[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 211 (Tuesday, November 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67418-67419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28285]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
[Docket Number 111027658-1659-01]
Request for Comments on NIST Special Publication 500-293, US
Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap, Release 1.0 (Draft)
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
publishes this notice to seek public comments on the first draft of
Special Publication 500-293, US Government Cloud Computing Technology
Roadmap, Release 1.0 (Draft). This document is intended to be the
mechanism to define and communicate interoperability, portability, and
security requirement priorities that must be met in terms of standards,
guidance and technology for U.S. Government (USG) agencies to
accelerate their adoption of cloud computing. The roadmap has been
developed through a transparent working group process, which included
five NIST Cloud Computing Working Groups that were established in
November 2010.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before 5 p.m. Eastern time on
December 2, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to: Robert Bohn, National
Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Dr., Stop 2000,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2000. Electronic comments may be sent to:
[email protected].
The report will be available at: http://www.nist.gov/itl/cloud/index.cfm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Bohn, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Dr., Stop 2000, Gaithersburg, MD
20899-2000, telephone (301) 975-4731.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) has a technology leadership role in support of a
secure and effectively adopted Cloud Computing model \1\ to reduce
costs and improve services. This role is described
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in the 2011 Federal Cloud Computing Strategy \2\ as ``a central one in
defining and advancing standards, and collaborating with USG Agency
CIOs, private sector experts, and international bodies to identify and
reach consensus on cloud computing technology & standardization
priorities.''
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\1\ NIST defines Cloud Computing as,''a model for enabling
ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of
configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage,
applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and
released with minimal management effort or service provider
interaction.'' Special Publication 800-145 (Draft).
\2\ Office of Management and Budget, U.S. Chief Information
Officer, ``Federal Cloud Computing Strategy,'' Feb. 8, 2011. Online:
http://www.cio.gov/documents/Federal-Cloud-Computing-Strategy.pdf.
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In carrying out this role, NIST established the NIST Cloud
Computing program and collaborative initiative to build a USG Cloud
Computing Technology Roadmap. The release of the first draft of Special
Publication 500-293, US Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap,
Release 1.0 (Draft), for public comment marks completion of the first
milestone step of this effort. The roadmap is intended to be the
mechanism to define and communicate interoperability, portability, and
security requirement priorities that must be met in terms of standards,
guidance and technology for USG agencies to accelerate their adoption
of cloud computing. The roadmap has been developed through a
transparent working group process, which included five NIST Cloud
Computing Working Groups that were established in November 2010. The
technical work produced by these groups, which has been used to develop
the roadmap document, has been made publicly available during the
November 2010 through September 2011 timeframe.
Request for Comments
NIST requests comments from all interested parties on Special
Publication 500-293, US Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap,
Release 1.0 (Draft). Comments should be sent to the address or email
address given above in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Dated: October 27, 2011.
Willie E. May,
Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-28285 Filed 10-31-11; 8:45 am]
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