50390 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No.
165 / Friday, August 25, 2006 / Notices
SCHEDULE OF ANCILLARY
MEETINGS—Continued
California State Delega-
tion
Oregon State Delegation
Washington State Dele-
gation
Groundfish Advisory
Subpanel
Groundfish Management
Team
Salmon Amendment
Committee
Enforcement Consultants As necessary
THURSDAY, SEP-
TEMBER 14, 2006
Council Secretariat
California State Delega-
tion
Oregon State Delegation
Washington State Dele-
gation
Groundfish Advisory
Subpanel
Groundfish Management
Team
Salmon Technical Team
Enforcement Consultants As necessary
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER
15, 2006
Council Secretariat
California State Delega-
tion
Oregon State Delegation
Washington State Dele-
gation
Salmon Technical Team As necessary
Enforcement Consultants As necessary
Although nonemergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
Council action during this meeting.
Council action will be restricted to those
issues specifically listed in this notice
and any issues arising after publication
of this notice that require emergency
action under Section 305(c) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of
the Council’s intent to take final action
to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Ms. Carolyn Porter
at 503– 820–2280 at least five days prior
to the meeting date.
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Dated: August 22, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration
7 am
7 am Notice: Continuity of Business (via
satellite) Summit
7 am
National Telecommunications
AGENCY:
and Information Administration (NTIA),
8 am
U.S. Department of Commerce.
8 am ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.
8 am SUMMARY: NTIA will co-sponsor a
conference entitled ‘‘Continuity of
Business (via satellite) Summit:
Acquiring Robust Communications
7 am
Capability to Prepare for Natural and
Man-Made Disasters’’ with the Satellite
7 am
7 am Industry Association and the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce. The agenda will
focus on the importance of satellite
7 am
communications for the continuity of
8 am business which may be interrupted
during a natural disaster, cyber attack,
8 am or other terrorist action.
8 am
DATES: The Continuity of Business (via
satellite) Summit will take place
Thursday, September 21, 2006, 9:00 AM
7 am to noon.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be
7 am held at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
7 am 1615 H Street, N.W., Washington, DC
20062–2000.
7 am
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Persons interested in attending the
Continuity of Business (via Satellite)
Summit should contact Helen Shaw,
Critical Infrastructure Protection
Program, Office of the Assistant
Secretary, National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration, 1401 Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Room 7846, Washington,
DC, 20230; by facsimile transmission to
(202) 482–1189; or by electronic mail to
hshaw@ntia.doc.gov. Information for the
Summit is also available through the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce at
www.uschamber.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background. Recent world events, such
as the massive hurricanes in the
Southern United States, and terrorist
actions, such as the bombing of the
World Trade Centers, and the
potentiality of such events occurring in
the future, such as cyber attacks, have
demonstrated the need for additional
communications channels to prevent
communications outages among our
nation’s businesses and industry. Each
of these events, both natural and man-
caused, has the potential to interrupt
communications costing businesses
millions of dollars in lost sales and
productivity. For these reasons, a
national level discussion addressing
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additional communications channels is
both timely and essential to our nation’s
economic security and viability.
The Department of Commerce has the
lead responsibility for the ‘‘economic
security’’ component of critical
infrastructure protection, and
coordinates these efforts with the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), Department of the Treasury and
the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Acting on behalf of the Department of
Commerce, NTIA addresses continuity-
of-business/disaster recovery efforts of
companies that complement critical
infrastructure companies, which are
vital to the economy and orderly
functioning of society. The focus on
continuity of business and disaster
recovery communications is based on
the premise that wireline, wireless and
Internet (including Virtual Private
Network (VPN)) capabilities might fail
or become saturated as a result of a
physical or cyber attack. In such
emergency situations, it will be
necessary to make use of additional
communications capability (e.g.,
satellite links or HF point-to-point and
broadcast transmissions).
The Summit will provide a forum
primarily for industry representatives to
discuss issues related to continuity of
business and disaster recovery - such as
estimates of current/projected ‘‘take-up’’
costs and the ‘‘business case’’ for
investing in additional communications,
incentives, identification of leaders (e.g.,
companies and associations), and
approaches to education and awareness.
The government’s role will support
education and awareness rather than
fund this private sector-led effort.
Public Participation: The meeting will
be open to the public and press on a
first-come, first- served basis. Space is
limited. The public meeting is
physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Individuals requiring
special services, such as sign language
interpretation or other ancillary aids are
asked to indicate this to Ms. Shaw at
least five (5) days prior to the meeting.
The Summit will be webcast. Webcast
information and the meeting agenda and
a list of speakers will be posted on
NTIA’s website, www.ntia.doc.gov, the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s website,
www.uschamber.com, and the Satellite
Industry Association’s website,
www.sia.org, one week prior to the
meeting.
Dated: August 22, 2006.
Kathy D. Smith,
Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications
and Information Administration.
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