81424 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 224 / Wednesday, November 22, 2023 / Notices 

ACTION: Notice of new taskings for the 

Homeland Security Academic 

Partnership Council (HSAPC). 

SUMMARY: On November 14, 2023, the 

Secretary of DHS, Alejandro N. 

Mayorkas, issued three memoranda 

tasking the Homeland Security 

Academic Partnership Council (HSAPC) 

to establish three subcommittees further 

outlined below. This notice is not a 

solicitation for membership. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Zarinah ‘‘Traci’’ Silas, Executive 

Director of the Office of Academic 

Engagement and Designated Federal 

Officer, Homeland Security Academic 

Partnership Council, Department of 

Homeland Security at HSAPC@

hq.dhs.gov or 202–891–2876. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

HSAPC provides organizationally 

independent, strategic, timely, specific, 

and actionable recommendations to the 

Secretary on key issues at the 

intersection of education, academia, and 

the DHS mission. 

The Secretary has requested that the 

HSAPC form new subcommittees to 

study and provide recommendations in 

three critical areas for the Department: 

1. Supporting K–12 school and higher 

education communities in fostering 

safety and inclusivity in schools and on 

campuses and supporting campus law 

enforcement professionals and others 

charged with keeping academic 

communities safe. 

2. Combatting online child sexual 

exploitation and abuse (CSEA), 

including development of guidelines 

and best practices for educators and 

academic institutions to understand and 

reduce the risk of CSEA; establish 

processes and protocols to detect and 

report online CSEA and; partner with 

law enforcement and support 

communities to support investigations 

and victims. Additionally, the review 

and recommendation should include an 

assessment of DHS educational, 

awareness, and school safety resources 

to prevent, detect, and report CSEA. 

This should include best practices for 

content delivery, how it is delivered, 

who is delivering, and audience 

prioritization. 

3. Foreign malign influence in higher 

education, including guidelines and 

best practices for higher education 

institutions to reduce the risk of and 

counter foreign malign influence; 

consideration of a public-private 

partnership to enhance collaboration 

and information sharing on foreign 

malign influence; and an assessment of 

how the U.S. Government can enhance 

its internal operations and posture to 

effectively coordinate and address 

foreign malign influence-related 

national security risks posed to higher 

education institutions. 

Schedule: The subcommittees’ 

findings and recommendations will be 

submitted to the HSAPC for its 

deliberation and vote during a public 

meeting on December 13, 2023 and a 

public meeting in Spring 2024. 

Zarinah T. Silas, 

Designated Federal Officer, Homeland 

Security Academic Partnership Council, U.S. 

Department of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25781 Filed 11–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9112–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2023–0046] 

Establishment of Faith-Based Security 

Advisory Council Subcommittee 

AGENCY: The Office of Partnership and 

Engagement (OPE), The Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS). 

ACTION: Notice of a new tasking for the 

Faith-Based Security Advisory Council 

(FBSAC). 

SUMMARY: On November 14, 2023, the 

Secretary of DHS, Alejandro N. 

Mayorkas, issued a memorandum 

tasking the Faith-Based Security 

Advisory Council (FBSAC) to establish 

a subcommittee further outlined below. 

This notice is not a solicitation for 

membership. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sameer Hossain, Designated Federal 

Officer, Faith-Based Security Advisory 

Council of Department of Homeland 

Security, at FBSAC@hq.dhs.gov or 202– 

891–2876. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FBSAC provides organizationally 

independent, strategic, timely, specific, 

and actionable advice to the Secretary 

through the OPE Assistant Secretary, 

who serves as the DHS Faith-Based 

Organizations Security Coordinator on 

security and preparedness matters 

related to places of worship, faith 

communities, and faith-based 

organizations. The Council consists of 

members who are: faith-based 

organization security officials; faithbased organization leaders; faith leaders; 

State and local public safety, law 

enforcement, and emergency 

management leaders; and a 

representative from the Department of 

Justice or Federal Bureau of 

Investigation. 

The Secretary has requested that the 

FBSAC form a new subcommittee to 

study and provide recommendations in 

the following critical area for the 

Department: 

1. Combatting online child sexual 

exploitation and abuse (CSEA), 

providing recommendations on how 

DHS can partner with faith-based 

organizations to inform faith-based 

leaders and communities about how to 

recognize and respond appropriately to 

incidents of online CSEA; and an 

assessment to gauge the strengths, gaps, 

and opportunities in faith-based 

community awareness, engagement, and 

whole-of-community involvement. This 

assessment should include 

recommendations for faith-based 

organization collaboration to raise 

public awareness of online CSEA. 

Schedule: The subcommittees 

findings and recommendations will be 

submitted to the FBSAC for its 

deliberation and vote during a public 

meeting within 150 days of November 

14, 2023. 

Dated: November 16, 2023. 

Sameer Hossain, 

Designated Federal Officer, Faith-Based 

Security Advisory Council, U.S. Department 

of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25774 Filed 11–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9112–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2023–0043] 

Establishment of Homeland Security 

Advisory Council Subcommittee 

AGENCY: Office of Partnership and 

Engagement (OPE), Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS). 

ACTION: Notice of new tasking for the 

Homeland Security Advisory Council 

(HSAC). 

SUMMARY: On November 14, 2023, DHS 

Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued a 

memorandum tasking the HSAC with 

establishing a subcommittee to provide 

recommendations to the Department to 

combat online child sexual exploitation 

and abuse. Details of the tasking are 

included below. This notice is not a 

solicitation for membership. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Sternhell, Principal Deputy 

Assistant Secretary & Acting Executive 

Director, Homeland Security Advisory 

Council, Office of Partnership and 

Engagement, U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security at HSAC@

hq.dhs.gov or 202–891–2876. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Homeland Security Advisory Council 

provides organizationally independent, 

strategic, timely, specific, and 


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