OMB Watch donated three hours so that public comments submitted to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding its proposed Critical Infrastructure Information (CII) rule are available for review electronically. DHS officials informed OMB Watch last week of their intention to post the CII docket on the agency’s website. The docket contains the 64 substantive comments submitted on the proposed rule. DHS expected the comments would be available Tuesday September 2, but as of close of business Wednesday there is still no sign of the docket on the DHS website. DHS shared with OMB Watch copies of all the CII comments while preparing to post the docket. In the interest of public access, OMB Watch will provide online access to the public comments while DHS works to make its official docket available. The planned online docket is an important step in DHS’s approach to public access. Originally, reports indicated that DHS planned to post the comments only when the final rule was published. DHS claims that the CII rule should be finalized in a few weeks. Government

• Board of Governors Federal Reserve System
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• New York State Office of Cyber Security
• Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
• Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
• Technical Support Working Group
• Texas Department of Transportation
• Department of Treasury

Industry and Trade Associations

• Aerospace Industries Association
• American Chemistry Council
• American Gas Association
• American Petroleum Institute
• American Public Transportation Association
• American Water Works Association
• Association of American Railroads
• Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies
• AT&T Wireless
• BellSouth
• Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association
• ChevronTexaco
• Duke Energy Corporation
• Edison Electric Institute and the United Telecom Council
• Exelon
• Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council
• GeoResults
• Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center
• InfraGard
• International Security Management Association
• Internet Commerce Coalition
• Kaba Mas Corporation
• Lockheed Martin
• MCI
• National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
• Northern American Electric Reliability Council
• Norfolk Southern Railway Company
• Options Clearing Corporation
• Panhandle Energy Corporation
• Qwest
• Real Estate Roundtable
• Science Applications International Corporation
• Southern California Edison Company
• Sprint Corporation
• United Parcel Service
• United States Telecom Association
• US Internet Service Providers Association

Public Interest Organizations

• American Library Association
• American Society of Newspaper Editors
• Center for Progressive Regulation
• Electronic Privacy Information Center
• Federal Bar Association
• National Security Archive
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• Newspaper Association of America
• OMB Watch
• Public Citizen and the Freedom of Information Clearinghouse
• Radio Television News Directors Association
• Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
• Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law
• Society of Environmental Journalists
• Society of Professional Journalists

Other

• Coalition Supporting Confidentiality for Critical Infrastructure Information
• Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and National Congress of American Indian Resolution
• Douglas Kunze
• Ian Zwirek