[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66075-66076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29359]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Announcing a Workshop on Spam Technology

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

ACTION: Notice of public workshop and request for participation.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
announces a workshop to discuss various technical issues of e-mail 
spam.

DATE: The Spam Technology Workshop will be held on February 17, 2004, 
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Spam Technology Workshop will be held in the 
Administration Building (Bldg. 101), Green Auditorium, National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Further information may be obtained 
from the Spam Technology Web site at http://csrc.nist.gov/spam or by 
contacting Joan Hash, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930; telephone 
(301) 975-3357; fax (301) 975-4007, or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The workshop agenda topics will include 
filtering at the Internet/network and client sides (e.g., how to detect 
spam and how to reduce it), input from standards bodies on relevant 
current activities, Internet service providers' current and future 
plans to deal with spam, and technical issues regarding the efficacy of 
proposals to create ``do not spam'' lists. NIST is also interested in 
hearing about research challenges to developing and measuring 
improvements in spam control and reduction technology.
    NIST also wishes to discuss idea for criteria and procedures (that 
might be developed by NIST and others, resources permitting) by which 
the effectiveness of spam controls products might be tested (e.g., by 
independent third party testing organizations).
    Given the one-day workshop format, it is anticipated that following 
a keynote presentation and other opening remarks, there will be two 
sessions/panels in the morning and two in the afternoon. Anyone 
interested in speaking or coordinating a panel discussion should submit 
a paper or panel proposal to Joan Hash by December 31, 2003. Topics and 
proposed talks should not be ``sales pitches'' for specific commercial 
products or firms. Papers and additional information for distribution 
to workshop attendees and the website may also be submitted. (NIST may 
decide at its discretion not to include non-germane and product sales 
material.) Additional proposed agenda topics should be submitted 
immediately

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for consideration by the NIST planning committee.
    Because of NIST security regulations, advance registration is 
mandatory; there will be no on-site, same-day registration. To 
register, please register via the web at http://www.nist.gov/conferences or fax the registration form with your name, address, 
telephone, fax and e-mail address to 301-948-2067 (Attn: Spam 
Technology Workshop) by February 3, 2004. The registration fee will be 
$70. Payment can be made by credit card, check, purchase order, and 
government training form. Registration questions should be addressed to 
Teresa Vicente on 301-975-3883 or [email protected].

Authority

    This work effort is being initiated pursuant to NIST's 
responsibilities under the Federal Information Security Management Act 
of 2002, the Computer Security Act of 1987, the Information Technology 
Management Reform Act of 1996, Executive Order 13011, and OMB Circular 
A-130.

    Dated: November 20, 2003.
Arden L. Bement, Jr.,
Director.
[FR Doc. 03-29359 Filed 11-24-03; 8:45 am]
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