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###### Department of Homeland Security

# AGENCY:

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), DHS.

# ACTION:

Notice of availability; renewal of the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council Charter.

# SUMMARY:

On November 30, 2020, the Department renewed the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC)Charter. Through this notice, the Department is making the renewed CIPAC Charter publicly available and highlighting updated information and guidelines that have been included in the renewed charter.

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Ginger K. Norris, 202-441-5885,                         *ginger.norris@cisa.dhs.gov.*

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

                    DHS established the CIPAC on March 24, 2006.[1]                                          (71 FR 14930). The CIPAC facilitates interactions between government officials and representatives of owners and/or operators for each of the critical infrastructure sectors established by Presidential Policy Directive 21 and identified in the current National Infrastructure Protection Plan. Please visit https://                    *www.cisa.gov/​critical-infrastructure-partnership-advisory-council*                     for more information on CIPAC,  activities supported by CIPAC, CIPAC Membership Roster, and Council information.                

                    On November 30, 2020, the Secretary of Homeland Security, renewed the CIPAC Charter for an additional two years. The renewed CIPAC Charter supersedes the CIPAC Charter dated November 30, 2018 and is available on the CIPAC website at                     *https://www.cisa.gov/​critical-infrastructure-partnership-advisory-council.*                     The renewed CIPAC Charter includes updated information and guidelines concerning: (1) The formation, governance, and responsibilities of councils, working groups, and cross sector activities,(2) ethics and integrity standards applicable to CIPAC participants,(3) information sharing requirements; and (4) provisions authorizing training on new ethics standards and information sharing requirements.                

Ginger K. Norris,

Designated Federal Official, Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security.

# Footnotes

1.                             The CIPAC was established consistent with 6 U.S.C. 121 and 6 U.S.C. 451(a). Pursuant to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018, the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) was re-designated as CISA and the authorities related to the CIPAC under 6 U.S.C. 121 were transferred to 6 U.S.C. 652.                    
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