A Preliminary Update From the Internet of Things Federal Working Group, 57937-57938 [2023-18251]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 163 / Thursday, August 24, 2023 / Notices (iii) the seller/exporter no longer being allowed to participate in the certification process. K. I understand that agents of the seller/ exporter, such as freight forwarding companies or brokers, are not permitted to make this certification. L. This certification was completed and signed, and a copy of the certification was provided to the importer, on, or prior to, the date of shipment if the shipment date is after the date of publication of the notice of Commerce’s preliminary determination of circumvention in the Federal Register. 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AGENCY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces that the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Advisory Board will hold an open meeting on Wednesday, September 13, 2023. DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in person at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center, 153 Franklin St., Buffalo, NY 14202. Please note admittance instructions in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. Interested parties should be sure to check the NIST MEP Advisory Board website for the most up-to-date information at https://www.nist.gov/mep/ about/advisory-board. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl L. 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By statute, the MEP Advisory Board provides the NIST Director with: (1) advice on the activities, plans and policies of the Program; (2) assessments of the soundness of the plans and strategies of the Program; and (3) assessments of current performance against the plans of the Program. Background information on the MEP Advisory Board is available at https:// www.nist.gov/mep/about/advisoryboard. Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 1001 et seq., notice is hereby given that the MEP Advisory Board will hold an open meeting on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting will be open to the public. The meeting agenda will include an update on the MEP programmatic operations, as well as provide guidance and advice on current activities related to the current MEP National NetworkTM 2023–2027 Strategic Plan. The agenda may change to accommodate Board business. 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Questions from the public will not be considered during this period. Speakers who wish to expand upon their oral statements, those who wished to speak but could not be accommodated on the agenda or those who are/were unable to attend the meeting are invited to submit written statements by email to cheryl.gendron@ nist.gov. Admittance Instructions: All wishing to attend the MEP Advisory Board meeting must submit their name, organization, email address and phone number to Cheryl Gendron (Cheryl.Gendron@nist.gov or 301–975– 2785) no later than Wednesday, September 6, 2023, 5 p.m. Eastern Time. In person seating is limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Detailed instructions on how to join the meeting will be sent to registered attendees. Alicia Chambers, NIST Executive Secretariat. [FR Doc. 2023–18253 Filed 8–23–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–13–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology A Preliminary Update From the Internet of Things Federal Working Group National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice; request for comment. AGENCY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks comments on the document A Preliminary Update from the Internet of Things Federal Working Group (Preliminary Update). The Preliminary Update was developed from input from the Federal Working Group and public information presented at the NIST IoT Advisory Board. It is intended to document the current state of the IoT Federal Working Group’s approach to addressing the reporting requirements in the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Pub. L. 116–283). DATES: Comments in response to this notice must be received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on September 25, 2023. ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted by mail to Barbara Cuthill, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2000, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Electronic submissions may be sent to iotfwg@nist.gov, and may be in any of SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\24AUN1.SGM 24AUN1 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 57938 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 163 / Thursday, August 24, 2023 / Notices the following formats: HTML, ASCII, Word, RTF, or PDF. The Preliminary Update is available electronically from the NIST website at: IoT Federal Working Group | NIST. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this notice, contact: Barbara Cuthill, U.S. Department of Commerce, NIST, MS 2000, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, telephone (301) 975–3273, email IoTFWG@nist.gov. Please direct media inquiries to NIST’s Public Affairs Office at (301) 975–NIST. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In January, 2020, the Congress enacted the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Pub. L. 116–283). Section 9204(b)(5) of this act established the Internet of Things Federal Working Group (IoTFWG) with NIST as the convenor of the working group. The specific duties assigned to the IoTFWG are: Duties.—The working group shall— (A) identify any Federal regulations, statutes, grant practices, budgetary or jurisdictional challenges, and other sector-specific policies that are inhibiting, or could inhibit, the development or deployment of the Internet of Things; (B) consider policies or programs that encourage and improve coordination among Federal agencies that have responsibilities that are relevant to the objectives of this section; (C) consider any findings or recommendations made by the IoT Advisory Board and, where appropriate, act to implement those recommendations; (D) examine— (i) how Federal agencies can benefit from utilizing the Internet of Things; (ii) the use of Internet of Things technology by Federal agencies as of the date on which the working group performs the examination; (iii) the preparedness and ability of Federal agencies to adopt Internet of Things technology as of the date on which the working group performs the examination and in the future; and (iv) any additional security measures that Federal agencies may need to take to— (I) safely and securely use the Internet of Things, including measures that ensure the security of critical infrastructure; and (II) enhance the resiliency of Federal systems against cyber threats to the Internet of Things; and (E) in carrying out the examinations required under subclauses (I) and (II) of subparagraph (D)(iv), ensure to the VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:08 Aug 23, 2023 Jkt 259001 maximum extent possible the coordination of the current and future activities of the Federal Government relating to security with respect to the Internet of Things. The Preliminary Update as presented, is intended to obtain broad comments and feedback to help the IoTFWG build recommendations for future federal actions to encourage the development and deployment of the Internet of Things. Request for Comments NIST seeks public comments on the Preliminary Update electronically from the NIST website at: IoT Federal Working Group | NIST. Written comments may be submitted by mail to Barbara Cuthill, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2000, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Electronic submissions may be sent to iotfwg@nist.gov . Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272(b), (c), & (e); 15 U.S.C. 278g–3. Alicia Chambers, NIST Executive Secretariat. [FR Doc. 2023–18251 Filed 8–23–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–13–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology [Docket No. 230814–0193] Request for Comments on Draft FIPS– 203, Draft FIPS–204, and Draft FIPS– 205 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Commerce. ACTION: Notice; request for comments. AGENCY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) requests comments on three draft Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS): FIPS 203, ModuleLattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism Standard, FIPS 204, Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Standard, and FIPS 205, Stateless Hashbased Digital Signature Standard. These proposed standards specify key establishment and digital signature schemes that are designed to resist future attacks by quantum computers, which threaten the security of current standards. The three algorithms specified in these standards are each derived from different submissions in the NIST post-quantum cryptography standardization project (see: https:// csrc.nist.gov/Projects/post-quantumcryptography/post-quantumcryptography-standardization). SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Comments on FIPS 203, FIPS 204, or FIPS 205 must be received on or before November 22, 2023. ADDRESSES: The drafts of FIPS 203, FIPS 204, and FIPS 205 are available for review and comment on the NIST Computer Security Resource Center website at https://csrc.nist.gov and at www.regulations.gov. Comments on FIPS 203 may be sent electronically to FIPS-203-comments@nist.gov with ‘‘Comment on FIPS 203’’ in the subject line or submitted via www.regulations.gov. Comments on FIPS 204 may be sent electronically to FIPS-204-comments@nist.gov with ‘‘Comment on FIPS 204’’ in the subject line or via www.regulations.gov. Comments on FIPS 205 may be sent electronically to FIPS-205-comments@ nist.gov with ‘‘Comment on FIPS 205’’ in the subject line or via www.regulations.gov. Written comments may also be submitted by mail to Information Technology Laboratory, ATTN: FIPS Comments, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8930. All relevant comments received by the deadline will be published electronically at https://csrc.nist.gov and www.regulations.gov without change or redaction, so commenters should not include information they do not wish to be posted (e.g., personal or confidential business information). Comments that contain profanity, vulgarity, threats, or other inappropriate language or content will not be posted or considered. After the comment period closes, NIST will analyze the comments, make changes to the documents as appropriate, and then propose the drafts FIPS 203, FIPS 204, and FIPS 205 to the Secretary of Commerce for approval. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Dustin Moody, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8930, email: Dustin.Moody@ nist.gov, phone: (301) 975–8136. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Over the past several years, there has been steady progress toward building quantum computers. The security of many commonly used public-key cryptosystems would be at risk if largescale quantum computers were ever realized. In particular, this would include key-establishment schemes and digital signatures that are based on integer factorization and discrete logarithms (both over finite fields and elliptic curves). 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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


A Preliminary Update From the Internet of Things Federal Working 
Group

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

ACTION: Notice; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
seeks comments on the document A Preliminary Update from the Internet 
of Things Federal Working Group (Preliminary Update). The Preliminary 
Update was developed from input from the Federal Working Group and 
public information presented at the NIST IoT Advisory Board. It is 
intended to document the current state of the IoT Federal Working 
Group's approach to addressing the reporting requirements in the 
William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2021 (Pub. L. 116-283).

DATES:  Comments in response to this notice must be received by 5:00 
p.m. Eastern time on September 25, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted by mail to Barbara 
Cuthill, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Stop 2000, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Electronic submissions may be 
sent to [email protected], and may be in any of

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the following formats: HTML, ASCII, Word, RTF, or PDF.
    The Preliminary Update is available electronically from the NIST 
website at: IoT Federal Working Group [bond] NIST.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this notice, 
contact: Barbara Cuthill, U.S. Department of Commerce, NIST, MS 2000, 
100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, telephone (301) 975-3273, 
email [email protected]. Please direct media inquiries to NIST's Public 
Affairs Office at (301) 975-NIST.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In January, 2020, the Congress enacted the 
William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2021 (Pub. L. 116-283). Section 9204(b)(5) of this act 
established the Internet of Things Federal Working Group (IoTFWG) with 
NIST as the convenor of the working group. The specific duties assigned 
to the IoTFWG are:
    Duties.--The working group shall--
    (A) identify any Federal regulations, statutes, grant practices, 
budgetary or jurisdictional challenges, and other sector-specific 
policies that are inhibiting, or could inhibit, the development or 
deployment of the Internet of Things;
    (B) consider policies or programs that encourage and improve 
coordination among Federal agencies that have responsibilities that are 
relevant to the objectives of this section;
    (C) consider any findings or recommendations made by the IoT 
Advisory Board and, where appropriate, act to implement those 
recommendations;
    (D) examine--
    (i) how Federal agencies can benefit from utilizing the Internet of 
Things;
    (ii) the use of Internet of Things technology by Federal agencies 
as of the date on which the working group performs the examination;
    (iii) the preparedness and ability of Federal agencies to adopt 
Internet of Things technology as of the date on which the working group 
performs the examination and in the future; and
    (iv) any additional security measures that Federal agencies may 
need to take to--
    (I) safely and securely use the Internet of Things, including 
measures that ensure the security of critical infrastructure; and
    (II) enhance the resiliency of Federal systems against cyber 
threats to the Internet of Things; and
    (E) in carrying out the examinations required under subclauses (I) 
and (II) of subparagraph (D)(iv), ensure to the maximum extent possible 
the coordination of the current and future activities of the Federal 
Government relating to security with respect to the Internet of Things.
    The Preliminary Update as presented, is intended to obtain broad 
comments and feedback to help the IoTFWG build recommendations for 
future federal actions to encourage the development and deployment of 
the Internet of Things.

Request for Comments

    NIST seeks public comments on the Preliminary Update electronically 
from the NIST website at: IoT Federal Working Group [bond] NIST. 
Written comments may be submitted by mail to Barbara Cuthill, National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2000, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Electronic submissions may be sent to 
[email protected] .
    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272(b), (c), & (e); 15 U.S.C. 278g-3.

Alicia Chambers,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2023-18251 Filed 8-23-23; 8:45 am]
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