Federal Communications Commission	DA 22-xxx




DA 22-924
Released:  September 2, 2022

FCC ANNOUNCES THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY, RELIABILITY, AND INTEROPERABILITY COUNCIL VIII ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2022, A NEW MEMBER FROM DOJ, AND NEW CO-CHAIRS FOR WORKING GROUP 5

This Public Notice serves as an announcement that, consistent with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) will hold the fifth meeting of the Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Councill VIII (CSRIC VIII) on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, beginning at 1:00 pm EDT, via conference call and available to the public via the Internet at http://www.fcc.gov/live.  Notice of this meeting was published in the Federal Register on August 12, 2022. Federal Communications Commission, Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council, Notice of Fourth Meeting, 87 FR 49832  (August 12, 2022).
   The FCC also announces the addition of Ben Goldsmith, Principal Scientific Officer at the U.S. Department of Justice to the Council.  Additionally, the FCC notes that the original chair of Working Group 5: Managing Software & Cloud Services Supply Chain Security for Communications Infrastructure (WG5), Rittwik Jana of VMWare, has stepped down.  The Commission thanks Mr. Jana for his service and announces that, moving forward, WG5 will be co-chaired by Padma Sudarsan of VMWare and Todd Gibson of T-Mobile.  
CSRIC VIII’s fifth meeting will include presentations and Council votes on two Reports: a Report on Security Vulnerabilities in HTTP/2 and a Report on Recommended Best Practices to Improve Communications Supply Chain Security.  The Council will also hear from the working group chairs on their plans and progress on the assigned tasks.  The CSRIC VIII meeting is open to the public.  
The meeting is being held in a wholly electronic format in light of restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The CSRIC VIII meeting is open to the public on the Internet via live feed from the FCC’s web page at https://www.fcc.gov/live. The public may submit questions after the meeting to CSRIC@fcc.gov.  Open captioning will be provided for this event.  Other reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request.  Requests for such accommodations should be submitted via e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).  Such requests should include a detailed description of the accommodation needed.  In addition, please include a way for the FCC to contact the requester if more information is needed to fulfill the request.  Please allow at least five days’ advance notice for accommodation requests; last minute requests will be accepted but may not be possible to accommodate.
More information about the CSRIC can be found at https://www.fcc.gov/about-fcc/advisory-committees/communications-security-reliability-and-interoperability-council-1.  You may also contact Suzon Cameron, Designated Federal Official (DFO) for CSRIC VIII, at (202) 418-1916, or Kurian Jacob, Deputy DFO, at (202) 418-2040, or via the CSRIC e-mail account at CSRIC@fcc.gov.


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