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2008–0196 and may be submitted by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: HSSTAC@dhs.gov. Include 

the docket number in the subject line of 

the message. 

• Fax: 202–254–6173. 

• Mail: Ms. Deborah Russell, Science 

and Technology Directorate, Department 

of Homeland Security, 245 Murray 

Lane, Bldg. 410, Washington, DC 20528. 

Instructions: All 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 http://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received by the Homeland 

Security Science and Technology 

Advisory Committee, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Deborah Russell, Science and 

Technology Directorate, Department of 

Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane, 

Bldg. 410, Washington, DC 20528 202– 

254–5739. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

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

(Pub. L. 92–463). 

The committee will meet for the 

purpose of receiving classified and 

sensitive Homeland Security and 

classified briefings on Maritime 

Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), 

Cyber Security and Science and 

Technology Programs. 

Basis for Closure: In accordance with 

Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, it has been determined 

that the Science and Technology 

Advisory Committee meeting concerns 

sensitive Homeland Security 

information and classified matters 

within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(1) and (c)(9)(B) which, if 

prematurely disclosed, would 

significantly jeopardize national 

security and frustrate implementation of 

proposed agency actions. 

Dated: January 6, 2009. 

Jay M. Cohen, 

Under Secretary for Science and Technology. 

[FR Doc. E9–569 Filed 1–13–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

National Communications System 

[Docket No. NCS–2008–0004] 

President’s National Security 

Telecommunications Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: National Communications 

System, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Partially Closed 

Advisory Committee Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The President’s National 

Security Telecommunications Advisory 

Committee (NSTAC) will be meeting by 

teleconference; the meeting will be 

partially closed to the public. 

DATES: February 10, 2009, from 2 p.m. 

until 3 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

by teleconference. For access to the 

conference bridge and meeting 

materials, contact Ms. Sue Daage at 

(703) 235–5526 or by e-mail at 

sue.daage@dhs.gov by 5 p.m. February 

1, 2009. If you desire to submit 

comments regarding the February 10, 

2009, meeting they must be submitted 

by February 17, 2009. Comments must 

be identified by NCS–2008–0004 and 

may be submitted by one of the 

following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

E-mail: NSTAC1@dhs.gov. Include 

docket number in the subject line of the 

message. 

Mail: Office of the Manager, National 

Communications System (Customer 

Service Branch), Department of 

Homeland Security, 1100 Hampton Park 

Blvd., Capitol Heights, MD 20743; 

Fax: 1–866–466–5370. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the words ‘‘Department of 

Homeland Security’’ and NCS–2008– 

0004, the docket number for this action. 

Comments received will be posted 

without alteration at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received by the NSTAC, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Sue Daage, Customer Service Branch at 

(703) 235–5526, e-mail: 

sue.daage@dhs.gov or write the Deputy 

Manager, National Communications 

System, Department of Homeland 

Security, 1100 Hampton Park Blvd., 

Capitol Heights, MD 20743. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NSTAC 

advises the President on issues and 

problems related to implementing 

national security and emergency 

preparedness telecommunications 

policy. Notice of this meeting is given 

under the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (FACA), Public Law 92–463 (1972), 

as amended appearing in 5 U.S.C. App. 

2. 

At the upcoming meeting, between 2 

p.m. and 2:15 p.m., the conference call 

will include government stakeholder 

feedback on NSTAC initiatives, and a 

status report on NSTAC 

Recommendations. This portion of the 

meeting will be open to the public. 

Between 2:15 p.m. and 3 p.m., the 

NSTAC will discuss and vote on the 

Global Resiliency Report and receive 

three updates from the identity 

management, cybersecurity and satellite 

network task forces. This portion of the 

meeting will be closed to the public. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

special assistance should indicate this 

when arranging access to the 

teleconference and are encouraged to 

identify anticipated special needs as 

early as possible. 

Basis for Closure: During the portion 

of the meeting to be held from 2:15 p.m. 

to 3 p.m., the NSTAC will discuss core 

assurance and physical security of the 

cyber network, cybersecurity 

collaboration between the Federal 

government and the private sector, 

identity management issues and cyberrelated vulnerabilities of the satellite 

network. Such discussions will likely 

include internal agency personnel rules 

and practices, specifically, 

identification of vulnerabilities in the 

Federal government’s cyber network, 

along with strategies for mitigating those 

vulnerabilities and other sensitive law 

enforcement or homeland security 

information of a predominantly internal 

nature which, if disclosed, would 

significantly risk circumvention of DHS 

regulations or statutes. NSTAC members 

will likely inform the discussion by 

contributing confidential and 

voluntarily-provided commercial 

information relating to private sector 

network vulnerabilities that they would 

not customarily release to the public. 

Disclosure of this information can be 

reasonably expected to frustrate DHS’s 

ongoing cybersecurity programs and 

initiatives and could be used to exploit 

vulnerabilities in the Federal 

government’s cyber network. 

Accordingly, the relevant portion of this 

meeting will be closed to the public 


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pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2), (4) and 

(9)(B). 

James Madon, 

Deputy Manager, National Communications 

System. 

[FR Doc. E9–568 Filed 1–13–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

United States Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Extension of a Currently 

Approved Information Collection; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information 

Collection under Review; Secure 

Communities IDENT/IAFIS 

Interoperability State and Local Agency 

Assessment; OMB Control No. 1653– 

0040. 

The Department of Homeland 

Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement (USICE), is submitting the 

following information collection request 

for review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. The information collection was 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on November 7, 2008, Vol. 73 

No. 217 66249, allowing for a 60 day 

comment period. No comments were 

received on this information collection. 

The purpose of this notice is to allow an 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

Comments are encouraged and will be 

accepted for thirty days until February 

13, 2009. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

regarding items contained in this notice 

and especially with regard to the 

estimated public burden and associated 

response time should be directed to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget. Comments should be addressed 

to OMB Desk Officer, for United States 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 

Department of Homeland Security, and 

sent via electronic mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed 

to (202) 395–6974. Written comments 

and suggestions from the public and 

affected agencies concerning the 

proposed collection of information 

should address one or more of the 

following four points: 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agencies estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Overview of this information 

collection: 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

Extension of currently approved 

information collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Secure Communities IDENT/IAFIS 

Interoperability State and Local Agency 

Assessment. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

sponsoring the collection: Form 70–003 

and Form 70–004, U.S. Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: State and Local 

Correctional Facilities. 8 U.S.C. 1231(a) 

gives the Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS) Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement (ICE) authority to 

remove criminal aliens who have been 

ordered as such. DHS/ICE is improving 

community safety by transforming the 

way the federal government cooperates 

with state and local law enforcement 

agencies to identify, detain, and remove 

all criminal aliens held in custody. 

Secure Communities (SC) revolutionizes 

immigration enforcement by using 

technology to share information 

between law enforcement agencies and 

by applying risk-based methodologies to 

focus resources on assisting all local 

communities with removing high-risk 

criminal aliens. In order for the Secure 

Communities Initiative to meet its goals, 

ICE must collect detailed business 

requirements and input from its state 

and local law enforcement partners. ICE 

will interview law enforcement officials 

at a combined 7,000 state and local jails 

across the United States as part of the 

Secure Communities Initiative. The 

collection instruments are transitioning 

from the currently approved paper 

based format to the implementation of 

technology permitting electronic 

submissions of responses. This 

assessment determines the fingerprint 

procedures and technological 

capabilities of state and local jails 

governance, as well as basic jail booking 

statistics. This information is used in 

order to prioritize local sites and deliver 

the implementation strategy of the 

Secure Communities Initiative. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: 7,000 responses at 20 minutes 

(0.3333333333333333 hours) per 

response. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 2,334 annual burden hours. 

Requests for a copy of the proposed 

information collection instrument, with 

instructions; or inquiries for additional 

information should be directed to: 

Joseph M. Gerhart, Chief, Records 

Management Branch, U.S. Immigration 

and Customs Enforcement, 500 12th 

Street, SW., Room 3138, Washington, 

DC 20024; (202) 732–6337. 

Dated: January 8, 2009. 

Joseph M. Gerhart, 

Chief, Records Management Branch, U.S. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. E9–601 Filed 1–13–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

United States Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Extension of a Currently 

Approved Information Collection; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information 

Collection Under Review; Form I–352, 

Immigration Bond; OMB Control No. 

1653–0022. 

The Department of Homeland 

Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement (USICE), is submitting the 

following information collection request 

for review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. The information collection was 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on November 3, 2008 Vol. 73 

No. 213 65390, allowing for a 60 day 

public comment period. No comments 

were received on this information 

collection. 

The purpose of this notice is to allow 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. Comments are encouraged 

and will be accepted for thirty days 

February 13, 2009. Written comments 


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