CG Announces NMSAC Meeting in September

Today the Coast Guard published a meeting notice in the Federal Register (79 FR 51186-51187) for a two day meeting of the National Maritime Security Advisory Committee starting September 16^th in Baltimore, MD. Cybersecurity will be one of the topics discussed at the public meeting. The meeting will be available on-line and via teleconference.

The agenda for the meeting includes:

• Cybersecurity symposium;

• Suspicious activity reporting;

• Radiation portal monitoring;

• Notification of Maritime Security Level changes to international partners; and

• Future security issues;

The Coast Guard is planning on conducting a one-day cybersecurity symposium. The agenda item for this meeting is the review of a draft agenda for that symposium.

Public input may be sought during each of the agenda items and there will be a period of time put aside at the end of each day’s meeting for public comments. Registration is required for 5 minute presentations made during those comment periods. Written comments may be submitted via the Federal eRulemaking Portal (www.Regulations.gov; Docket # USCG-2014-0790).