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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS–2014–0048]
President’s National Security
Telecommunications Advisory
Committee
National Protection and
Programs Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: Committee Management; Notice
of Partially Closed Federal Advisory
Committee Meeting.
AGENCY:
The President’s National
Security Telecommunications Advisory
Committee (NSTAC) will meet on
Wednesday, November 19, 2014, in
Washington DC The meeting will be
partially closed to the public.
DATES: The NSTAC will meet in a
closed session on Wednesday,
November 19, 2014, from 8:30 a.m. to
10:30 a.m. and in an open session on
Wednesday, November 19, 2014, from
10:40 a.m. to 2:40 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The open, public session
will be held at the Department of
Homeland Security Immigration and
Customs Enforcement facility, 500 12th
Street SW., Washington DC, and will
begin at 10:40 a.m. For information on
facilities or services for individuals with
disabilities, to request special assistance
at the meeting, or to attend in person
contact nstac@dhs.gov as soon as
possible.
We are inviting public comment on
the issues the NSTAC will consider, as
listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below. Associated
briefing materials that will be discussed
at the meeting will be available at
www.dhs.gov/nstac for review as of
November 5, 2014. Comments must be
identified by docket number DHS–
2014–0048 and may be submitted by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
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• Email: NSTAC@dhs.gov. Include
the docket number in the subject line of
the message.
• Fax: 703–235–5962, Attn: Sandy
Benevides.
• Mail: Designated Federal Officer,
National Security Telecommunications
Advisory Committee, National
Protection and Programs Directorate,
Department of Homeland Security, 245
Murray Lane, Mail Stop 0615, Arlington
VA 20598–0615.
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 https://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
https://www.regulations.gov, referencing
docket number DHS–2014–0048.
A public comment period will be held
during the open portion of the meeting
on Wednesday, November 19, 2014,
from 1:35 p.m. to 2:05 p.m., and
speakers are requested to limit their
comments to three minutes. Please note
that the public comment period may
end before the time indicated, following
the last call for comments. Contact
Sandy Benevides at 703–235–5408 or
Sandra.Benevides@dhs.gov to register as
a speaker by close of business on
November 17, 2014. Speakers will be
accommodated in order of registration
within the constraints of the time
allotted to public comment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Helen Jackson, NSTAC Designated
Federal Officer, Department of
Homeland Security, telephone (703)
235–5321 or Helen.Jackson@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of
this meeting is given under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C.
Appendix. The NSTAC advises the
President on matters related to national
security and emergency preparedness
(NS/EP) telecommunications policy.
Agenda: The committee will meet in
the open session to engage in an update
of the Federal Communications
Commission’s current priorities; a
discussion of the Department of Justice’s
Anti-Trust Guidelines; the current
priorities and accomplishments of the
First Responder Network Authority; a
panel discussion of the
interdependencies between the
Communications and Electric Power
Sector. The NSTAC members will
deliberate and vote on the NSTAC
Report to the President on the
Cybersecurity Implications of the
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Internet of Things and the NSTAC
Report to the President on Information
and Communications Technology
Mobilization. Both reports will be
available at www.dhs.gov/nstac as of
November 5, 2014.
The NSTAC will meet in a closed
session to hear a classified briefing
regarding emerging threats to the
communications infrastructure and to
discuss the potential future NSTAC
study topics.
Basis for Closure: In accordance with
5 U.S.C. § 552b(c), The Government in
the Sunshine Act, it has been
determined that two agenda items
require closure as the disclosure of the
information would not be in the public
interest.
The first of these agenda items, the
classified briefing, will provide
members with information on nationstate capabilities and strategic threats.
Such threats target national
communications infrastructure and
impact industry’s long-term
competitiveness and growth, as well as
the Government’s ability to mitigate
threats. Malicious actors continue to
advance their techniques to exploit
critical infrastructure networks and
poses serious challenges for the
communications sector. Disclosure of
these threats would provide criminals
who wish to intrude into commercial
and Government networks with
information on potential vulnerabilities
and mitigation techniques, also
weakening existing cybersecurity
defense tactics. This briefing will be
classified at the top secret level, thereby
exempting disclosure of the content by
statute. Therefore, this portion of the
meeting is required to be closed
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552b(c)(1)(A).
The second agenda item, the
discussion of potential NSTAC study
topics, will address areas of critical
cybersecurity vulnerabilities and
priorities for Government. Government
officials will share data with NSTAC
members on initiatives, assessments,
and future security requirements across
public and private networks. The data to
be shared includes specific
vulnerabilities within cyberspace that
affect the Nation’s communications and
information technology infrastructures
and proposed mitigation strategies.
Disclosure of this information to the
public would provide criminals with an
incentive to focus on these
vulnerabilities to increase attacks on our
cyber and communications networks.
Therefore, this portion of the meeting is
likely to significantly frustrate
implementation of proposed DHS
actions and is required to be closed
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B).
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Dated: October 28, 2014.
Helen Jackson,
Designated Federal Officer for the NSTAC.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DHS–2014–0057]
Privacy Act of 1974; Department of
Homeland Security/U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (DHS/CBP)–009
Electronic System for Travel
Authorization (ESTA) System of
Records
Department of Homeland
Security, Privacy Office.
ACTION: Notice of Privacy Act System of
Records.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) proposes to update a current DHS
system of records titled, ‘‘Department of
Homeland Security/U.S. Customs and
Border Protection—DHS/CBP–009
Electronic System for Travel
Authorization (ESTA) System of
Records.’’ This system of records allows
the U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) at DHS to collect and maintain
records on nonimmigrant aliens seeking
to travel to the United States under the
Visa Waiver Program and other persons,
including U.S. citizens and lawful
permanent residents, whose name is
provided to DHS as part of a
nonimmigrant alien’s ESTA application.
The system is used to determine
whether the applicant is eligible to
travel to and enter the United States
under the Visa Waiver Program by
vetting the ESTA application
information against selected security
and law enforcement databases at DHS,
including but not limited to the use of
CBP’s TECS (not an acronym) and the
Automated Targeting System (ATS). In
addition, ATS retains a copy of ESTA
application data to identify ESTA
applicants who may pose a security risk
to the United States. ATS maintains
copies of key elements of certain
databases in order to minimize the
impact of processing searches on the
operational systems and to act as a
backup for certain operational systems.
DHS may also vet ESTA application
information against security and law
enforcement databases at other Federal
agencies to enhance DHS’s ability to
determine whether the applicant poses
a security risk to the United States and
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is eligible to travel to and enter the
United States under the Visa Waiver
Program. The results of this vetting may
inform DHS’s assessment of whether the
applicant’s travel poses a law
enforcement or security risk and
whether the application should be
approved.
As part of the Department’s ongoing
effort to promote transparency regarding
its collection of information, DHS/CBP
is updating: (1) The categories of
individuals covered by the system, and
(2) categories of records in the system to
include revised eligibility questions and
additional data elements collected on
the ESTA application. DHS issued a
Final Rule to exempt this system of
records from certain provisions of the
Privacy Act on August 31, 2009 (74 FR
45070). These regulations remain in
effect.
Furthermore, this notice includes
non-substantive changes to simplify the
formatting and text of the previously
published notice. This updated system
will be included in DHS’s inventory of
systems of records, located on the DHS
Web site at https://www.dhs.gov/systemrecords-notices-sorns.
DATES: This updated system will be
effective upon the public display of this
notice. Although this system is effective
upon publication, DHS will accept and
consider comments from the public and
evaluate the need for any revisions to
this notice.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this notice, including the
applicability of the exemptions set forth
in the August 31, 2009 Final Rule (74
FR 45070) to the new categories of
individuals and categories of records,
identified by docket number DHS–
2014–0057, by one of the following
methods:
• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 202–343–4010.
• Mail: Karen L. Neuman, Chief
Privacy Officer, Privacy Office,
Department of Homeland Security,
Washington, DC 20528.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
docket number for this rulemaking. All
comments received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, please visit https://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general questions, please contact: John
Connors, (202) 344–1610, CBP Privacy
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Officer, Privacy and Diversity Office,
1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20229. For privacy
questions, please contact: Karen L.
Neuman, (202) 343–1717, Chief Privacy
Officer, Privacy Office, Department of
Homeland Security, Washington, DC
20528.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In accordance with the Privacy Act of
1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) is updating
a current DHS system of records titled,
‘‘DHS/CBP–009 Electronic System for
Travel Authorization (ESTA) System of
Records.’’
In the wake of the tragedy of
September 11, 2001, Congress enacted
the Implementing Recommendations of
the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007,
Public Law 110–53. Section 711 of that
Act sought to address the security
vulnerabilities associated with Visa
Waiver Program (VWP) travelers not
being subject to the same degree of
screening as other international visitors.
As a result, section 711 requires DHS to
develop and implement a fully
automated electronic travel
authorization system to collect
biographical and other information
necessary to evaluate the security risks
and eligibility of an applicant to travel
to the United States under the VWP.
The VWP is a travel facilitation program
that has evolved since the terrorist
attack on the Nation on September 11,
2001, to include more robust security
standards that are designed to prevent
terrorists and other criminal actors from
exploiting the Program to enter the
country.
ESTA is a Web-based system that
DHS/CBP developed in 2008 to
determine the eligibility of foreign
nationals to travel by air or sea to the
United States under the VWP.
Applicants submit biographic
information and answer eligibility
questions using the ESTA Web site. CBP
uses the information submitted to ESTA
to make a determination regarding
whether the applicant’s intended travel
poses a law enforcement or security
risk. CBP vets the ESTA applicant
information against selected security
and law enforcement databases,
including the use of TECS and the
Automated Targeting System (ATS).
ATS also retains a copy of ESTA
application data to identify ESTA
applicants who may pose a security risk
to the United States. ATS maintains
copies of key elements of certain
databases in order to minimize the
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS-2014-0048]
President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory
Committee
AGENCY: National Protection and Programs Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: Committee Management; Notice of Partially Closed Federal
Advisory Committee Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory
Committee (NSTAC) will meet on Wednesday, November 19, 2014, in
Washington DC The meeting will be partially closed to the public.
DATES: The NSTAC will meet in a closed session on Wednesday, November
19, 2014, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and in an open session on
Wednesday, November 19, 2014, from 10:40 a.m. to 2:40 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The open, public session will be held at the Department of
Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, 500
12th Street SW., Washington DC, and will begin at 10:40 a.m. For
information on facilities or services for individuals with
disabilities, to request special assistance at the meeting, or to
attend in person contact nstac@dhs.gov as soon as possible.
We are inviting public comment on the issues the NSTAC will
consider, as listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.
Associated briefing materials that will be discussed at the meeting
will be available at www.dhs.gov/nstac for review as of November 5,
2014. Comments must be identified by docket number DHS-2014-0048 and
may be submitted by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Email: NSTAC@dhs.gov. Include the docket number in the
subject line of the message.
Fax: 703-235-5962, Attn: Sandy Benevides.
Mail: Designated Federal Officer, National Security
Telecommunications Advisory Committee, National Protection and Programs
Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane, Mail
Stop 0615, Arlington VA 20598-0615.
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 https://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 https://www.regulations.gov,
referencing docket number DHS-2014-0048.
A public comment period will be held during the open portion of the
meeting on Wednesday, November 19, 2014, from 1:35 p.m. to 2:05 p.m.,
and speakers are requested to limit their comments to three minutes.
Please note that the public comment period may end before the time
indicated, following the last call for comments. Contact Sandy
Benevides at 703-235-5408 or Sandra.Benevides@dhs.gov to register as a
speaker by close of business on November 17, 2014. Speakers will be
accommodated in order of registration within the constraints of the
time allotted to public comment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Jackson, NSTAC Designated
Federal Officer, Department of Homeland Security, telephone (703) 235-
5321 or Helen.Jackson@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix. The NSTAC advises
the President on matters related to national security and emergency
preparedness (NS/EP) telecommunications policy.
Agenda: The committee will meet in the open session to engage in an
update of the Federal Communications Commission's current priorities; a
discussion of the Department of Justice's Anti-Trust Guidelines; the
current priorities and accomplishments of the First Responder Network
Authority; a panel discussion of the interdependencies between the
Communications and Electric Power Sector. The NSTAC members will
deliberate and vote on the NSTAC Report to the President on the
Cybersecurity Implications of the Internet of Things and the NSTAC
Report to the President on Information and Communications Technology
Mobilization. Both reports will be available at www.dhs.gov/nstac as of
November 5, 2014.
The NSTAC will meet in a closed session to hear a classified
briefing regarding emerging threats to the communications
infrastructure and to discuss the potential future NSTAC study topics.
Basis for Closure: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. Sec. 552b(c), The
Government in the Sunshine Act, it has been determined that two agenda
items require closure as the disclosure of the information would not be
in the public interest.
The first of these agenda items, the classified briefing, will
provide members with information on nation-state capabilities and
strategic threats. Such threats target national communications
infrastructure and impact industry's long-term competitiveness and
growth, as well as the Government's ability to mitigate threats.
Malicious actors continue to advance their techniques to exploit
critical infrastructure networks and poses serious challenges for the
communications sector. Disclosure of these threats would provide
criminals who wish to intrude into commercial and Government networks
with information on potential vulnerabilities and mitigation
techniques, also weakening existing cybersecurity defense tactics. This
briefing will be classified at the top secret level, thereby exempting
disclosure of the content by statute. Therefore, this portion of the
meeting is required to be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Sec.
552b(c)(1)(A).
The second agenda item, the discussion of potential NSTAC study
topics, will address areas of critical cybersecurity vulnerabilities
and priorities for Government. Government officials will share data
with NSTAC members on initiatives, assessments, and future security
requirements across public and private networks. The data to be shared
includes specific vulnerabilities within cyberspace that affect the
Nation's communications and information technology infrastructures and
proposed mitigation strategies. Disclosure of this information to the
public would provide criminals with an incentive to focus on these
vulnerabilities to increase attacks on our cyber and communications
networks. Therefore, this portion of the meeting is likely to
significantly frustrate implementation of proposed DHS actions and is
required to be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B).
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Dated: October 28, 2014.
Helen Jackson,
Designated Federal Officer for the NSTAC.
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