Following is the Federal Register announcement for the February 19-20
meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee to Develop a Federal Information
Processing Standard for the Federal Key Management Infrastructure (published
on Feb. 4, 1997):

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U.S. Department of Commerce

Technical Advisory Committee to Develop a Federal Information Processing
Standard for the Federal Key Management Infrastructure

Agency: Technology Administration, Commerce

Action:  Notice of open meeting.

Summary:  Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.,
notice is hereby given that the Technical Advisory Committee to Develop a
Federal Information Processing Standard for the Federal Key Management
Infrastructure will hold a meeting on February 19-20, 1997.  The Technical
Advisory Committee to Develop a Federal Information Processing Standard for
the Federal Key Management Infrastructure was established by the Secretary
of Commerce to provide industry advice to the Department on encryption key
recovery for the federal government.  All sessions will be open to the public.

Dates:  The meeting will be held on February 19 and 20 from 9:00 a.m. to
6:00 p.m.

Address:  The meeting will take place at the Sheraton Hotel at 2500 Mason
Street, San Francisco, California. 

For further information contact:  Edward Roback, Committee Secretary and
Designated Federal Official, Computer Security Division, National Institute
of Standards and Technology, Building 820, Room 426, Gaithersburg, Maryland,
20899; telephone 301-975-3696.  Please do not call the conference facility
regarding details of this meeting.

Supplementary Information:  

1.  Agenda:

February 19, 1997

Opening Remarks
Chairperson's Remarks
News Updates
Status Update of Working Group Formation and Activities
Federal Agency Requirements/Perspectives Briefings
Foreign Government Perspectives

February 20, 1997

Intellectual Property Briefing
Federal Standards Background Briefing
Discussion of Requirements
Working Group Issues/Activities
Public Participation
Plans for Next Meeting
Closing Remarks

Note that the items in this agenda are tentative and subject to change due
to logistics and speaker availability.

2.  Public Participation:  The Committee meeting will include a period of
time, not to exceed thirty minutes, for oral comments from the public.  Each
speaker will be limited to five minutes.  Members of the public who are
interested in speaking are asked to contact the individual identified in the
"for further information" section.  In addition, written statements are
invited and may be submitted to the Committee at any time.  Written comments
should be directed to the Technical Advisory Committee to Develop a Federal
Information Processing Standard for the Federal Key Management
Infrastructure, Building 820, Room 426, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899.  It would be appreciated if sixty
copies could be submitted for distribution to the Committee and other
meeting attendees.  

3.  Additional information regarding the Committee is available at its world
wide web homepage at: http://csrc.nist.gov/tacdfipsfkmi/  . 

4.  Should this meeting be canceled, a notice to that effect will be
published in the Federal Register and a similar notice placed on the
Committee's electronic homepage. 

Mark Bohannon
Chief Counsel for Technology