[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62547-62548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19639]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Open Meeting of the Internet of Things Advisory Board

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

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Internet of Things (IoT) Advisory Board will meet Tuesday, 
October 24 and Wednesday October 25, 2023 from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m., 
Eastern Time. Both sessions will be open to the public.

DATES: The Internet of Things (IoT) Advisory Board will meet Tuesday, 
October 24 and Wednesday October 25, 2023 from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m., 
Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be virtual via Webex webcast hosted by the 
National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at NIST. Please 
note registration instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Cuthill, Information 
Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
Telephone: (301) 975-3273, Email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the IoT 
Advisory Board will hold open meetings on Tuesday, October 24 and 
Wednesday October 25, 2023 from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m., Eastern Time. 
Both sessions will be open to the public. The IoT Advisory Board is 
authorized by section 9204(b)(5) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Pub. L. 116-
283) and advises the IoT Federal Working Group convened by the 
Secretary of Commerce pursuant to section 9204(b)(1) of the Act on 
matters related to the Federal Working Group's activities. Details 
regarding the IoT Advisory Board's activities are available at https://www.nist.gov/itl/applied-cybersecurity/nist-cybersecurity-iot-program/internet-things-advisory-board.
    The agenda for the October meeting is expected to focus on 
establishing consensus on the recommendations to be included in the IoT 
Advisory Board's report for the IoT Federal Working Group as well as 
continued refinement of that report.
    The recommendations and discussions are expected to focus on the 
specific focus areas for the report cited in the legislation and the 
charter:

 Smart traffic and transit technologies
 Augmented logistics and supply chains
 Sustainable infrastructure
 Precision agriculture
 Environmental monitoring
 Public safety
 Health care

    In addition, the IoT Advisory Board may discuss other elements that 
the legislation called for in the report:
     Whether adequate spectrum is available to support the 
growing Internet of Things and what legal or regulatory barriers may 
exist to providing any spectrum needed in the future;
     Policies, programs, or multi-stakeholder activities that--
    [cir] Promote or are related to the privacy of individuals who use 
or are affected by the Internet of Things;

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    [cir] May enhance the security of the Internet of Things, including 
the security of critical infrastructure;
    [cir] May protect users of the Internet of Things; and
    [cir] May encourage coordination among Federal agencies with 
jurisdiction over the Internet of Things
    Note that agenda items may change without notice. The final agendas 
will be posted on the IoT Advisory Board web page: https://www.nist.gov/itl/applied-cybersecurity/nist-cybersecurity-iot-program/internet-things-advisory-board.
    Public Participation: Written comments and requests to present 
comments orally to the IoT Advisory Board from the public are invited 
and may be submitted electronically by email to Barbara Cuthill at the 
contact information indicated in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section of this notice by 5 p.m. on the Tuesday, October 14, 2023 to 
allow distribution of written comments to IoT Advisory Board members 
prior to the meeting.
    Each IoT Advisory Board meeting agenda will include a period, not 
to exceed sixty minutes, for oral presentation of comments from the 
public. Oral presentation of comments from the public during this 
sixty-minute period will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served 
basis and limited to five minutes per person for oral presentation if 
requested by the commenter.
    Members of the public who wish to expand upon their submitted 
comments, those who had wished to present comments orally but could not 
be accommodated on the agenda, and those who were unable to attend the 
meeting via webinar, are invited to submit written statements. In 
addition, written statements are invited and may be submitted to the 
IoT Advisory Board at any time. All written statements should be 
directed to the IoT Advisory Board Secretariat, Information Technology 
Laboratory by email to: [email protected].
    Admittance Instructions: Participants planning to attend via 
webinar must register via the instructions found on the IoT Advisory 
Board's web page at https://www.nist.gov/itl/applied-cybersecurity/nist-cybersecurity-iot-program/internet-things-advisory-board.

Alicia Chambers,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2023-19639 Filed 9-11-23; 8:45 am]
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