81 FR 43588 - Open Meeting of the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 128 (July 5, 2016)

The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity will meet Thursday, July 14, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Central Time at the Hilton University of Houston. The primary purpose of the meeting is to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing cybersecurity for critical infrastructure, as well as State and local governments and cybersecurity. In particular, the meeting will address: (1) Current and future effects of critical infrastructure on the digital economy; (2) critical infrastructure cybersecurity challenges affecting the digital economy; and (3) cybersecurity challenges and opportunities in State and local governments. 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.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43588-43589]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15790]


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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 
Thursday, July 14, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Central Time at 
the Hilton University of Houston. The primary purpose of the meeting is 
to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing cybersecurity for 
critical infrastructure, as well as State and local governments and 
cybersecurity. In particular, the meeting will address: (1) Current and 
future effects of critical infrastructure on the digital economy; (2) 
critical infrastructure cybersecurity challenges affecting the digital 
economy; and (3) cybersecurity challenges and opportunities in State 
and local governments. 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 Thursday, July 14, 2016, from 9:00 
a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Central Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton University of 
Houston, in the Conrad Room, 2nd Floor, located at 4450 University 
Drive, Houston, Texas 77004. 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: [email protected]. Please use subject line ``Open 
Meeting of the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity--TX''.

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 Thursday, July 14, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. 
Central 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 current and future effects of critical 
infrastructure on the digital economy
--Panel discussion on critical infrastructure cybersecurity challenges 
affecting the digital economy
--Panel discussion on cybersecurity challenges and opportunities in 
State and local governments

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--Conclusion

    Note that agenda items may change without notice. The final agenda 
will be posted on http://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 Thursday, July 14, 2016, from 3:00 p.m. until 3:15 p.m. 
Central 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: [email protected]. Please use subject line ``Open Meeting of 
the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity--TX''..
    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 July 14, 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 http://www.nist.gov/cybercommission.

Kevin Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2016-15790 Filed 7-1-16; 8:45 am]
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