Announcing a Meeting of the Computer System Security and Privacy Advisory Board

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Announcing a Meeting of the Computer System Security and Privacy

Advisory Board

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.,

notice is hereby given that the Computer System Security and Privacy

Advisory Board will meet Tuesday, September 16, Wednesday, September

17, and Thursday, September 18, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The

Advisory Board was established by the Computer Security Act of 1987

(Pub. L. 100-235) to advise the Secretary of Commerce and the Director

of NIST on security and privacy issues pertaining to federal

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computer systems. All sessions will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on September 16, 17, and 18, 1997, from

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the National Institute of

Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland in the Administration

Building, in Lecture Room A on September 16 and 17 and in Lecture Room

B on September 18.

Agenda

--Welcome and Overview

--Issues Update and Briefings

--Federal Security Impacts--Pending Legislation

--Update on Computer Security Act of 1987 Revision

--Federal Computer Incident Response Capability (FedCIRC) Update

--CIO Council Briefings

--Discussion

--Pending Business

--Public Participation

--Agenda Development for December Meeting and Planning for 1998

--Wrap-Up

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The Board agenda will include a period of time,

not to exceed thirty minutes, for oral comments and questions from the

public. Each speaker will be limited to five minutes. Members of the

public who are interested in speaking are asked to contact the Board

Secretariat at the telephone number indicated below. In addition,

written statements are invited and may be submitted to the Board at any

time. Written statements should be directed to the Information

Technology Laboratory, Building 820, Room 426, National Institute of

Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. It would be

appreciated if fifteen copies of written material were submitted for

distribution to the Board by September 9. Approximately 20 seats will

be available for the public and media.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Edward Roback, Board Secretariat, Information Technology

Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building

820, Room 426, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001, telephone: (301) 975-3696.

Dated: August 19, 1997.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Director, Program Office.

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