Dear Colleagues, The US High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP) met October 27-28. The agenda and links to slides accompanying the presentations are available online at: http://science.energy.gov/hep/hepap/meetings/previous-meetings/hepap-agenda-october-2011/ In addition to Jim Siegrist's inaugural presentation of news from DOE http://science.energy.gov/~/media/hep/hepap/pdf/october-2011/HEPAP_October_2011_HEP_Report_Final_Siegrist.pdf there was a report on the ILC by Mike Harrison http://science.energy.gov/~/media/hep/hepap/pdf/october-2011/HEPAP_Oct-11_Mike_Harrison.pdf and a report on the DPF Instrumentation Taskforce presented by Ian Shipsey: http://science.energy.gov/~/media/hep/hepap/pdf/october-2011/DPF_Instrumentation_Taskforce_HEPAP_Oct_11.pdf Sincerely, Norman Graf