2014-04473. Open Meeting of the Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board

AGENCY:

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, March 12, 2014, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Thursday, March 13, 2014, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and Friday, March 14, 2014, from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time. All sessions will be open to the public.

DATES:

The meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Thursday, March 13, 2014, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and Friday, March 14, 2014, from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES:

The meeting will be held at the Residence Inn, 1199 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20005 (TEL. [phone]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Annie Sokol, Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930, telephone: [phone], or by email at: [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, March 12, 2014, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Thursday, March 13, 2014, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and Friday, March 14, 2014, from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time. All sessions will be open to the public. The ISPAB is authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278g-4, as amended, and advises the Secretary of Commerce, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of NIST on information security and privacy issues pertaining to federal information systems. Details regarding the ISPAB's activities are available at http://csrc.nist.gov/​groups/​SMA/​ispab/​index.html.

The agenda is expected to include the following items:

—Updates on Executive Order 13636 Cybersecurity Framework,

—Updates on Legislative proposals relating to information security and privacy,

—Panel Discussion on agencies' implementation of SP 800-53 Appendix J Privacy,

—Discussion on Cross-agencies Priorities (CAP) Goal and metrics report,

—Discussion on Office of Management and Budget, Circular No. A130 Revised, Management of Federal Information Resources,

—Updates on Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) and cloud computing for the Federal Government,

—Updates and presentation from General Accountability Office (GAO) on potential use of smart cards for Medicare,

—Regulatory updates of Embedded Software Security Updates,

—Discussion on NIST and the process for developing standards/guidance for cryptography, and

—Updates on NIST Computer Security Division.

Note that agenda items may change without notice. The final agenda will be posted on the Web site indicated above. Seating will be available for the public and media.

Public Participation: The ISPAB agenda will include a period of time, not to exceed thirty minutes, for oral comments from the public (Friday, March 14, 2014, between 9:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.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 Annie Sokol 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 ISPAB at any time. All written statements should be directed to the ISPAB Secretariat, Information Technology Laboratory, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8930, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930.

Dated: February 24, 2014.

Willie E. May,

Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.