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[Federal Register: June 28, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 124)]

[Notices]               

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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@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]



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