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 Monday, March 24 and Tuesday, March 25, 1997

from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Advisory Board was established by the

Computer Security Act of 1987 (P.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 March 24 and 25, 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, Administration Building, Lecture Room D,

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-0001.

AGENDA:

--Welcome and Overview

--Issues Update

--Public Key Infrastructure and Related Issues

--Computerized Privacy Issues/Standards Review

--Privacy Database Development

--Pending Business

--Public Participation

--Agenda development for June meeting

--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 area 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 March 21, 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: March 5, 1997.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Director, Program Office.

[FR Doc. 97-6177 Filed 3-11-97; 8:45 am]

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