[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84304-84305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26576]


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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).

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Internet of Things (IoT) Advisory Board will meet Tuesday, 
January 23 and Wednesday, January 24, 2024 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, 
January 23 and Wednesday, January 24, 2024 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. 1001 et seq., notice is hereby given that the 
IoT Advisory Board will hold open meetings on Tuesday, January 23 and 
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 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 January 2024 meeting is expected to focus on 
final editing the IoT Advisory Board's report for the IoT Federal 
Working Group and the recommendations in 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;

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 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;
    [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, January 16, 2024 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.

Tamiko Ford,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2023-26576 Filed 12-4-23; 8:45 am]
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