NIAC Meeting 07-13-10

Today the DHS National Protection and Programs Directorate announced in the Federal Register that the National Infrastructure Advisory Council would be holding a public meeting on July 13th at 1:30 pm EDT in Washington, D.C. The focus of this meeting will be on resiliency issues. The agenda includes updates from two working groups; A Framework for Establishing Critical Infrastructure Resilience Goals and Optimization of Resources for Mitigating Infrastructure Disruptions. Both reflect the Secretary’s recent focus on enabling the country to rebound from man-made or natural disasters. The meeting is open to the public, but participation will be limited to the Council members and invited participants. Because of the late notice provided on this meeting, the deadline for the public to submit written comments has been extended to July 12th. Comments can be submitted to www.regulations.gov (Docket # DHS-2010-0058).

National Infrastructure Advisory Council Meeting 01-06-09

DHS announced in today’s Federal Register that the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) will conduct a meeting on January 6th, 2009. The meeting will be held in Washington, D.C. and will be open to the public. Oral comments from the public will not be allowed, but written comments may be submitted before December 30th (Docket No. DHS-2008-0192). The meeting will include a status report on the Frameworks for Dealing With Disasters and Related Interdependencies Working Group and discussion on establishing a working group for the upcoming study on Infrastructure Resiliency.