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 (CSSPAB) will meet Tuesday, June 8, 1999, Wednesday,

June 9, 1999, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Thursday, June 10, 1999,

from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 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 June 8-9, 1999, from 9:00 a.m. to

5:00 p.m. and on June 10, 1999, from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

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

Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, NIST North building, 820

West Diamond Avenue, Room 618.

Agenda

--Welcome and Overview

--Issues Update and Briefings

--National Plan for Protecting the Infrastructure

--Online Privacy and Privacy Preferences Project (P3P)

--OMB/OIRA Brief

--CIO Security Committee Brief

--NIST Computer Security Updates

--GITS Security Committee Brief

--Pending Business/Discussion

--Public Participation

--Agenda Development for September 1999 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 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 CSSPAB Secretariat, Information

Technology Laboratory, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8930, National Institute

of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930. It would be

appreciated if 35 copies of written material were submitted for

distribution to the Board and attendees no later than June 7, 1999.

Approximately 15 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, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930,

telephone: (301) 975-3696.

Dated: May 17, 1999.

Karen H. Brown,

Deputy Director.

[FR Doc. 99-13337 Filed 5-25-99; 8:45 am]

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