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

The Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee (ISTAC) will

meet on November 9 and 10, 1999, 9 a.m., in room 3884 of the Herbert C.

Hoover Building, 14th Street between Pennsylvania Avenue and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. The 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.

November 9

Public Session

1. Comments or presentations by the public.

2. Electronic submission of support documents.

3. ISTAC proposal on graphics processors: present technology and

recommendation.

4. A new look at computer architecture.

5. Discussion on revisions to high-performance computer security

safeguard plan.

November 9 and 10

Closed Session

5. Discussion of matters properly classified under Executive Order

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

related thereto.

A limited number of seats will be available for the public session.

Reservations are not required. To the extent time permits, members of

the public may present oral statements to the Committee. The public may

submit written statements at any time before or after the meeting.

However, to facilitate distribution of public presentation materials to

Committee members, the Committee suggests that public presentation

materials or comments be forwarded before the meeting to the address

listed below: Ms. Lee Ann Carpenter, Advisory Committees MS: 3876, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 15th St. and Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of

the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on September

10, 1999, pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee

Act, as amended, that the series of meetings or

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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-

2583.

Dated: October 20, 1999.

Lee Ann Carpenter,

Committee Liaison Officer.

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