    31 March 1997

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    [Federal Register: March 31, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 61)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 15158]
    From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
    [DOCID:fr31mr97_dat-41]

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    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
    Technology Administration

    Technical Advisory Committee to Develop a Federal Information
    Processing Standard for the Federal Key Management Infrastructure

    AGENCY: Technology Administration, Commerce.

    ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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    SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.,
    notice is hereby given that the Technical Advisory Committee to Develop
    a Federal Information Processing Standard for the Federal Key
    Management Infrastructure will hold a meeting on April 23-24, 1997. The
    Technical Advisory Committee to Develop a Federal Information
    Processing Standard for the Federal Key Management Infrastructure was
    established by the Secretary of Commerce to provide industry advise to
    the Department on encryption key recovery for use by federal government
    agencies. All sessions will be open to the public.

    DATES: The meeting will be held on April 23 and 24, 1997, from 9:00
    a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

    ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Tremont Hotel, 275
    Tremont Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward Roback, Committee Secretary and
    Designated Federal Official, Computer Security Division, National
    Institute of Standards and Technology, Building 820, Room 426,
    Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899; telephone 301-975-3696. Please do not
    call the hotel facility regarding details of this meeting.

    AGENDA:

    --Opening Remarks
    --Chairperson's Remarks
    --News Updates
    --Working Group (WG) Reports
    --WG1--Framework
    --WG2--Security Models
    --WG3--Key Recovery Agents (KRA)
    --WG4--Non-KRA Elements
    --WG5--Interoperability
    --Federal records archiving briefing
    --Intellectual Property Issues (as necessary)
    --Public Participation
    --Plans for Next Meeting
    --Closing Remarks

        Note that the items in this agenda are tentative and subject to
    change due to logistics and speaker availability.

    PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The Committee meeting will include a period of
    time, not to exceed thirty minutes, for oral comments from the public.
    Each speaker will be limited to five minutes. Members of the public who
    are interested in speaking are asked to contact the individual
    identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section. In addition, written
    statements are invited and may be submitted to the Committee at any
    time. Written comments should be directed to the Technical Advisory
    Committee to Develop a Federal Information Processing Standard for the
    Federal Key Management Infrastructure, Building 820, Room 426, National
    Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899.
    It would be appreciated if sixty copies could be submitted for
    distribution to the Committee and other meeting attendees.
        Additional information regarding the Committee is available at its
    world wide web homepage at: http://csrc.nist.gov/tacdfipsfkmi.
        Should this meeting be canceled, a notice to that effect will be
    published in the Federal Register and similar notice placed on the
    Committee's electronic homepage.

        Dated: March 21, 1997.
    Mark Bohannon,
    Chief Counsel for Technology.
    [FR Doc. 97-7981 Filed 3-28-97; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 3510-CN-M

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