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, Commerce.

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, December 9, Wednesday, December 10,

and Thursday, December 11, 1997 from 9 a.m. to 5 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 computer systems.

All sessions will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on December 9, 10, and 11, 1997, from 9

a.m. to 5 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 December 9 and 10 and in Lecture Room D

on December 11.

Agenda

Welcome and Overview

Issues Update and Briefings

Federal Security Impact--Pending Legislation Updates

NIST Program Updates

CIO Federal Briefings

Discussion

Pending Business

Public Participation

Agenda Development for January Meeting

Work Plan 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 December 2, 1997. 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: November 12, 1997.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Director, Program Office.

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