National Infrastructure Advisory Council

The National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) shall provide the President through the Secretary of Homeland Security with advice on the security of the critical infrastructure sectors and their information systems. The council is composed of a maximum of 30 members, appointed by the President from private industry, academia, and state and local government.

About the Council

Mission

• NIAC Charter (11/11) (PDF, 4 pages - 30 KB)
• NIAC Brochure (11/11) (PDF, 2 pages - 67.83 KB) 

Council Membership

• Members 

 Reports and Recommendations

• Optimization of Resources for Mitigating Infrastructure Disruptions (10/10) (PDF, 38 pages – 352 KB)
  • Transmittal Letter (12/10) (PDF, 2 pages - 1 MB)
• A Framework for Establishing Critical Infrastructure Resilience Goals (10/10) (PDF, 85 pages - 1.42 MB)

  • Transmittal Letter (11/10) (PDF, 2 pages - 118 KB)
• Critical Infrastructure Resilience (9/09) (PDF, 54 pages - 287 KB)

  • Transmittal Letter (9/09) (PDF, 2 pages - 30 KB)
• Framework for Dealing with Disasters and Related Interdependencies (7/09) (PDF, 57 pages - 255 KB )

  • Transmittal Letter (7/09) (PDF, 2 pages - 682 KB)
• Critical Infrastructure Partnership Strategic Assessment (10/08) (PDF, 64 pages - 500 KB)
  • Transmittal Letter (10/08) (PDF, 3 pages - 45 KB)

• The Insider Threat to Critical Infrastructures (04/08) (PDF, 56 pages - 393 KB)
  • Transmittal Letter (06/08) (PDF, 3 pages - 28 KB)

• Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Events and the Critical Infrastructure Workforce (01/08) (PDF, 88 pages - 635 KB) 
  • Transmittal Letter (03/08) (PDF, 2 pages - 301 KB)

More Reports and Recommendations

Meeting Information

The next NIAC Business Meeting is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, April 17, 2012 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT. Location to be determined.

Please note that the time is subject to change. Contact the NIAC Secretariat at NIAC@dhs.gov for location confirmation.

Meeting Resources

Resources from our most recent (January 10, 2012) meeting:

• Meeting Agenda (PDF, 2 pages - 25 KB) 
• Intelligence Information Sharing Report (PDF, 227 pages – 3 MB)
• Intelligence Information Sharing Presentation (PDF, 31 pages – 393 KB) 
  

Minutes from Past Meetings

• Meeting of July 12, 2011 (PDF, 39 pages - 568 KB) 
• Meeting of January 18, 2011 (PDF, 20 pages - 2 MB) 
• Meeting of October 19, 2010 (PDF, 67 pages - 934 KB) 
• Meeting of July 13, 2010 (PDF, 43 pages - 563 KB) 
• Meeting of April 13, 2010 (PDF, 34 pages - 181 KB)
• Meeting of January 12, 2010 (PDF, 33 pages - 705 KB) 
• Meeting of October 13, 2009 (PDF, 18 pages - 78 KB)
• Meeting of September 8, 2009 (PDF, 16 pages - 73 KB)
• Meeting of July 14, 2009 (PDF, 19 pages - 103 KB)
• Meeting of January 6, 2009 (PDF, 21 pages – 128 KB)
• Meeting of October 14, 2008 (PDF, 15 pages - 112 KB)
• Meeting of July 8, 2008 (PDF, 19 pages - 363 KB)
• Meeting of April 8, 2008 (PDF, 10 pages - 72 KB)
• Meeting of January 8, 2008 (PDF, 20 pages - 123 KB)
  
• Meetings from 2002-2007

Authorities

• Executive Order 13511 of September 29, 2009 (Continuance of the NIAC) (PDF, 4 pages - 95 KB)
• Executive Order 13446 of September 28, 2007 (Continuance of the NIAC) (PDF, 4 pages - 64 KB)
• Executive Order 13385 of September 29, 2005 (Continuance of the NIAC) (PDF, 5 pages - 93 KB)
• Executive Order 13286 of February 28, 2003 (Amendment to Executive Order 13231 of October 16, 2001)  (PDF, 3 pages - 149 KB) 
• Executive Order 13231 of October 16, 2001 (Initial Executive Order establishing the NIAC) (PDF, 13 pages - 124 KB)