[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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