[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 166 (Friday, August 28, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44354-44355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20837]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 
2, notice is hereby given that the Visiting Committee on Advanced 
Technology (VCAT), National Institute of Standards and Technology 
(NIST), will meet Wednesday, October 14, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
and Thursday, October 15, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. The 
Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology is composed of fifteen 
members appointed by the Director of NIST who are eminent in such 
fields as business, research, new product development, engineering, 
labor, education, management consulting, environment, and international 
relations.
    The purpose of this meeting is to review and make recommendations 
regarding general policy for the Institute, its organization, its 
budget, and its programs within the framework of applicable national 
policies as set forth by the President and the Congress. The theme for 
this meeting is ``NIST's Laboratory Programs and their Importance to 
Documentary Standards Development and Implementation.'' Based on the 
discussions held at the previous VCAT meeting with the same theme, this 
meeting will focus on cybersecurity. The first day's agenda will 
include an update on NIST; an overview of the NIST role in 
cybersecurity standards; a presentation on the importance of NIST 
laboratory research programs to cybersecurity standards; external 
perspectives from two guest speakers on the issues and challenges 
associated with cybersecurity; presentations on NIST role and research 
in quantum information science; and laboratory tours. On the second 
day, the agenda calls for a discussion with the Committee related to 
the theme of the meeting followed by the VCAT's feedback on summary 
findings for the 2009 Annual Report. The agenda may change to 
accommodate Committee business. The final agenda will be posted on the 
NIST Web site at http://www.nist.gov/director/vcat/agenda.htm.

DATES: The meeting will convene on October 14, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. and 
will adjourn on October 15, 2009, at 11:45 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Building 1, Room 1107, at the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 
80305-3328. Please note admittance instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Shaw, Visiting Committee on 
Advanced Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-1060, telephone number (301) 975-2667. Ms. 
Shaw's e-mail address is [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Individuals and representatives of 
organizations who would like to offer comments and suggestions related 
to the Committee's affairs are invited to request a place on the 
agenda. On October 15, 2009, approximately one-half hour will be 
reserved for public comments, and speaking times will be assigned on a 
first-come, first-serve

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basis. The amount of time per speaker will be determined by the number 
of requests received, but is likely to be about 3 minutes each. The 
exact time for public comments will be included in the final agenda 
that will be posted on the NIST Web site at http://www.nist.gov/director/vcat/agenda.htm. Questions from the public will not be 
considered during this period. Speakers who wish to expand upon their 
oral statements, those who had wished to speak but could not be 
accommodated on the agenda, and those who were unable to attend in 
person are invited to submit written statements to the VCAT, National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, MS 1060, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, via fax at 301-216-0529 or electronically 
by e-mail to [email protected].
    All visitors to the NIST site will have to pre-register to be 
admitted. Please submit your name, time of arrival, e-mail address and 
phone number to Stephanie Shaw no later than Friday, October 9, 2009, 
and she will provide you with instructions for admittance. Ms. Shaw's 
e-mail address is [email protected] and her phone number is (301) 
975-2667.

    Dated: August 24, 2009.
Katharine Gebbie,
Director, Physics Laboratory.
[FR Doc. E9-20837 Filed 8-27-09; 8:45 am]
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