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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

 

National Information Infrastructure; Public Meeting

AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Clinton Administration has announced a public meeting to 
promote the security, integrity, and reliability of information on the 
emerging National Information Infrastructure (NII) in Washington on 
July 15, 1994. The meeting is sponsored by the NII Security Issues 
Forum and the U.S. Advisory Council on the NII. The Forum was 
established under the auspices of the Information Infrastructure Task 
Force (IITF) by Ron Brown, Secretary of Commerce. The public is invited 
to appear before the IITF and members of the Advisory Council at this 
meeting.

DATES: Persons wishing to be on the program should submit a 1-2 page 
position statement and requests to appear by June 28, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Position statements and requests to appear should be sent to 
the NII Security Issues Forum--Public Meeting, c/o U.S. Treasury 
Department, 3090 Annex, Washington, DC 20220. Statements may also be 
submitted via fax to (202) 622-2057 or through electronic mail. The 
Internet address is [email protected], and the X.400 
address is /PN=NII.SECURITY/PRMD=GOVT+TREAS/ADMD=TELEMAIL/C=US.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For further information regarding the Public Meeting, contact Mr. Marty 
Ferris, U.S. Treasury Department, at (202) 622-1110. For information 
regarding the NII Security Issues Forum, contact Ms. Virginia Huth, 
Office of Management and Budget, at (202) 395-3785.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public meeting will be the first step of 
a dialogue with the Administration to assess the security needs and 
concerns of users, service providers, information providers, State, 
local and tribal governments and others.
    ``Americans will not use the NII to its full potential unless they 
trust that information will go where and when they want it and nowhere 
else,'' declared Sally Katzen, Administrator of the Office of 
Information Regulatory Affairs at OMB and chair of the Forum. ``The 
Federal government is a primary user of the NII and thus a catalyst for 
change. Yet the NII will be designed, built, owned, operated, and used 
primarily by the private sector, making it essential that security on 
the NII be considered in partnership with the public.''
    The NII is envisioned as an advanced, digital network of networks 
that will allow individuals, businesses, government services providers, 
and others to send, receive, and share information, whether video, 
audio, text, or data, when and where they want it and at a reasonable 
cost. The U.S. Advisory Council represents industry, labor, academia, 
public interest groups, and state and local governments, and has 
identified security as a major concern.
    Effective security will ensure the reliability of public networks 
especially during emergencies, the privacy of financial, health and 
other personal transmissions, the protection of intellectual property, 
the ability to send authenticated business messages, protection against 
the unauthorized interception of communications, and the integrity of 
financial transactions.
    The public is invited to appear before the IITF and members of the 
Advisory Council at a public meeting to be held July 15, 1994, from 9 
a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Commerce Department Auditorium in Washington, DC. 
Persons wishing to be on the program should submit a 1-2 page position 
statement and request to appear to the NII Security Issues Forum by 
June 28, 1994.
    Position statements should address security needs from the point of 
view of a specific user sector or application of the NII such as health 
services, electronic mail, libraries, small business, education, 
manufacturing, environmental monitoring, electronic commerce, 
entertainment, electronic publishing, electronic data interchange, or 
government services.
    Position statements should address three principal questions:

1. How will you use the NII?
2. What security exposures or risks are of concern to you?
3. What kinds of approaches should be taken to address these security 
concerns?

    More information about the Clinton Administration's National 
Information Infrastructure initiative can be obtained from the IITF 
Secretariat. Inquiries may be directed to Yvette Barrett at (202) 482-
1835, by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to U.S. Department 
of Commerce, IITF Secretariat, NTIA, Room 4892, Washington, DC, 20230.
    For inquiries over the Internet to the IITF Gopher Server, gopher, 
telnet (login=gopher), or anonymous ftp to iitf.doc.gov. Access is also 
available over the World-Wide-Web. Questions may be addressed to 
[email protected].
    For access by modem, dial (202) 501-1920 and set modem 
communication parameters at no parity, 8 data bits, and one stop 
(N,8,1). Modem speeds of up to 14,400 baud are supported.
Sally Katzen,
Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 94-14080 Filed 6-8-94; 8:45 am]
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