[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 139 (Tuesday, July 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 39069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19411]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Export Administration
Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of
Partially Closed Meeting
A meeting of the Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee
(ISTAC) will be held August 4 & 5, 1998, 9:00 a.m., Room 1617M-2, in
the Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street between Constitution and
Pennsylvania Avenues, NW, Washington, DC. This Committee advises the
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on
technical questions that affect the level of export controls applicable
to information systems equipment and technology.
August 4
General Session
1. Opening remarks by the Chairman.
2. Review of ISTAC position papers on proposed Composite
Theoretical Performance changes and on High Performance Computing.
3. Discussion of export regulation initiative regarding end-use
visits for High Performance Computing in China.
4. Discussion of export regulation initiative regarding KMI (Key
Management Infrastructure) licensing allowing 128-bit encryption for
some destinations.
5. Discussion of Graphics Processors and related metrics.
6. Comments or presentations by the public.
August 4 & 5
Closed Session
7. Discussion of matters properly classified under Executive Order
12958, dealing with U.S. export control programs and strategic criteria
related thereto.
The General Session of the meeting is open to the public and a
limited number of seats will be available. Reservations are not
required. To the extent time permits, members of the public may present
oral statements to the Committee. Written statements may be submitted
at any time before or after the meeting. However, to facilitate
distribution of public presentation materials to the Committee members,
the Committee suggests that public presentation materials or comments
be forwarded at least one week before the meeting to the address listed
below:
Ms. Lee Ann Carpenter, OAS/EA/BXA MS: 3886C, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 15th St. & Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of
the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on October 3,
1997, pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
as amended, that the series of meetings or portions of meetings of
these Committees and of any Subcommittees thereof, dealing with the
classified materials listed in 5 U.S.C. 552(c)(1) shall be exempt from
the provisions relating to public meetings found in section 10(a)(1)
and (a)(3), of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The remaining series
of meetings or portions thereof will be open to the public.
A copy of the Notice of Determination to close meetings or portions
of meetings of these Committees is available for public inspection and
copying in the Central Reference and Records Inspection Facility, Room
6020, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC. For further
information or copies of the minutes call Lee Ann Carpenter, 202-482-
2853.
Dated: July 15, 1998.
Lee Ann Carpenter,
Director, Technical Advisory Committee Unit.
[FR Doc. 98-19411 Filed 7-20-98; 8:45 am]
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