, CS&C/NCS/N5.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NSTAC advises the President on issues and
problems related to implementing national security and emergency
preparedness telecommunications policy. Notice of this meeting is given
under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92-463
(1972), as amended appearing in 5 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq. (1997).
At the upcoming meeting, between 2 p.m. and 2:25 p.m., the
conference call will include government stakeholder feedback on NSTAC
initiatives and an overview of NSTAC's investigation of identity
management and emergency communications interoperability for national
security and emergency preparedness communications. This portion of the
meeting will be open to the public.
Between 2:25 p.m. and 3 p.m., the committee will discuss and vote
on the results of their investigation of the global network
infrastructure environment, and will also discuss and vote on the
results of their investigation of commercial systems' reliance on
global positioning systems for network timing synchronization. This
portion of the meeting will be closed to the public.
Persons with disabilities who require special assistance should
indicate this when arranging access to the teleconference and are
encouraged to identify anticipated special needs as early as possible.
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Basis for Closure: Discussions about the global network
infrastructure environment and about commercial systems' reliance on
global positioning systems for network timing synchronization will
contain sensitive industry information concerning specific system
threats and explicit physical/cyber vulnerabilities. This information
could be exploited by terrorists or other motivated adversaries.
Pursuant to section 10(d) of FACA, the Department has determined
that this discussion will likely reveal trade secrets or financial
information obtained from private parties which is privileged or
confidential. Pursuant to section 10(d) of FACA, the Department has
also determined that this discussion will concern matters which, if
disclosed, would be likely to frustrate significantly the
implementation of a proposed agency action. Accordingly, the relevant
portion of this meeting will be closed to the public pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(9)(B) (1976), applied through 5 U.S.C.
App. 1 et seq. at Sec. 10(d) (1997).
Dated: September 9, 2007.
Gary Amato,
Chief, Technical and Programs Division, National Communications System.
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