Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of

Partially Closed Meeting

A meeting of the Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee

(ISTAC) will be held August 4 & 5, 1998, 9:00 a.m., Room 1617M-2, in

the Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street between Constitution and

Pennsylvania Avenues, NW, Washington, DC. This Committee advises the

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on

technical questions that affect the level of export controls applicable

to information systems equipment and technology.

August 4

General Session

1. Opening remarks by the Chairman.

2. Review of ISTAC position papers on proposed Composite

Theoretical Performance changes and on High Performance Computing.

3. Discussion of export regulation initiative regarding end-use

visits for High Performance Computing in China.

4. Discussion of export regulation initiative regarding KMI (Key

Management Infrastructure) licensing allowing 128-bit encryption for

some destinations.

5. Discussion of Graphics Processors and related metrics.

6. Comments or presentations by the public.

August 4 & 5

Closed Session

7. Discussion of matters properly classified under Executive Order

12958, dealing with U.S. export control programs and strategic criteria

related thereto.

The General Session of the meeting is open to the public and a

limited number of seats will be available. Reservations are not

required. To the extent time permits, members of the public may present

oral statements to the Committee. Written statements may be submitted

at any time before or after the meeting. However, to facilitate

distribution of public presentation materials to the Committee members,

the Committee suggests that public presentation materials or comments

be forwarded at least one week before the meeting to the address listed

below:

Ms. Lee Ann Carpenter, OAS/EA/BXA MS: 3886C, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 15th St. & Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of

the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on October 3,

1997, pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

as amended, that the series of meetings or portions of meetings of

these Committees and of any Subcommittees thereof, dealing with the

classified materials listed in 5 U.S.C. 552(c)(1) shall be exempt from

the provisions relating to public meetings found in section 10(a)(1)

and (a)(3), of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The remaining series

of meetings or portions thereof will be open to the public.

A copy of the Notice of Determination to close meetings or portions

of meetings of these Committees is available for public inspection and

copying in the Central Reference and Records Inspection Facility, Room

6020, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC. For further

information or copies of the minutes call Lee Ann Carpenter, 202-482-

2853.

Dated: July 15, 1998.

Lee Ann Carpenter,

Director, Technical Advisory Committee Unit.

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