Department of the Treasury
AGENCY:
Departmental Offices, Treasury.
ACTION:
Request for comments; extension of comment period.
SUMMARY:
On September 29, 2022, Treasury published a Notice that invited the public to comment on questions related to cyber insurance and catastrophic cyber incidents in order to inform a joint assessment being conducted by the Department of the Treasury's Federal Insurance Office (FIO) and the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) into “the extent to which risks to critical infrastructure from catastrophic cyber incidents and potential financial exposures warrant a federal insurance response.” The purpose of this notice is to extend the comment period for a period of one month until December 14, 2022 and provide more time for interested parties to provide comments.
DATES:
The comment period for the notice published at 87 FR 59161 on September 29, 2002, is extended. Responses must be received by December 14, 2022 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES:
Please submit comments electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. All comments should be captioned with “Potential Federal Insurance Response to Catastrophic Cyber Incidents.” Please include your name, organization (if applicable), and email addresses. Where appropriate, a comment should include a short executive summary. In general, comments received will be posted on http://www.regulations.gov without change, including any business or personal information provided. Comments received, including attachments and other supporting materials, will be part of the public record and subject to public disclosure. Do not enclose any information in your comment or supporting materials that you consider confidential or inappropriate for public disclosure.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard Ifft, Senior Insurance Regulatory Policy Analyst, Federal Insurance Office, (202) 622-2922, Richard.Ifft@treasury.gov, Jeremiah Pam, Senior Insurance Regulatory Policy Analyst, Federal Insurance Office, (202) 622-7009, Jeremiah.Pam2@treasury.gov, Philip Goodman, Senior Insurance Regulatory Policy Analyst (202) 622-1170, Philip.Goodman@treasury.gov. Persons who have difficulty hearing or speaking may access these numbers via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.