[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 117 (Monday, June 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 32038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14900]



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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET


National Information Infrastructure; Draft Report on ``NII 
Security: The Federal Role''

AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget.

ACTION: Notice of Availability and Request for Comments.

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SUMMARY: The NII Security Issues Forum of the Information 
Infrastructure Task Force (IITF) has released for public comment a 
draft report, ``NII Security: The Federal Role.'' Security in the 
National Information Infrastructure, or NII, consists of the 
confidentiality, integrity, reliability, and availability of 
information and communications services. This report is being released 
in order to develop a consensus of the appropriate Federal role in NII 
security through a public dialogue. Specifically, this report 
summarizes the Forum's findings concerning security needs in the NII; 
presents an analysis of the institutional, legal, and technical issues 
surrounding security of the NII; and proposes Federal actions to 
address these issues.

DATES: Comments must be submitted no later than September 18, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the report may be obtained through the 
IITF bulletin board at iitf.doc.gov through both the Internet and the 
World-Wide Web. Dial-up access by modem is also available at 202-482-
1920. Modem communications parameters should be set at no parity, 8 
data bits, and one stop (N, 8, 1). Hard copies of the report may be 
obtained by contacting the Information Policy and Technology Branch of 
the Office of Management and Budget at (202) 395-3785. Comments must be 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget, NEOB 10236, 
Washington, DC 20503, to the attention of Virginia Huth, or to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Virginia Huth, Office of Management and Budget, (202) 395-3785 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To articulate and implement the 
Administration's vision for the National Information Infrastructure 
(NII), the Vice President formed the Information Infrastructure Task 
Force (IITF), chaired by Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown. The NII 
Security Issues Forum was established within the IITF to address the 
important cross-cutting issue of security in the NII. In addition to 
the IITF, the President has established the U.S. Advisory Council on 
the National Information Infrastructure, which includes representatives 
from industry, labor, State and local governments, and public interest 
groups.
    Security is critical to the development and operation of a viable 
National Information Infrastructure. Without the confidence that 
information will go where and when it is supposed to go, and nowhere 
else, the NII will not be used to support health, education, commerce, 
public services, and advanced communications to the fullest extent.
    To better understand what will be needed to make the NII adequately 
secure, the NII Security Issues Forum and members of the U.S. Advisory 
Council on the NII held seven public meetings with government officials 
and members of the private and public interest sectors to discuss the 
security needs of the NII. In order to continue and expand this public 
dialogue, the draft report, ``NII Security: The Federal Role,'' is 
being issued for public comment. Although members of the U.S. Advisory 
Council cosponsored the meetings and numerous representatives from the 
private sector participated in the meetings, this draft report is 
solely the product of the NII Security Issues Forum, a Federal 
government organization.
Sally Katzen,
Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 95-14900 Filed 6-16-95; 8:45 am]
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