28 June 2006
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[Federal Register: June 28, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 124)]
[Notices]
[Page 36821-36822]
>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DHS-2006-0029]
Notice of Meeting of National Infrastructure Advisory Council
(NIAC)
AGENCY: Directorate for Preparedness, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) will meet
in open session.
DATES: Tuesday, July 11, 2006, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20045.
You may submit comments, identified by DHS-2006-0029, by one of the
following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: william.corcoran at associates.dhs.gov. When
submitting comments electronically, please include by DHS-2006-0029, in
the subject line of the message.
Mail: Jenny Menna, Department of Homeland Security,
Directorate for Preparedness, Washington, DC 20528. To ensure proper
handling, please reference by DHS-2006-0029, on your correspondence.
This mailing address may be used for paper, disk or CD-ROM submissions.
Hand Delivery/Courier: Jenny Menna, Department of Homeland
Security, Directorate for Preparedness, Washington, DC 20528. Contact
Telephone Number 703-235-5316.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the words
``Department of Homeland Security'' and DHS-2006-0029, 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, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenny Menna, NIAC Designated Federal
Officer, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528;
telephone 703-235-5316.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92-463, as amended (5
U.S.C. App.1 et seq.). At this meeting, the NIAC will be briefed on the
status of several Working Group activities in which the Council is
currently engaged.
This meeting is open to the public on a first-come, first-served
basis. Please note that the meeting may close early if all business is
finished.
A tentative agenda for the meeting is set forth below, but may be
updated. Please consult the NIAC Website, http://www.dhs.gov/niac, for
the most current agenda.
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,
telephone the Designated Federal Officer as soon as possible.
Dated: June 23, 2006.
Jenny Menna,
Designated Federal Officer for the NIAC.
Draft Agenda of July 11, 2006 Meeting
I. Opening of Meeting
Jenny Menna, Designated Federal Officer, NIAC, Department of
Homeland Security
II. Roll Call of Members
Jenny Menna
III. Opening Remarks and Introductions
NIAC Chairman, Erle A. Nye, Chairman Emeritus, TXU Corp.
NIAC Vice Chairman, John T. Chambers, President and CEO, Cisco
Systems, Inc.
Michael Chertoff, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
(Invited)
Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland
Security and Counterterrorism (Invited)
IV. Approval of February Minutes
NIAC Chairman, Erle A. Nye
V. Final Reports and Deliberations
NIAC Chairman, Erle A. Nye Presiding
A. Intelligence Coordination
NIAC Vice Chairman John T. Chambers, Chairman and CEO, Cisco
Systems, Inc. and Gilbert Gallegos, Chief of Police (ret.),
Albuquerque, New Mexico Police Department, NIAC Member
B. Deliberation and Approval of Recommendations of Final Report
NIAC Members
VI. Status Reports on Current Working Group Initiatives
NIAC Chairman, Erle A. Nye Presiding
A. Chemical, Biological and Radiological Events and the Critical
Infrastructure Workforce
Chief Rebecca F. Denlinger, Fire Chief, Cobb County, Georgia Fire
and Emergency Services, NIAC Member, Martha H. Marsh, Chairman and CEO,
Stanford Hospital and Clinics, NIAC Member and Bruce Rohde, Chairman
and CEO Emeritus, ConAgra Foods, Inc.
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B. Convergence of Physical and Cyber Technologies and Related Security
Management Challenges
George Conrades, Executive Chairman, Akamai Technologies, NIAC
Member, Margaret Grayson, President, AEP Government Solutions Group,
NIAC Member, and Gregory A. Peters, Former President and CEO, Internap
Network Services Corporation, NIAC Member.
VII. New Business
NIAC Chairman, Erle A. Nye, NIAC Members TBD
A. Introduction of New Initiative: The Prioritization of Critical
Infrastructure for a Pandemic Outbreak in the United States
NIAC Members
B. Deliberation and Voting on Additional New Initiatives
NIAC Members
VIII. Adjournment
NIAC Chairman, Erle A. Nye
[FR Doc. E6-10140 Filed 6-27-06; 8:45 am]