Open Meeting of the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity, 62731 [2016-21813]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• National Institute of Standards and Technology

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 176 (Monday, September 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 62731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21813]


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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 
Monday, September 19, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time 
at the American University Washington College of Law, Claudio Grossman 
Hall, Yuma Building. The primary purpose of the meeting is to discuss 
the challenges and opportunities for organizations and consumers in 
securing the digital economy. In particular, the meeting will address: 
(1) International concerns; (2) review of current state of 
cybersecurity; (3) growing and securing the digital economy; and (4) 
innovation and technology in the government. The meeting will support 
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 Monday, September 19, 2016 from 9:00 
a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the American University 
Washington College of Law, Claudio Grossman Hall, Yuma Building, 
located at 4300 Nebraska Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20016. The meeting 
is open to the public and interested parties are requested to contact 
Sara Kerman at the contact information indicated in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice in advance of the meeting 
for building entrance requirements.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Kerman, Information Technology 
Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Stop 2000, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8900, telephone: 301-975-4634, 
or by email at: eo-commission@nist.gov. Please use subject line ``Open 
Meeting of the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity--DC''.

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 Monday, September 19, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 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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    The agenda is expected to include the following items:

--Introductions
--Panel discussion on International Concerns
--Panel discussion--Current State Review--``How did we get here?''
--Panel discussion on Growing and Securing the Digital Economy
--Panel discussion on Embracing Innovation and Technology in the 
Government
--Conclusion

    Note that agenda items may change without notice. The final agenda 
will be posted on https://www.nist.gov/cybercommission. Seating will be 
available for the public and media. No registration is required to 
attend this meeting; however, on-site attendees are asked to 
voluntarily sign in and space will be available on a first-come, first-
served basis.
    Public Participation: The Commission agenda will include a period 
of time, not to exceed fifteen minutes, for oral comments from the 
public on Monday, September 19, 2016 from 4:15 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. 
Eastern Time. 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 Sara Kerman 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 or by email 
at: cybercommission@nist.gov. Please use subject line ``Open Meeting of 
the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity--DC''.
    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 September 19, 2016 to accommodate the scheduling 
priorities of the key participants, who must maintain a strict schedule 
of meetings in order to complete the Commission's report by December 1, 
2016, as required by Executive Order 13718 Sec.  3(e) (February 9, 
2016). Notice of the meeting is also posted on the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology's Web site at https://www.nist.gov/cybercommission.

Kevin Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2016-21813 Filed 9-9-16; 8:45 am]
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