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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 Web site, 

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 

requet special assistance at the meeting, 

telephone the Designated Federal 

Officer as soon as possible. 

Dated: March 8, 2007. 

Jenny Menna, 

Designated Federal Officer for the NIAC. 

DRAFT AGENDA OF APRIL 10, 2007 MEETING

I. Opening of Meeting ............................................................................... Jenny Menna, Designated Federal Officer, NIAC, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). 

II. Roll Call of Members ............................................................................ Jenny Menna. 

III. Opening Remarks and Introductions .................................................. NIAC Chairman, Erle A. Nye, Chairman Emritus, TXU Corp. 

Michael Chertoff, Secretary, DHS (Invited). 

Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland 

Security and Counterterrorism (Invited). 

IV. Approval of April Minutes .................................................................... NIAC Chairman, Erle A. Nye. 

V. Working Group Status Updates ........................................................... NIAC Chairman, Erle A. Nye Presiding.

A. Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Events and Critical Infrastructure Workers.Chief Rebecca F. Denlinger, Fire Chief, Cobb County, Georgia Fire 

and Emergency Services, NIAC Member, Martha H. Marsh, President and CEO, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, NIAC Member and 

Bruce Rohde, Chairman and CEO Emeritus, ConAgra Foods, Inc., 

NIAC Member. 

B. The Insider Threat to Critical Infrastructure Control Systems ...... Edmund Archuleta, General Manager, El Paso Water Utilities, NIAC 

Member, and Thomas Noonan, General Manager, IBM Internet Security Systems, NIAC Member. 

VI. New Business ..................................................................................... NIAC Chairman, Erle A. Nye, NIAC Members. 

VII. Adjournment ....................................................................................... NIAC Chairman, Erle A. Nye. 

[FR Doc. 07–1235 Filed 3–12–07; 4:35 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4410–10–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[USCG–2007–27415] 

Transportation Worker Identity 

Credential (TWIC) Biometric Reader 

Specification and TWIC Contactless 

Smart Card Application 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces 

the availability of a draft Transportation 

Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) 

biometric reader specification and a 

draft TWIC contactless smart card 

application. These draft documents 

have been recommended to the Coast 

Guard by the National Maritime 

Security Advisory Committee. We 

request your comments on these draft 

recommended specifications, and on 

specific questions found at the end of 

this notice. 

DATES: Comments and related material 

must reach the Docket Management 

Facility on or before March 30, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Coast Guard docket 

number USCG–2007–27415 to the 

Docket Management Facility at the U.S. 

Department of Transportation. To avoid 

duplication, please use only one of the 

following methods: 

(1) Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. 

(2) Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

(3) Fax: 202–493–2251. 

(4) Delivery: Room PL–401 on the 

Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 

Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

The telephone number is 202–366–

9329. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this notice, or the 

recommendations referenced in it, 

please contact Lieutenant Danielle 

Fennelly, U.S. Coast Guard, at 202–372–

1136. If you have questions on viewing 

or submitting material to the docket, call 

Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, telephone 202–493–

0402. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

We encourage you to submit 

comments and related material on the 

recommended specification and 

application. All comments received will 

be posted, without change, to http:// 

dms.dot.gov and will include any 

personal information you have 

provided. We have an agreement with 

the Department of Transportation (DOT) 

to use the Docket Management Facility. 

Please see DOT’s ‘‘Privacy Act’’

paragraph below. 

Submitting comments: If you submit a 

comment, please include your name and 

address, identify the docket number for 

this notice (USCG–2007–27415), and 

give the reason for each comment. You 

may submit your comments and 

material by electronic means, mail, fax, 

or delivery to the Docket Management 

Facility at the address under 

ADDRESSES; but please submit your 

comments and material by only one 

means. If you submit them by mail or 

delivery, submit them in an unbound 

format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, 

suitable for copying and electronic 

filing. If you submit them by mail and 

would like to know that they reached 

the Facility, please enclose a stamped, 

self-addressed postcard or envelope. We 

will consider all comments and material 

received during the comment period. 

Viewing the comments and 

specifications: To view the comments 

and recommended specification and 

application, go to http://dms.dot.gov at 

any time, click on ‘‘Simple Search,’’

enter the last five digits of the docket 

number for this notice, and click on 

‘‘Search.’’ You may also visit the Docket 

Management Facility in room PL–401 

on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 

400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, 


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DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy Act: Anyone can search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review the Department of 

Transportation’s Privacy Act Statement 

in the Federal Register published on 

April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you 

may visit http://dms.dot.gov. 

Background and Questions for 

Comment 

The National Maritime Security 

Advisory Council (NMSAC) was created 

pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C., App. 2 (FACA) 

in 2003. The membership of NMSAC, 

which includes 21 voting members, was 

selected to represent all viewpoints 

regarding maritime security challenges 

and to inform the Coast Guard of 

relevant maritime security issues. At the 

regular NMSAC meeting of November 

14, 2006, the Coast Guard and the 

Transportation Security Administration 

(TSA) asked NMSAC to develop a 

contactless biometric specification for 

TWIC by February 28, 2007, applying 

expertise from the biometric 

credentialing industry and maritime 

industry TWIC stakeholders. The 

specification was required to: 

a. Be non-proprietary; 

b. Incorporate appropriate security 

and privacy controls; 

c. Be consistent with FIPS 201–1 

credential specifications; 

d. Be capable of serving as a platform 

for future capabilities; 

e. Be capable of supporting maritime 

operations; and 

f. Be easily manufactured. 

TSA and Coast Guard recommended 

that the task be addressed by dividing 

responsibilities to construct operational 

maritime requirements and technology 

specifications. We recommended that 

operational maritime requirements be 

developed by members of maritime 

industry and that they address 

credential authentication (e.g. 

authentication time and process, and 

alternate authentication procedures); 

durability requirements; and credential 

management procedures, including key 

management. We recommended that the 

technology specifications be developed 

with the technical expertise of biometric 

credentialing experts and address smart 

card, reader, and keying specification. 

The formal request from the TWIC 

program to NMSAC is available at the 

following URL: http:// 

homeport.uscg.mil under Missions > 

Maritime Security > Maritime 

Transportation Security Act (MTSA) > 

National Maritime Security Advisory 

Committee (NMSAC) > TWIC 

Contactless Specification Development 

Working Group, and in the docket for 

this notice. 

On March 1, 2007, the Coast Guard 

received NMSAC’s report, entitled 

‘‘Recommendations on Developing a 

Contactless Biometric Specification for 

the TWIC.’’ The report includes two 

recommended specifications. NMSAC 

expressed a strong preference for the 

first recommended specification, which 

does not require encryption of the 

cardholder’s fingerprint template; this 

would permit the template to be read by 

a reader when the card is energized by 

a contactless reader. The second 

recommended specification provides for 

encryption of the fingerprint template, 

which protects the template from being 

read contactlessly unless information on 

the card’s magnetic stripe is read by the 

reader and authorizes the release of the 

template. Encryption protects the 

template from being read covertly. 

However, if a TWIC is stolen or is in the 

hands of an unauthorized holder, 

encryption does not prevent the transfer 

of the template to a TWIC reader. 

Both sets of recommended 

specifications are available at the 

following URL: http:// 

homeport.uscg.mil under Missions > 

Maritime Security > Maritime 

Transportation Security Act (MTSA) > 

National Maritime Security Advisory 

Committee (NMSAC) > TWIC 

Contactless Specification Development 

Working Group. They are also available 

in the docket for this notice. 

We invite comment on all aspects of 

the NMSAC recommended 

specifications, and in particular those 

that address the following questions: 

1. Should additional security 

measures be included in the 

specifications, such as the use of a PIN, 

to further minimize the chance that a 

fingerprint template from a lost or stolen 

credential could be obtained by an 

unauthorized individual? If so, would 

the addition of a PIN or other security 

measure adversely impact operations? 

Does the length of the PIN affect adverse 

impacts in any measurable way? 

2. What, if any, privacy concerns exist 

if the fingerprint template is obtained by 

an unauthorized individual? 

3. How would the recommended 

specifications impact facility and vessel 

security and operations? 

4. How would the recommended 

specifications impact existing physical 

access control systems? 

5. Are there alternative designs we 

should consider, and if so, what are the 

advantages and disadvantages of the 

alternative designs? 

6. How would the recommended 

specifications impact product, system, 

and operational costs? 

7. How quickly could the 

recommended specifications be 

incorporated into the design and 

manufacture of access control 

equipment? 

8. Should there be a process for 

identifying a Qualified Products List 

(QPL) or other equivalent regime? If so, 

what is the most efficient and effective 

way of creating a QPL? 

The Coast Guard and TSA will 

examine all comments received 

concerning NMSAC’s recommended 

specifications and the questions above. 

We will issue a Notice in the Federal 

Register to explain and announce the 

selected technology specification as we 

proceed with the TWIC program, in 

particular, the upcoming pilot programs 

in which we will field test the use of 

TWIC in biometric readers in the 

maritime environment. 

Dated: March 13, 2007. 

J.G. Lantz, 

Director of National and International 

Standards, Assistant Commandant for 

Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 07–1305 Filed 3–13–07; 3:40 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5125–N–11] 

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities 

To Assist the Homeless 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice identifies 

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and 

surplus Federal property reviewed by 

HUD for suitability for possible use to 

assist the homeless. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 16, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Ezzell, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, Room 7262, 

451 Seventh Street SW., Washington, 

DC 20410; telephone (202) 708–1234; 

TTY number for the hearing- and 

speech-impaired (202) 708-2565, (these 

telephone numbers are not toll-free), or 

call the toll-free Title V information line 

at 1–800–927–7588. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the December 12, 1988 

court order in National Coalition for the 

Homeless v. Veterans Administration, 


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