NIST announces the publication of Special Publication (SP) 800-152, A Profile for U. S. Federal Cryptographic Key Management Systems. This document contains requirements for the design, implementation, procurement, installation, configuration, management, operation, and use of a Key Management System by U. S. Federal organizations. The Profile is based on NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-130, A Framework for Designing Cryptographic Key Management Systems (CKMS). Final comments received for final draft of SP 800-152.