[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 33 (Friday, February 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 9625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3835]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology

[Docket Number: 110524296-2097-03]


Recommendations for Establishing an Identity Ecosystem Governance 
Structure for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in 
Cyberspace

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology announces 
the release of a paper entitled Recommendations for Establishing an 
Identity Ecosystem Governance Structure on Tuesday, February 7, 2012. 
This paper supports the implementation of the National Strategy for 
Trusted Identities in Cyberspace and responds to comments received in 
response to the related Notice of Inquiry published in the Federal 
Register on June 14, 2011.

DATES: The Recommendations for Establishing an Identity Ecosystem 
Governance Structure paper was made available on February 7, 2012.

ADDRESSES: The Recommendations for Establishing an Identity Ecosystem 
Governance Structure paper is available at www.nist.gov/nstic/2012-nstic-governance-recs.pdf. The NIST Web site for the NSTIC and its 
implementation is www.nstic.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this request 
contact: Annie Sokol, Information Technology Laboratory, National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, 100 
Bureau Drive, Mailstop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, telephone (301) 
975-2006; email [email protected]. Please direct media inquiries 
to the Director of NIST's Office of Public Affairs, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The paper entitled Recommendations for 
Establishing an Identity Ecosystem Governance Structure was written in 
support of the implementation of the National Strategy for Trusted 
Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC). On June 14, 2011, NIST published a 
Notice of Inquiry in the Federal Register (76 FR 34650), requesting 
input from the public regarding Models for a Governance Structure for 
the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace. On August 
16, 2011, NIST published a Notice in the Federal Register (76 FR 
50719), extending the deadline for comments. The paper summarizes the 
comments received in response to the NOI and provides recommendations 
and intended government actions to serve as a catalyst for establishing 
such a governance structure. The recommendations result from comments 
and suggestions received from the NOI respondents as well as best 
practices and lessons learned from similarly scoped governance efforts. 
To accelerate the launch of the Steering Group, the paper integrates 
the recommendations into a proposed Steering Group charter.

    Dated: February 13, 2012.
Patrick Gallagher,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology.
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