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[Federal Register: March 3, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 41)]
[Notices]               
[Page 9607-9608]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. DHS-2010-0012]

 
National Protection and Programs Directorate; Critical 
Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC)

AGENCY: National Protection and Programs Directorate, DHS.

ACTION: Update of CIPAC council membership.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the

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establishment of the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory 
Council (CIPAC) by notice published in the Federal Register (71 FR 
14930-14933) dated March 24, 2006. That notice identified the purpose 
of CIPAC as well as its membership. This notice provides (i) the 
quarterly CIPAC membership update, (ii) instructions on how the public 
can obtain the CIPAC membership roster and other information on the 
Council, and (iii) information on recently completed CIPAC meetings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Wong, Director Partnership 
Programs and Information Sharing Office, Partnership and Outreach 
Division, Office of Infrastructure Protection, National Protection and 
Programs Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 
20528, by telephone (703) 235-3999 or e-mail at CIPAC@dhs.gov.
    Responsible DHS Official: Nancy J. Wong, Director Partnership 
Programs and Information Sharing Office, Partnership and Outreach 
Division, Office of Infrastructure Protection, National Protection and 
Programs Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 
20528, by telephone (703) 235-3999 or e-mail at CIPAC@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose and Activity: CIPAC facilitates 
interaction between government officials and representatives of the 
community of owners and/or operators for each of the critical 
infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) sectors defined by Homeland 
Security Presidential Directive 7 (HSPD-7) and identified in the 
National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP). The scope of activities 
covered by CIPAC includes planning; coordinating among government and 
CIKR owner/operator security partners; implementing security program 
initiatives; conducting operational activities related to critical 
infrastructure protection security measures, incident response, 
recovery, infrastructure resilience, reconstituting CIKR assets and 
systems for both man-made as well as naturally occurring events; and 
sharing threat, vulnerability, risk mitigation, and infrastructure 
continuity information and best practices.
    Organizational Structure: CIPAC members are organized into 18 CIKR 
sectors. Within all of the sectors containing private sector CIKR 
owners/operators, there generally exists a Sector Coordinating Council 
(SCC) that includes CIKR owners and/or operators or their 
representative trade associations. Each of the sectors also has a 
Government Coordinating Council (GCC) whose membership includes a lead 
Federal agency that is defined as the Sector Specific Agency (SSA), and 
all relevant Federal, State, local, tribal, and/or territorial 
government agencies (or their representative bodies) whose mission 
interests also involve the scope of the CIPAC activities for that 
particular sector.
    CIPAC Membership: CIPAC Membership includes (i) CIKR owner and/or 
operator members of an SCC; CIKR owners and operators own and invest in 
infrastructure assets or in the systems and processes to secure them. 
CIKR owners and/or operators are held responsible by the public for 
CIKR operations and the response and recovery when their CIKR assets 
and systems are disrupted; (ii) trade association members who are 
members of a SCC representing the interests of CIKR owners and/or 
operators; (iii) each sector's Government Coordinating Council (GCC) 
members; and, (iv) State, local, tribal, and territorial governmental 
officials comprising the DHS State, Local, Tribal, Territorial GCC.
    CIPAC Membership Roster and Council Information: The current roster 
of CIPAC membership is published on the CIPAC Web site (http://www.dhs.gov/cipac) and is updated as the CIPAC membership changes. 
Members of the public may visit the CIPAC Web site at any time to 
obtain current CIPAC membership as well as the current and historic 
list of CIPAC meetings and agendas.

    Signed: February 22, 2010.
Nancy Wong,
Designated Federal Officer for the CIPAC.
[FR Doc. 2010-4344 Filed 3-2-10; 8:45 am]
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