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NSTAC XX Meeting - December 1997

Business Session
Thursday, December 11, 1997 - Department of State, Dean Acheson Auditorium

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.. Executive Breakfast - Martin Van Buren Dining Room, 8th floor
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m...

Continental Breakfast - Exhibit Hall

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Assemble in Dean Acheson Auditorium
9:15 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. Call to Order/Opening Remarks - Mr. Charles Lee
9:20 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. Welcoming Remarks - DOS Representative
9:25 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. Deputy Secretary of Defense - Dr. John Hamre,
9:55 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. Eligible Receiver - CAPT Jake Schaffner, USN
10:25 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. PCCIP Report
Mr. Phil Lacombe, Transition Office Director
Dr. Philip Bobbitt, Director for Intelligence, National Security Council
10:50 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. Industry Executive Subcommittee (IES) Report - Mr. Lowell Thomas
11:20 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Wrap-up/Adjourn - Mr. Charles Lee
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. Principals travel to Old Executive Office Building

Executive Session/ Lunch
Thursday, December 11, 1997 - Old Executive Office Building, Indian Treaty Room

12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.. Welcoming Remarks - Mr. Charles Lee
Call to Order - Mr. Charles Lee
Opening Remarks - Hon. Samuel R. Berger, Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs
Presentation of NSTAC 15th Anniversary letters to principals
Remarks - Hon. William S. Cohen, Secretary of Defense and NCS Executive Agent
Remarks - Dr. John H. Gibbons, Assistant to the President for Science
and Technology
Remarks - Attorney General Janet Reno, Critical Infrastructure Protection and
Cyber Crime
Adjournment


Images from the Business Session - December 1997

Chairman Charles Lee (left) opens the business session for the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC)
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Chairman Charles Lee (left) opens the business session for the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) on December 11. Alongside Lee is Army Lieutenant General David J. Kelley, Manager of the National Communications System and Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency. (Photo by Robert Flores, Defense Information Systems Agency.)

Deputy Defense Secretary John J. Hamre
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Deputy Defense Secretary John J. Hamre said the U.S. is facing an "Electronic Pearl Harbor" and asked industry representatives to take appropriate steps to protect the telecommunications infrastructure used by the Defense Department and other Government organizations. He spoke to members of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) at the State Department's Dean Acheson Auditorium December 11. (Photo by Robert Flores, Defense Information Systems Agency.)


Images from the Executive Session - December 1997

Vice President Al Gore shares a laugh with Charles Lee, Chairman of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC)
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Vice President Al Gore shares a laugh with Charles Lee, Chairman of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) during its executive session at the Old Executive Office Building in Washington. Lee is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GTE and also serves a member on the Advisory Committee to the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (PCCIP). (Photo by Robert Flores, Defense Information Systems Agency.)

Defense Secretary William S. Cohen
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Defense Secretary William S. Cohen emphasized the Government's reliance on the telecommunications industry's expertise, talent and creativity to tackle the telecommunications challenges facing the country. Cohen spoke to members of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) executive session held December 11 in the Indian Treaty Room of the Old Executive Office Building in Washington. (Photo by Robert Flores, Defense Information Systems Agency.)

Attorney General Janet Reno
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Attorney General Janet Reno said industry and Government still face many challenges in tackling telecommunications issues. These issues include Freedom of Information Act concerns, quick response to systems intrusion and a need for industry to share proprietary information. Reno's remarks were made during the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) executive session, held December 11 at the Old Executive Office Building in Washington. (Photo by Robert Flores, Defense Information Systems Agency.)

Vice President Al Gore
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Vice President Al Gore said the President must have the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee's (NSTAC) careful insight to challenges facing the Nation, adding that NSTAC should work to forecast plans, policy and resources to address information security in new and innovative ways. The Vice President made those remarks before NSTAC's executive session December 11 at the Old Executive Office Building in Washington. (Photo by Robert Flores, Defense Information Systems Agency.)

National Security Advisory Sandy Berger
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"There is no finer example of industry-Government partnership," said National Security Advisory Sandy Berger in describing the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC), adding that NSTAC has made this a safer country. His remarks came during the NSTAC executive session held December 11 at the Old Executive Office Building in Washington. (Photo by Robert Flores, Defense Information Systems Agency.)

 


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