[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 231 (Monday, December 2, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72063-72064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28789]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Open Meeting of the Information Security and Privacy Advisory 
Board

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) 
will meet Thursday, December 19, 2013, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. 
Eastern Time, and Friday, December 20, 2013, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 
p.m. Eastern Time. All sessions will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, December 19, 2013, from 
8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and Friday, December 20, 2013, 
from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Microsoft Innovation & Policy 
Center, 901 K Street NW., Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20001 (TEL. 202-
263-5900). Please note admittance instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Annie Sokol, Information Technology 
Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Mail Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930, telephone: (301) 
975-2006, or by email at: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the 
Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet 
Thursday, December 19, 2013, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern 
Time, and Friday, December 20, 2013, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. 
Eastern Time. All sessions will be open to the public. The ISPAB is 
authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278g-4, as amended, and advises the Secretary 
of Commerce, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and 
the Director of NIST on information security and privacy issues 
pertaining to federal computer systems. Details regarding the ISPAB's 
activities are available at http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SMA/ispab/index.html.
    The agenda is expected to include the following items:

--Cybersecurity
     Executive Order 13636, Improving Critical Infrastructure 
Cybersecurity (78 FR 11737, February 19, 2013);
     Development of New Cybersecurity Framework;
     Request for Information (RFI)--Developing a Framework to 
Improve Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (78 FR 13024, February 
26, 2013);
     Notice of Inquiry (NOI)--Incentives to Adopt Improved 
Cybersecurity Practices (78 FR 18954, March 28, 2013),
--Update on Legislative proposals relating to information security and 
privacy,
--Information Sharing Update: CNCI-5 ISA Brief--Information Security,
--National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) Updates,
--Regulatory updates of Embedded Software Security Updates,
--Discussion on cryptography,
--Update on Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), and
--Update on NIST Computer Security Division.

    Note that agenda items may change without notice because of 
possible unexpected schedule conflicts of presenters. The final agenda 
will be posted on the Web site indicated above. Seating will be 
available for the public and media.
    Public Participation: The ISPAB agenda will include a period of 
time, not to exceed thirty minutes, for oral comments from the public 
(Friday, December 20, 2013, between 9:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.). Speakers 
will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis. Each speaker will 
be limited to five minutes. Questions from the public will not be 
considered during this period. Members

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of the public who are interested in speaking are requested to contact 
Annie Sokol at the contact information indicated in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
    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. In addition, written statements are invited and may be 
submitted to the ISPAB at any time. All written statements should be 
directed to the ISPAB Secretariat, Information Technology Laboratory, 
100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8930, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930.
    All visitors to this meeting are requested to pre-register to be 
admitted. Please submit your name, time of arrival, and email address 
to Annie Sokol, [email protected], by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 
Friday, December 13, 2013.

    Dated: November 22, 2013.
Willie E. May,
Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013-28789 Filed 11-29-13; 8:45 am]
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