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| Home President Continues NSTAC through September 2011 Arlington VA, October 02, 2009 - President Barack Obama extended the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee until September 30, 2011 after signing Executive Order 13511 September 29. The Executive Order – Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees – continues NSTAC, as well as 14 other federal committees which advise the President on a variety of national issues. Executive Order 12382 dictates that NSTAC provide advice to the President through the Secretary of Homeland Security, who serves as the Executive Agent for the National Communications System (NCS). The NCS has supported NSTAC activities since the committee’s creation in 1982. President Ronald Reagan created NSTAC by Executive Order 12382 in September 1982. For 27 years, the committee has provided industry-based analyses and recommendations to the President and the Executive Branch on a wide range of policy and technical issues related to telecommunications, information systems, information assurance, infrastructure protection, and other national security and emergency preparedness communications concerns. NSTAC is composed of up to 30 presidentially appointed
industry leaders – usually chief executive officers (CEOs)
– representing various elements of the telecommunications
industry. The current NSTAC chair is Edward Mueller, Chairman and
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