[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 88 (Friday, May 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27414-27415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10652]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Open Meeting of the Commission on Enhancing National 
Cybersecurity

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity (the 
``Commission'') will meet Monday, May 16, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. until 
4:00 p.m. Eastern Time in Vanderbilt Hall at the New York University 
(NYU) School of Law, Center on Law and Security located at 40 
Washington Square South, New York, New York. The primary purpose of the 
meeting is to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the 
finance and insurance sectors as the Commission develops detailed 
recommendations to strengthen cybersecurity in both the public and 
private sectors while protecting privacy, ensuring public safety and 
economic and national security, fostering discovery and development of 
new technical solutions, and bolstering partnerships between Federal, 
state, local, tribal and territorial governments and the private sector 
in the development, promotion, and use of cybersecurity technologies, 
policies, and best practices. All sessions will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, May 16, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. 
until 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the NYU School of Law, Center on 
Law and Security, in Vanderbilt Hall, located at 40 Washington Square 
South, New York, New York. The meeting is open to the public and 
interested parties are requested to contact Melanie Cook in advance of 
the meeting for building entrance requirements.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melanie Cook, Information Technology 
Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930, telephone: (301) 975-
5259, 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 
Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity will meet Monday, May 
16, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. All sessions 
will be open to the public. The Commission is authorized by Executive 
Order 13718, Commission on Enhancing

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National Cybersecurity.\1\ The Commission was established by the 
President and will make detailed recommendations to strengthen 
cybersecurity in both the public and private sectors while protecting 
privacy, ensuring public safety and economic and national security, 
fostering discovery and development of new technical solutions, and 
bolstering partnerships between Federal, state, local, tribal and 
territorial governments and the private sector in the development, 
promotion, and use of cybersecurity technologies, policies, and best 
practices.
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    The agenda is expected to include the following items:

--Introductions
--Panel discussion on the cybersecurity challenges and opportunities in 
the finance sector
--Panel discussion on the cybersecurity challenges and opportunities in 
the insurance sector
--Panel discussion on cybersecurity research and development in the 
finance sector
--Closure

    Note that agenda items may change without notice. The final agenda 
will be posted on http://www.nist.gov/cybercommission. Seating will be 
available for the public and media. No registration is required to 
attend this meeting.
    Public Participation: The Commission agenda will include a period 
of time, not to exceed fifteen minutes, for oral comments from the 
public on Monday, May 16, 2016, from 3:45 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. Eastern 
Time. 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 of the public who 
are interested in speaking are requested to contact Melanie Cook 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 Commission at any time. All written statements should 
be directed to the Commission Executive Director, Information 
Technology Laboratory, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8930, National Institute 
of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930.
    Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150(b), this Federal Register notice for 
this meeting is being published fewer than 15 calendar days prior to 
the meeting as exceptional circumstances exist. It is imperative that 
the meeting be held on May 16, 2016 to accommodate the scheduling 
priorities of the key participants, who must maintain a strict schedule 
of meetings in order to complete the Commission's report by December 1, 
2016, as required by Executive Order 13718 Sec.  3(e) (February 9, 
2016). Notice of the meeting is also posted on the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology's Web site at http://www.nist.gov/cybercommission.

Kevin Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2016-10652 Filed 5-5-16; 8:45 am]
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