NSTAC Special Session - December 19, 2006

Closed Session
The White House, Roosevelt Room

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Meeting with the President (By Invitation Only)

Closed Session
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Briefing Center

10:20 a.m. Call to Order - Mr. Gary D. Forsee, Sprint Nextel, NSTAC Chair
                           Mr. F. Duane Ackerman, BellSouth
10:25 a.m. Discussion on Global Infrastructure Resiliency* - Mr. Randall Stephenson, AT&T
                                                                                            Mr. Forsee  
10:55 a.m. Adjournment of Closed Session/ Open Meeting to the Public - Mr. Forsee
   
  *The discussions on Global Infrastructure Resiliency are closed to the public.

Open Session
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Briefing Center

11:00 a.m.. Call to Order - Mr. Forsee
11:05 a.m. Government Stakeholder Remarks - Mr. Joel Bagnal, Acting Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
11:15 a.m Mr. George W. Foresman, Under Secretary for Preparedness, DHS
11:25 a.m. Discussion on Emergency Communications and Interoperability - Mr. Gregory Q. Brown, Motorola
12:05 p.m. Discussion and Vote on Telecommunications and Electric Power Interdependency Report - Mr. Ackerman
12:50 p.m. Closing Remarks - Mr. Forsee


Images from the meeting - December 2006

F. Duane Ackerman of BellSouth (left), outgoing chair of the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC), and George W. Foresman, the Department of Homeland Security’s Undersecretary for Preparedness,
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F. Duane Ackerman of BellSouth (left), outgoing chair of the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC), and George W. Foresman, the Department of Homeland Security’s Under Secretary for Preparedness, listen to remarks during the NSTAC meeting held December 19 in Washington. (Photo by Steve Barrett, National Communications System.)

F. Duane Ackerman
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F. Duane Ackerman, who chaired the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) from May 2004 until December 2006, listens to discussion at the NSTAC meeting held December 19 in Washington. Mr. Ackerman is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BellSouth. (Photo by Steve Barrett, National Communications System.)

Gary D. Forsee, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and  F. Duane Ackerman, Chairman, President and CEO of BellSouth
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Gary D. Forsee, (left) Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sprint Nextel, opens his first meeting as Chair of the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) December 19 in Washington. Alongside Mr. Forsee is F. Duane Ackerman, Chairman, President and CEO of BellSouth, who relinquished his duties as NSTAC chair during ceremonies held at the White House. (Photo by Steve Barrett, National Communications System.)

George W. Foreseman
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George W. Foreseman, the Department of Homeland Security’s Under Secretary for Preparedness and Manager of the National Communications System (NCS), addresses members of the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) during its public session held December 19 in Washington. (Photo by Steve Barrett, National Communications System.)

Gregory Q. Brown
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Gregory Q. Brown, Motorola’s Executive Vice President, and President, Networks and Enterprise, updates members of the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) on the work of NSTAC’s Emergency Communications/Interoperability Task Force during the committee’s public session held December 19 in Washington. (Photo by Steve Barrett, National Communications System.)

Randall Stephenson and Gary D. Forsee
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AT&T Chief Operating Officer Randall Stephenson (left) listens as Sprint Nextel Chairman, President and CEO Gary D. Forsee addresses members of the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) December 19 in Washington. Mr. Forsee replaced BellSouth’s F. Duane Ackerman as Chair of NSTAC, while Stephenson assumes duties as the NSTAC Vice Chair. (Photo by Steve Barrett, National Communications System.)

Robert Zitz and Gregory Garcia
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Robert Zitz, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Deputy Under Secretary for Preparedness (left), takes notes while Gregory Garcia, the DHS Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security and Telecommunications, listens to comments made by members of the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) during a special meeting held December 19 in Washington. (Photo by Steve Barrett, National Communications System.)

 


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