81 FR 88261 - The Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 235 (December 7, 2016)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the establishment of the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC) in a Federal Register Notice (71 FR 14930-14933) dated March 24, 2006, which identified the purpose of CIPAC, as well as its membership. This notice provides: (i) Quarterly CIPAC membership updates; (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.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88261-88262]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29339]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. DHS-2016-0015)


The Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council

AGENCY: National Protection and Programs Directorate, DHS.

ACTION: Quarterly Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council 
membership update.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the 
establishment of the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory 
Council (CIPAC) in a Federal Register Notice (71 FR 14930-14933) dated 
March 24, 2006, which identified the purpose of CIPAC, as well as its 
membership. This notice provides: (i) Quarterly CIPAC membership 
updates; (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: Renee Murphy, Designated Federal 
Officer, Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council, Sector 
Outreach and Programs Division, Office of Infrastructure Protection, 
National Protection and Programs Directorate, U.S. Department of 
Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane, Mail Stop 0607, Arlington, VA 
20598-0607; telephone: (703) 603-5083; email: [email protected].
    Responsible DHS Official: Renee Murphy, Designated Federal Officer 
for CIPAC.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Purpose and Activity: The CIPAC facilitates interaction between 
government officials and representatives of the community of owners 
and/or operators for each of the critical infrastructure sectors 
defined by Presidential Policy Directive 21 and identified in National 
Infrastructure Protection Plan 2013: Partnering for Critical 
Infrastructure Security and Resilience. The activities covered by the 
CIPAC include: Planning; coordinating among government and critical 
infrastructure owner and operator partners; implementing security and 
resilience program initiatives; conducting operational activities 
related to critical infrastructure security and resilience measures, 
incident response and recovery; reconstituting critical infrastructure 
assets and systems from manmade and naturally occurring events; sharing 
threat, vulnerability, risk mitigation, and business continuity 
information; and distributing best practices and lessons learned at the 
classified and unclassified levels.
    Organizational Structure: CIPAC members are organized into 16 
critical infrastructure sectors. These sectors have a Government 
Coordinating Council whose membership includes: (i) A lead Federal 
agency that is defined as the Sector-Specific Agency; (ii) 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; and (iii) 
a Sector Coordinating Council (SCC), where applicable, whose membership 
includes critical infrastructure owners and/or operators or their 
representative trade associations.
    CIPAC Membership: CIPAC Membership may include:
    (i) Critical Infrastructure owner and operator members of a DHS-
recognized SCC, including their representative trade associations or 
equivalent organization members of a SCC as determined by the SCC.
    (ii) Federal, State, local, and tribal governmental entities 
comprising the members of the GCC for each sector, including their 
representative organizations; members of the State, Local, Tribal, and 
Territorial Government Coordinating Council; and representatives of 
other Federal agencies with responsibility for Critical Infrastructure 
activities.
    CIPAC membership is organizational. Multiple individuals may 
participate in CIPAC activities on behalf of a member organization.

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    CIPAC Membership Roster and Council Information: The current roster 
of CIPAC members 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 view 
current CIPAC membership, as well as the current and historic lists of 
CIPAC meetings and agendas.

    Dated: November 25, 2016.
Renee Murphy,
Designated Federal Officer for the CIPAC.
[FR Doc. 2016-29339 Filed 12-6-16; 8:45 am]
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