National Infrastructure Advisory Council Members

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.

http://www.dhs.gov/xprevprot/committees/biography_0082.shtm

Statement by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on the Release of the Import Safety Action Plan

This action plan represents the culmination of extensive research, information gathering, and thoughtful discussions among our federal interagency partners, private sector representatives within the importing community, as well as foreign producers, exporters and government officials. Federal partners supporting the Interagency Working Group traveled to more than two dozen cities across the country visiting ports-of-entry; key transportation modes of operation such as railroads, airports, and freight hubs; and major processing sites representing wholesalers, retailers, supermarkets, and meat and seafood processing facilities.
Protecting our country from dangerous cargo of every kind remains a top priority for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Through our own U.S. Customs & Border Protection, DHS is strengthening its mitigation guidelines and increasing maximum penalties against importers who repeatedly import products that violate U.S. law; has developed an implementation plan for the International Trade Data System (ITDS) which will provide all appropriate agencies a single point of access to consolidated import information through a secure web portal; and will continue to expand existing public-private partnerships in order to seek and share recommendations and best practices within the importing community.
http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1194449982712.shtm