[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 212 (Friday, November 1, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58692-58693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23869]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Open Meeting of the Information Security and Privacy Advisory 
Board

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) 
will meet Wednesday, December 4, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., 
Eastern Time, and Thursday, December 5, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. until 4:30 
p.m., Eastern Time. All sessions will be open to the public, with no 
pre-registration required.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 4, 2019, from 
9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, and Thursday, December 5, 
2019, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at American University College of 
Law, 4300 Nebraska Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Brewer, Information Technology 
Laboratory, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-
8930, Telephone: (301) 975-2489, email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the ISPAB 
will meet Wednesday, December 4, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., 
Eastern Time, and Thursday, December 5, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. until 4:30 
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 National 
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
on information security and privacy issues pertaining to Federal 
government information systems, including thorough review of proposed 
standards and guidelines developed by NIST. Details regarding the 
ISPAB's activities are available at https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/ispab.
    The agenda is expected to include the following items:

--Briefing on Testing and Conformance Programs used by the Federal 
Government,
--Briefing on work in Election Infrastructure Cybersecurity,
--Briefing on the Cybersecurity Solarium Report,
--Discussion by the Board on Cybersecurity and Privacy Issues in the 
Federal Government,
--Discussions by the Board on recent Legislative Proposals and GAO 
findings in Cybersecurity and Privacy.

    Note that agenda items may change without notice. The final agenda 
will be posted on the website indicated above. Seating will be 
available for the public and media. Pre-registration is not required to 
attend this meeting.
    Public Participation: The ISPAB agenda will include a period, not 
to exceed thirty minutes, for oral comments from the public (Wednesday, 
December 4, 2019, between 4:30 p.m. and 5:00 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

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will not be considered during this period. Members of the public who 
are interested in speaking are requested to contact Jeff Brewer 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.

Kevin A. Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2019-23869 Filed 10-31-19; 8:45 am]
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