National Information Infrastructure; Public Meeting

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

National Information Infrastructure; Public Meeting

AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Clinton Administration has announced a public meeting to

promote the security, integrity, and reliability of information on the

emerging National Information Infrastructure (NII) in Washington on

July 15, 1994. The meeting is sponsored by the NII Security Issues

Forum and the U.S. Advisory Council on the NII. The Forum was

established under the auspices of the Information Infrastructure Task

Force (IITF) by Ron Brown, Secretary of Commerce. The public is invited

to appear before the IITF and members of the Advisory Council at this

meeting.

DATES: Persons wishing to be on the program should submit a 1-2 page

position statement and requests to appear by June 28, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Position statements and requests to appear should be sent to

the NII Security Issues Forum--Public Meeting, c/o U.S. Treasury

Department, 3090 Annex, Washington, DC 20220. Statements may also be

submitted via fax to (202) 622-2057 or through electronic mail. The

Internet address is [email protected], and the X.400

address is /PN=NII.SECURITY/PRMD=GOVT+TREAS/ADMD=TELEMAIL/C=US.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For further information regarding the Public Meeting, contact Mr. Marty

Ferris, U.S. Treasury Department, at (202) 622-1110. For information

regarding the NII Security Issues Forum, contact Ms. Virginia Huth,

Office of Management and Budget, at (202) 395-3785.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public meeting will be the first step of

a dialogue with the Administration to assess the security needs and

concerns of users, service providers, information providers, State,

local and tribal governments and others.

``Americans will not use the NII to its full potential unless they

trust that information will go where and when they want it and nowhere

else,'' declared Sally Katzen, Administrator of the Office of

Information Regulatory Affairs at OMB and chair of the Forum. ``The

Federal government is a primary user of the NII and thus a catalyst for

change. Yet the NII will be designed, built, owned, operated, and used

primarily by the private sector, making it essential that security on

the NII be considered in partnership with the public.''

The NII is envisioned as an advanced, digital network of networks

that will allow individuals, businesses, government services providers,

and others to send, receive, and share information, whether video,

audio, text, or data, when and where they want it and at a reasonable

cost. The U.S. Advisory Council represents industry, labor, academia,

public interest groups, and state and local governments, and has

identified security as a major concern.

Effective security will ensure the reliability of public networks

especially during emergencies, the privacy of financial, health and

other personal transmissions, the protection of intellectual property,

the ability to send authenticated business messages, protection against

the unauthorized interception of communications, and the integrity of

financial transactions.

The public is invited to appear before the IITF and members of the

Advisory Council at a public meeting to be held July 15, 1994, from 9

a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Commerce Department Auditorium in Washington, DC.

Persons wishing to be on the program should submit a 1-2 page position

statement and request to appear to the NII Security Issues Forum by

June 28, 1994.

Position statements should address security needs from the point of

view of a specific user sector or application of the NII such as health

services, electronic mail, libraries, small business, education,

manufacturing, environmental monitoring, electronic commerce,

entertainment, electronic publishing, electronic data interchange, or

government services.

Position statements should address three principal questions:

1. How will you use the NII?

2. What security exposures or risks are of concern to you?

3. What kinds of approaches should be taken to address these security

concerns?

More information about the Clinton Administration's National

Information Infrastructure initiative can be obtained from the IITF

Secretariat. Inquiries may be directed to Yvette Barrett at (202) 482-

1835, by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to U.S. Department

of Commerce, IITF Secretariat, NTIA, Room 4892, Washington, DC, 20230.

For inquiries over the Internet to the IITF Gopher Server, gopher,

telnet (login=gopher), or anonymous ftp to iitf.doc.gov. Access is also

available over the World-Wide-Web. Questions may be addressed to

[email protected].

For access by modem, dial (202) 501-1920 and set modem

communication parameters at no parity, 8 data bits, and one stop

(N,8,1). Modem speeds of up to 14,400 baud are supported.

Sally Katzen,

Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

[FR Doc. 94-14080 Filed 6-8-94; 8:45 am]

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