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 (CSSPAB) will meet Tuesday, December 7, 1999, and

Wednesday, December 8, 1999, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday,

December 9, 1999, from 9 a.m. to 2 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. Details regarding the Board's activities

are available at

http://csrc.nist.gov/csspab/.

DATES: The meeting will be held on December 7-8, 1999, from 9 a.m. to 5

p.m. and on December 9, 1999, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.

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

Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, Administration Building,

Lecture Room B.

Agenda

--Welcome and Overview

--Issues Update and Briefings

--Legislative Updates

--Office of Management and Budget/Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs Briefing

--Briefing on GSA's Access Certificates Electronic Services (ACES)

--Discussion on Fair Information Practices and Privacy Protection

--NIST Computer Security Updates

--Planning for Security Program Metrics Workshop

--Pending Business/Discussion

--Public Participation

--Agenda Development for March 2000 Meeting

--Wrap-Up

Note that agenda items may change without notice because of possible

unexpected schedule conflicts of presenters.

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

December 6, 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: November 23, 1999.

Karen H. Brown,

Deputy Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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