[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 136 (Friday, July 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46053-46054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16742]


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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 will meet 
Tuesday, August 23, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Central Time 
at the University of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium-DQ Club Room. The 
primary purpose of the meeting is to discuss the challenges and 
opportunities for organizations and consumers in securing the digital 
economy. In particular, the meeting will address: (1) Challenges 
confronting consumers in the digital economy; (2) innovation (Internet 
of Things, healthcare, and other areas); and (3) assured products and 
services. The meeting will support 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 Tuesday, August 23, 2016, from 9:00 
a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Central Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the University of Minnesota's 
TCF Bank Stadium-DQ Club Room, 3rd Level, located at 420 SE 23rd 
Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455. The meeting is open to the public 
and interested parties are requested to contact Sara Kerman at the 
contact information indicated in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section of this notice in advance of the meeting for building entrance 
requirements.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Kerman, Information Technology 
Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Stop 2000, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8900, telephone: 301-975-4634, 
or by email at: [email protected]. Please use subject line ``Open 
Meeting of the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity--MN''.

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 (``the Commission'') 
will meet Tuesday, August 23, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. 
Central Time. All sessions will be open to the public. The Commission 
is authorized by Executive Order 13718, Commission on Enhancing 
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 challenges confronting the consumers in the 
digital economy.
--Panel discussion on innovation (Internet of Things, healthcare, and 
other areas).
--Panel discussion on assured products and services.
--Conclusion.

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; however, on-site attendees are asked to 
voluntarily sign in and space will be available on a first-come, first-
served basis.
    Public Participation: The Commission agenda will include a period 
of time, not to exceed fifteen minutes, for oral comments from the 
public on Tuesday,

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August 23, 2016, from 3:00 p.m. until 3:15 p.m. Central 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 Sara Kerman 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 8900, National Institute 
of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8900 or by email 
at: [email protected]. Please use subject line ``Open Meeting of 
the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity--MN''.

Kevin Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2016-16742 Filed 7-14-16; 8:45 am]
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