[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 231 (Thursday, December 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 67562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31301]


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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.
[FR Doc. 99-31301 Filed 12-1-99; 8:45 am]
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