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abstract: Individuals, consisting of 

federal, state and local law enforcement, 

private sector and academia 

practitioners. The information collected 

will be leveraged to determine the 

authenticity and suitability of the 

practitioner requesting access. Once 

approved, users will utilize the 

collaborative environment to upload 

documents/resources, exchange 

information, network with other users, 

as well as post blogs and comments. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: 

a. Estimate of the total number of 

respondents: 243. 

b. Estimate of the time for an average 

respondent to respond: 0.5 burden 

hours. 

c. Estimate of the total public burden 

(in hours) associated with the collection: 

118.5 burden hours. 

Dated: November 10, 2011. 

Rick Stevens, 

Chief Information Officer for Science and 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2011–30172 Filed 11–22–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2011–0106] 

President’s National Security 

Telecommunications Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, DHS. 

ACTION: Committee Management; Notice 

of an Open Federal Advisory Committee 

Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The President’s National 

Security Telecommunications Advisory 

Committee (NSTAC) will meet on 

Thursday, December 8, 2011. The 

meeting will be open to the public. 

DATES: The NSTAC will meet Thursday, 

December 8, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 

1:30 p.m. Please note that the meeting 

may close early if the committee has 

completed its business. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Department of Homeland Security’s 

U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement (ICE) facility located at 500 

12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20024. 

For access to the facility, contact Ms. 

Deirdre Gallop-Anderson at (703) 235– 

4282 or by email at deirdre.gallopanderson@dhs.gov by 5 p.m. on 

December 2, 2011. 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

meeting, contact Deirdre GallopAnderson as soon as possible. 

To facilitate public participation, we 

are inviting public comment on the 

issues to be considered by the 

committee as listed in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below. Associated briefing materials 

that will be discussed during the 

meeting will be available at http://www.

ncs.gov/nstac for review by Friday, 

December 2, 2011. Comments must be 

received in writing by the Acting 

Director of the National 

Communications System no later than 

January 8, 2012, and must be identified 

by Federal Register Docket Number 

DHS–2011–0106 and may be submitted 

by any one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting written 

comments. 

• Email: NSTAC@hq.dhs.gov. Include 

the docket number in the subject line of 

the email message. 

• Fax: (703) 235–4981 

• Mail: Acting Director, National 

Communications System, National 

Protection and Programs Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security, 245 

Murray Lane, Mail Stop 0615, 

Arlington, VA 20598–0615. 

Instructions: All written submissions 

received must include the words 

‘‘Department of Homeland Security’’ 

and the docket number for this action. 

Comments received will be posted 

without alteration at www.regulations.

gov, including any personal information 

provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket, 

background documents or comments 

received by the NSTAC, go to www.

regulations.gov. 

A public comment period will be held 

during the meeting on December 8, 

2011, from 1:10 p.m. to 1:25 p.m. 

Speakers are required to register in 

advance in order to comment and are 

requested to limit their comments to 

three minutes. Speakers will be taken in 

order of registration, with the 

understanding that not all registered 

speakers may be accommodated within 

the allotted time. Please note that the 

public comment period may end before 

the time indicated, following the last 

call for comments. Contact Ms. Deirdre 

Gallop-Anderson at (703) 235–4282 or 

by email at deirdre.gallop-anderson@

dhs.gov by 5 p.m. December 2, 2011, to 

register as a speaker. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Allen F. Woodhouse, NSTAC 

Designated Federal Officer, Department 

of Homeland Security, telephone (703) 

235–4214. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

(Pub. L. 92–463). The NSTAC advises 

the President on matters related to 

national security and emergency 

preparedness (NS/EP) 

telecommunications policy. 

During the meeting, NSTAC members 

will receive feedback from the 

Department of Homeland Security and 

the Executive Office of the President 

regarding ongoing NSTAC 

recommendations. They will also 

receive an update from the Cloud 

Computing Subcommittee, and receive 

an update on the National Public Safety 

Broadband Network Subcommittee 

scoping effort. Additionally, there will 

be three discussions about Priority 

Services for Next Generation Networks, 

a Cyber Code of Conduct and current 

NS/EP communications issues related to 

risk management. The NSTAC will 

discuss options for developing and 

deploying Next Generation Network 

Priority Service capabilities to ensure a 

seamless transition from existing 

circuit-switched Priority Services as the 

carriers transition to Internal Protocol 

platforms. During the session on Cyber 

Code of Conduct, Federal Government 

officials and members will discuss the 

issue of the potential economic impact 

and policy issues related to botnets and 

the problems they cause to computer 

systems, businesses, and consumers. 

(Botnets are a group of compromised 

computers that are connected to the 

Internet and are used for malicious 

purposes). This discussion will include 

steps to stop botnets from propagating 

and to remove or mitigate the malicious 

software where installed. The last 

discussion will center around industry’s 

current risk management practices for 

NS/EP, how to better utilize these 

practices in Government to assure better 

response to cyber threats and how 

improving mechanisms for sharing 

threat information with industry can 

improve mitigation of cyber threats. 

Dated: November 17, 2011. 

Michael Echols, 

Alternate Designated Federal Official for the 

NSTAC. 

[FR Doc. 2011–30298 Filed 11–22–11; 8:45 am] 

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