[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 28004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13470]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Technical Advisory Committee To Develop a Federal Information 
Processing Standard for the Federal Key Management Infrastructure

AGENCY: Technology Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., 
notice is hereby given that the Technical Advisory Committee to Develop 
a Federal Information Processing Standard for the Federal Key 
Management Infrastructure will hold a meeting on June 18-19, 1997. The 
Technical Advisory Committee to Develop a Federal Information 
Processing Standard for the Federal Key Management Infrastructure was 
established by the Secretary of Commerce to provide industry advice to 
the Department on encryption key recovery for use by federal government 
agencies. All sessions will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on June 18-19, 1997 from 9:00 a.m. to 
6:00 p.m.

ADDRESS: The meeting will take place at the Radisson Plaza Hotel, 35 
South 7th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Edward Roback, Committee Secretary and Designated Federal Official, 
Computer Security Division, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, Building 820, Room 426, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899; 
telephone 301-975-3696. Please do not call the conference facility 
regarding details of this meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Agenda

Opening Remarks
Chairperson's Remarks
News Updates (Members, Federal Liaisons, Secretariat)
Working Group (WG) Reports
WG1--Framework
WG2--Security Models
WG3-4--Key Recovery Agents (KRA) and Non-KRA Elements
WG5--Interoperability
Intellectual Property Issues (as necessary)
Public Participation
Plans for Next Meeting
Closing Remarks

    Note: The items in this agenda are tentative and subject to 
change due to logistics and speaker availability.

2. Public Participation

    The Committee meeting will include a period of time, not to exceed 
thirty minutes, for oral comments 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 individual identified in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION section. In addition, written statements are 
invited and may be submitted to the Committee at any time. Written 
comments should be directed to the Technical Advisory Committee to 
Develop a Federal Information Processing Standard for the Federal Key 
Management Infrastructure, Building 820, Room 426, National Institute 
of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. It would be 
appreciated if sixty copies could be submitted for distribution to the 
Committee and other meeting attendees.
    3. Additional information regarding the Committee is available at 
its world wide web homepage at: http://csrc.nist.gov/tacdfipsfkmi/.
    4. Should this meeting be canceled, a notice to that effect will be 
published in the Federal Register and a similar notice placed on the 
Committee's electronic homepage.

    Dated: May 19, 1997.
Mark Bohannon,
Chief Counsel for Technology Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-13470 Filed 5-21-97; 8:45 am]
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