[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 67 (Thursday, April 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 20367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07954]


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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 
Thursday, April 14, 2016, from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. Eastern Time. The 
primary purpose of the meeting is to discuss the goals and outcomes of 
the Commission's work with an emphasis on topics for the Commission to 
review as it 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 Thursday, April 14, 2016, from 1 
p.m. until 4 p.m. Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Herbert C. Hoover Building, U.S. Commerce Research Library Reading 
Room, Room 1894, located on the first floor at 15th Street and 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC. The meeting is open to the 
public and interested parties are requested to contact Kevin Stine in 
advance of the meeting for building entrance requirements.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Stine, Information Technology 
Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Stop 2000, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8900, telephone: (301) 975-
4483, 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 (``the Commission'') 
will meet Thursday, April 14, 2016, from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. Eastern 
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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    \1\ https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2016/02/12/2016-03038/commission-on-enhancing-national-cybersecurity.
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    The agenda is expected to include the following items:

-- Introductions
-- Review Executive Order and Commission Charter
-- Discuss proposed scope of work
-- Discuss work plan for addressing scope of work
-- Informational briefings
-- Commission timeline
-- Public comment
-- Closure

    Note that agenda items may change without notice. The final agenda 
will be posted on http://www.csrc.nist.gov. 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 Thursday, April 14, 2016 (between 3:45 p.m. and 4 p.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 of the public who are 
interested in speaking are requested to contact Kevin Stine 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. 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 April 14, 2016 to accommodate the scheduling priorities of the 
key participants, who must begin work as soon as possible in order to 
complete the Commission's report by December 1, 2016, as required by 
Executive Order 13718 section 3(e) (February 9, 2016). Notice of the 
meeting is also posted on the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology's Web site at www.csrc.nist.gov.

Kevin Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2016-07954 Filed 4-6-16; 8:45 am]
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