[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 164 (Tuesday, August 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 45229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22727]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Technology Administration


Technical Advisory Committee To Develop a Federal Information 
Processing Standard for the Federal Key Management Infrastructure; 
Notice of Renewal

    In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and the General Services Administration (GSA) 
rule on Federal Advisory Committee Management, 41 CFR Part 101-6, and 
after consultation with GSA, the Secretary of Commerce has determined 
that renewal of the Technical Advisory Committee to Develop a Federal 
Information Processing Standard for the Federal Key Management 
Infrastructure is in the public interest in connection with the 
performance of duties imposed upon the Department by law.
    The Committee was first established in July 1996 to advise the 
Secretary of Commerce on technical specification recommendations for an 
encryption key recovery Federal Information Processing Standard.
    The Committee consists of twenty members that have been appointed 
by the Secretary. They will serve to the end of their terms or the 
expiration of the charter (12/31/98), whichever is sooner. This will 
assure balanced membership of technical experts.
    The Committee will function solely as an advisory body, and in 
compliance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 
Copies of the Committee's revised charter will be filed with the 
appropriate committees of the Congress and with the Library of 
Congress.
    Inquiries or comments may be directed to Edward Roback, Committee 
Secretary, Computer Security Division (820/426), Information Technology 
Laboratory, U.S. Department of Commerce, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899 
telephone 301-975-3696.

    Dated: August 18, 1998.
Mark Bohannon,
Chief Counsel for Technology Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-22727 Filed 8-24-98; 8:45 am]
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