1. CIPC Executive Committee Update CIPC Meeting Mesa AZ March 16, 2006 Barry Lawson CIPC Vice-Chair CIPC Confidentiality: Public Release

2. CIPC Executive Committee Activities ● Participated in Jan 19/06 PCIS meeting  Discussed issues re: draft NIPP with new DHS Under Secretary George Foresman  Frank and open discussion re: issues such as National Asset Data Base, risk assessment methodology, need for flexibility within each sector  General sense that DHS is listening to private sector concerns, and that NIPP will be moderated somewhat from previous versions

3. CIPC Executive Committee Activities ● NIPP-related actions  Asked Risk Assessment WG to assess CIPC risk assessment methodologies for suitability against NIPP criteria (ref. Risk Assessment Methodologies for Use by the Electricity Sector)  Successful discussions with DOE re: private sector concerns, hopefully will be addressed in Sector-Specific Plan  Final NIPP expected May 1  Sector-Specific Plans expected 6 months later

4. CIPC Executive Committee Activities ● Plan to meet with Government Coordinating Council (GCC) late April/early May  Discuss how best to contribute to DOE’s development of the Sector-Specific Plan  Briefing by DHS of HITRAC’s Electricity sector threat assessment, will determine value of briefing at June CIPC meeting  Discuss ESCC-GCC role with “Roadmap to Secure Control Systems in the Energy Sector”  Review process to change current ES threat level, and consider lowering from Yellow to Blue for the electricity sector  Develop electricity sector goals and metrics

5. CIPC Executive Committee Activities ● Confidentiality and information-sharing  PCII policy document near-final development by DHS legal counsel – expected to be released in “reasonably near future”  FACA issues for PCIS and SCC/GCCs under final review. Recommendation expected “soon” by DHS Secretary