82 FR 61260 - Notice of Localization and Tracking System Testing Consortium
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 247 (December 27, 2017)
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 247 (December 27, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-27889 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 27, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 61260-61261] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-27889] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology Notice of Localization and Tracking System Testing Consortium AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology ACTION: Notice of Research Consortium Deadline Extension. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: On November 1, 2017, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a Federal Register notice regarding the establishment of the Localization and Tracking System (LTS) Testing Consortium, inviting organizations to participate in this Consortium. The purpose of this Federal Register notice is to extend the deadline for acceptance of letters of interest for participation in the LTS Testing Consortium, as indicated in the DATES section below, from December 15, 2017, to January 31, 2018. DATES: Letters of interest for participation in this LTS Testing Consortium will be accepted until January 31, 2018. LTS testing is expected to occur in May or June 2018, with a pre-event workshop in March. Dates are subject to change, however. ADDRESSES: Letters of interest and requests for additional information can be directed to the NIST LTS Testing Consortium Manager, Nader Moayeri, of the Advanced Network Technologies Division of NIST's Information Technology Laboratory. Nader Moayeri's contact information is NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8920, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8920, USA, email: [email protected], and telephone: +1 301-975-3767. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information regarding the terms and conditions of NIST's CRADA, please contact Jeffrey DiVietro, CRADA and License Officer, NIST's Technology Partnerships Office, by mail to 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899- 2200, by email to [email protected], or by telephone at +1 301- 975-8779. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 1, 2017, NIST published a Federal Register notice, 82 FR 50626, regarding the establishment of the LTS Testing Consortium and inviting organizations to participate in this Consortium. The purpose of this new Federal Register notice is to extend the deadline for acceptance of letters of interest for participation in the LTS Testing Consortium from December 15, 2017 to January 31, 2018. Participants in [[Page 61261]] the Consortium will be required to sign a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA). Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3710a. Kevin Kimball, NIST Chief of Staff. [FR Doc. 2017-27889 Filed 12-26-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-13-P
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• Certificate Manager: A certificate NIST cannot guarantee that all the DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
management system will be used to products proposed by respondents will
inventory and manage TLS server be used in the demonstration. Each National Institute of Standards and
certificates deployed in the prospective participant will be expected Technology
environment. to work collaboratively with NIST staff
• Certificate Network Scanning Tool: Notice of Localization and Tracking
and other project participants under the System Testing Consortium
A tool, such as a vulnerability scanning terms of the consortium CRADA in the
or other tool, will be used to facilitate development of the TLS Server AGENCY: National Institute of Standards
the discovery of TLS server certificates Certificate Management Building Block. and Technology
via network scanning. Prospective participants’ contribution to ACTION: Notice of Research Consortium
3. Stakeholders/Roles—Humans play Deadline Extension.
an important part in the management of the collaborative effort will include
TLS server certificates in enterprises; assistance in establishing the necessary
SUMMARY: On November 1, 2017, the
therefore, the following roles will be interface functionality, connection and National Institute of Standards and
represented: set-up capabilities and procedures, Technology (NIST) published a Federal
• Line of Business/Application demonstration harnesses, environmental Register notice regarding the
Owner: People in leadership positions and safety conditions for use, integrated establishment of the Localization and
who are responsible for the line of platform user instructions, and Tracking System (LTS) Testing
business or application and who will demonstration plans and scripts Consortium, inviting organizations to
drive the need for certificates to be necessary to demonstrate the desired participate in this Consortium. The
deployed. capabilities. Each participant will train purpose of this Federal Register notice
• System Administrators: NIST personnel, as necessary, to operate is to extend the deadline for acceptance
Responsible for managing TLS servers its product in capability of letters of interest for participation in
and ensuring that the load balancer will demonstrations. Following successful the LTS Testing Consortium, as
be represented. demonstrations, NIST will publish a indicated in the DATES section below,
• DevOps Developer: Responsible for description of the security platform and from December 15, 2017, to January 31,
programming/configuring and managing its performance characteristics sufficient 2018.
the DevOps framework. to permit other organizations to develop DATES: Letters of interest for
• Approver: One or more participation in this LTS Testing
and deploy security platforms that meet
stakeholders who will review and Consortium will be accepted until
approve/reject certificate management the security objectives of the TLS Server
Certificate Management Building Block. January 31, 2018. LTS testing is
operations. expected to occur in May or June 2018,
• PKI Team: One or more individuals These descriptions will be public
information. Under the terms of the with a pre-event workshop in March.
who will manage the certificate Dates are subject to change, however.
management system and public/internal consortium CRADA, NIST will support
development of interfaces among ADDRESSES: Letters of interest and
CAs.
Responding organizations need to participants’ products by providing IT requests for additional information can
understand and, in their letters of infrastructure, laboratory facilities, be directed to the NIST LTS Testing
interest, commit to provide: office facilities, collaboration facilities, Consortium Manager, Nader Moayeri, of
1. Access for all participants’ project and staff support to component the Advanced Network Technologies
teams to component interfaces and the Division of NIST’s Information
composition, security platform
organization’s experts necessary to make Technology Laboratory. Nader
documentation, and demonstration
functional connections among security Moayeri’s contact information is NIST,
activities. 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8920,
platform components.
2. Support for development and The dates of the demonstration of the Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8920, USA,
demonstration of the TLS Server TLS Server Certificate Management email: nader.moayeri@nist.gov, and
Certificate Management Building Block Building Block capability will be telephone: +1 301–975–3767.
in NCCoE facilities which will be announced on the NCCoE website at FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
conducted in a manner consistent with least two weeks in advance at http:// further information regarding the terms
the following standards and guidance: nccoe.nist.gov/. The expected outcome and conditions of NIST’s CRADA,
OMB Circular A–130; FIPS 200; FIPS of the demonstration is to improve please contact Jeffrey DiVietro, CRADA
140–2; NIST Special Publications 800– security of TLS certificates and private and License Officer, NIST’s Technology
52, 800–57, 800–63–3, 800–77, 800–177; keys within the enterprise. Participating Partnerships Office, by mail to 100
NIST Framework for Improving Critical organizations will gain from the Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 2200,
Infrastructure Cybersecurity; and knowledge that their products are Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899–2200, by
internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) interoperable with other participants’ email to jeffrey.divietro@nist.gov, or by
Requests for Comments (RFCs) 2246, offerings. telephone at +1 301–975–8779.
4346, 5280 and 5246. The project will SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
For additional information on the
also be informed by two in-progress On November 1, 2017, NIST
NCCoE governance, business processes, published a Federal Register notice, 82
IETF standards draft-ietf-tls-tls13–21
The Transport Layer Security (TLS) and NCCoE operational structure, visit FR 50626, regarding the establishment
Protocol Version 1.3 and draft-ietf-acme- the NCCoE website http:// of the LTS Testing Consortium and
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acme-07 Automatic Certificate nccoe.nist.gov/. inviting organizations to participate in
Management Environment (ACME). Kevin Kimball, this Consortium. The purpose of this
Additional details about the TLS NIST Chief of Staff.
new Federal Register notice is to extend
Server Certificate Management Building the deadline for acceptance of letters of
[FR Doc. 2017–27893 Filed 12–26–17; 8:45 am]
Block are available at: https:// interest for participation in the LTS
nccoe.nist.gov/projects/building-blocks/ BILLING CODE 3510–13–P Testing Consortium from December 15,
tls-server-certificate-management. 2017 to January 31, 2018. Participants in
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the Consortium will be required to sign States, and representatives from the Fuel Quality’’ and NIST Handbook 133,
a Cooperative Research and private sector and federal agencies. ‘‘Checking the Net Contents of Packaged
Development Agreement (CRADA). These meetings bring together Goods.’’
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3710a. government officials and representatives
NCWM S&T Committee
of business, industry, trade associations,
Kevin Kimball, and consumer organizations on subjects The following items are proposals to
NIST Chief of Staff. related to the field of weights and amend NIST Handbook 44:
[FR Doc. 2017–27889 Filed 12–26–17; 8:45 am] measures technology, administration, GEN—General Code
BILLING CODE 3510–13–P and enforcement. NIST participates to
encourage cooperation between federal Item GEN–3 G–A.1. Commercial and
agencies and the states in the Law-Enforcement Equipment and G–
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE development of legal metrology S.2. Facilitation of Fraud
requirements. NIST also promotes These paragraphs currently specify
National Institute of Standards and uniformity in state laws, regulations,
Technology that all weighing and measuring
and testing procedures used in the equipment and all mechanisms,
regulatory control of commercial software, and devices that are attached
National Conference on Weights and
weighing and measuring devices, or used in conjunction therewith must
Measures Interim Meeting
packaged goods, and for other trade and be designed, constructed, assembled,
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards commerce issues. and installed for use so that they do not
and Technology, Commerce. The NCWM has established multiple facilitate the perpetration of fraud.
ACTION: Notice. committees, task groups, and other The S&T Committee will consider a
working bodies to address legal proposal that would expand the
SUMMARY: The Interim Meeting of the metrology issues of interest to regulatory application of paragraph G–A.1.
National Conference on Weights and officials, industry, consumers, and Commercial and Law-Enforcement
Measures (NCWM) will be held in St. others. The following are brief Equipment to include accessory
Pete Beach, Florida, from Sunday, descriptions of some of the significant equipment that can be used to defraud
January 21, 2018, through Wednesday, agenda items that will be considered by or collect unauthorized personal or
January 24, 2018. This notice contains some of the NCWM Committees at the financial information from a user (e.g.,
information about significant items on NCWM Interim Meeting. Comments will credit/debit card ‘‘skimmers). The
the NCWM Committee agendas but does be taken on these and other issues proposal would also expand paragraph
not include all agenda items. As a during several public comment sessions. G–S.2. Facilitation of Fraud by requiring
result, the items are not consecutively At this stage, the items are proposals. credit/debit card readers and other
numbered. This meeting also includes work devices capable of customer initiated
DATES: The meeting will be held from sessions in which the Committees may
electronic financial transactions that are
Sunday, January 21, 2018, through also accept comments, and where
used in conjunction with weighing and
Wednesday, January 24, 2018, on recommendations will be developed for
measuring equipment to: (1) Be
Sunday through Tuesday, from 8:00 consideration and possible adoption at
designed and constructed to restrict
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and on the NCWM 2018 Annual Meeting. The
access and tampering by unauthorized
Wednesday, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 Committees may withdraw or carryover
persons; and (2) include an event
p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting items that need additional development.
These notices are intended to make counter that records the date and time
schedule is available at www.ncwm.net. of access.
interested parties aware of these
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at
development projects and to make them SCL—Scales
the Sirata Beach Resort and Conference aware that reports on the status of the
Center, 5300 Gulf Boulevard, St. Pete project will be given at the Interim Item SCL–6 S.1.2.2.3. Deactivation of a
Beach, Florida 33706. Meeting. The notices are also presented ‘‘d’’ Resolution
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. to invite the participation of In 2017, the NCWM adopted a
Douglas Olson, NIST, Office of Weights manufacturers, experts, consumers, proposal requiring the value of the scale
and Measures, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop users, and others who may be interested division (d) and verification scale
2600, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–2600. in these efforts. interval (e) to be equal on Class I and
You may also contact Dr. Olson at (301) The Specifications and Tolerances Class II scales installed into commercial
975–2956 or by email at douglas.olson@ Committee (S&T Committee) will service as of January 1, 2020, when used
nist.gov. The meeting is open to the consider proposed amendments to NIST in a direct sale application (i.e., both
public, but a paid registration is Handbook 44, ‘‘Specifications, parties of a weighing transaction are
required. Please see the NCWM website Tolerances, and other Technical present when the quantity is
(www.ncwm.net) to view the meeting Requirements for Weighing and determined). The S&T Committee will
agendas, registration forms, and hotel Measuring Devices.’’ Those items now consider a new proposal that, if
reservation information. address weighing and measuring adopted, would prohibit the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: devices used in commercial deactivation of a ‘‘d’’ resolution on a
Publication of this notice on the applications, that is, devices that are Class I or II scale equipped with a value
NCWM’s behalf is undertaken as a used to buy from or sell to the public of ‘‘d’’ that differs from ‘‘e’’ if by such
public service; NIST does not endorse, or used for determining the quantity of action it causes the scale to round
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approve, or recommend any of the products or services sold among improperly.
proposals or other information businesses. Issues on the agenda of the
contained in this notice or in the NCWM Laws and Regulations Item SCL–7 S.1.8.5. Recorded
publications produced by the NCWM. Committee (L&R Committee) relate to Representations, Point of Sale Systems
The NCWM is an organization of proposals to amend NIST Handbook The S&T Committee will consider a
weights and measures officials of the 130, ‘‘Uniform Laws and Regulations in proposal requiring additional sales
states, counties, and cities of the United the area of Legal Metrology and Engine information to be recorded by cash
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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of Research Consortium Deadline Extension. | |
| Dates | Letters of interest for participation in this LTS Testing Consortium will be accepted until January 31, 2018. LTS testing is expected to occur in May or June 2018, with a pre-event workshop in March. Dates are subject to change, however. | |
| Contact | For further information regarding the terms and conditions of NIST's CRADA, please contact Jeffrey DiVietro, CRADA and License Officer, NIST's Technology Partnerships Office, by mail to 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899- 2200, by email to [email protected], or by telephone at +1 301- 975-8779. | |
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