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

The Technical Advisory Committee to Develop a Federal Information Processing Standard for the Federal Key Management Infrastructure was established by the Department of Commerce in July, 1996. The Committee, which was formally chartered on July 24, 1996, held its first meeting on December 5-6, 1996.  Its final meeting was held November 17-19, 1998.
 

Public Comments from TAC Report

Public Comments were solicited by NIST in July 1999 (see request for comments) on the final TAC report (.pdf version). Comments were due November 4, 1999 and are available here.

 

Meeting Dates

-NONE-

Final Report

Posted: February 2, 1999
tacletter.pdf (167,133 bytes)
Posted: January 29, 1999
finalrpt.pdf  (427,369 bytes)

 

Meeting Announcements - - Notices

October 1998 Federal Register Notice regarding November 17-19, 1998 Meeting notice98-11.txt
September 1998 Federal Register Notice regarding September 22-24, 1998 Meeting notice9809.txt
May 1998 Federal Register Notice regarding June 17-19, 1998 Meeting notice980617.txt
April 1998 Federal Register Notice regarding April 22-23, 1998 Meeting notice980417.txt
February 1998 Federal Register Notice regarding February 25-26, 1998 Meeting notice980126.txt
May 1997 Federal Register Notice regarding June 18-19, 1997 Meeting notice971212.txt
November 1997 Federal Register Notice regarding December 17-18, 1997 Meeting notice971208.txt
September 1997 Federal Register Notice regarding October 15-16, 1997 Meeting notice971015.txt
August 1997 Federal Register Notice regarding August 27-28, 1997 Meeting notice970827.txt
April 1997 Federal Register Notice regarding April 23-24, 1997 Meeting notice970423.txt
February 1997 Federal Register Notice regarding February 19-20, 1997 Meeting notice970219.txt
November 1996 First Meeting Announced firstmtg.txt

Meeting Minutes

November 1998 Minutes of the November 17-19, 1998 Meeting minutes9811.txt [6014 bytes]
September 1998 Minutes of the September 22-24, 1998 Meeting minutes9809.txt [7745 bytes]
June 1998 Minutes of the June 1998 Meeting minutes9806.txt [6561 bytes]
April 1998 Minutes of the April 22-23, 1998 Meeting minutes9804.txt [13658 bytes]
February 1998 Minutes of the February 25-26, 1998 Meeting minutes9802.txt [10668 bytes]
December 1997 Minutes of the December 17-18, 1997 Meeting minutes9712.txt [16152 bytes]
October 1997 Minutes of the October 15-16 1997 Meeting minutes9710.txt [9999 bytes]
August 1997 Minutes of the August 27-29, 1997 Meeting minutes9708.txt [3171 bytes]
June 1997 Minutes of the June 18-19, 1997 Meeting minutes9706.txt [8652 bytes]
April 1997 Minutes of the April 23-24, 1997 Meeting minutes9704.txt [6686 bytes]
February 1997 Minutes of the February 19-20, 1997 Meeting minutes9702.txt [25556 bytes]
December 1996 Minutes of the December 5-6, 1996 Meeting minutes9612.txt [11422 bytes]

Establishment/Mission Documents

August 1998 Updated TACDFIPSFKMI Charter (1998) new-charter.txt
August 1998 August 1998 Notice of Renewal Federal-Register.txt
December 1998 Membership List (1996-1998) members.txt [1034 bytes]
December 1998 Federal Liaisons (1996-1998) list liaisons.txt [1402 bytes]
January 1997 Opening Address by Mary L. Good, Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology openingaddress.txt [9250 bytes]
December 1996 Draft Charge Statement draftcharge.txt [5811 bytes]
July 1996 Federal Register Announcement of Committee Establishment kmi.txt [1768 bytes]

Meeting Agendas

November 1998 November 17-19, 1998:  Meeting Agenda agenda9811.txt [3613 bytes]
September 1998 September 22-24, 1998:  Meeting Agenda agenda9809.txt [835 bytes]
May 1998 June 17-19, 1998:  Meeting Agenda agenda9806.txt [908 bytes]
April 1998 April 22-23, 1998:  Meeting Agenda agenda9804.txt [813 bytes]
February 1998 February 25-26, 1998:  Meeting Agenda agenda9802.txt [1218 bytes]
December 1997 December 17-18, 1997:  Meeting Agenda agenda9712.txt [1465 bytes]
October 1997 October 15 - 16, 1997:  Meeting Agenda agenda9710.txt [1071 bytes]
August 1997 August 27-28, 1997:  Meeting Agenda agenda9708.txt [1287 bytes]
June 1997 June 18-19, 1997:  Meeting Agenda agenda9706.txt [1060 bytes]
April 1997 April 23-24, 1997:  Meeting Agenda agenda9704.txt [1600 bytes]
February 1997 February 19-20, 1997:  Meeting Agenda agenda9702.txt [3315 bytes]
December 1996 December 5-6, 1996:  First Meeting Agenda agenda9612.txt [1779 bytes]

Materials from November 1998 Meeting

 
October 1998 TAC Report-Recommendation (11-98) with tracking TACrpt-track.doc  (Word '97) 
TACrpt-track6.doc  (Word '95 / version 6) 
TACrpt-track.pdf   (Adobe Acrobat Reader)
October 1998 TAC Report-Recommendation (11-98) NO tracking TACrpt-notrack.doc  (Word '97) 
TACrpt-notrack6.doc  (Word '95 / version 6) 
TACrpt-notrack.PDF   (Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Materials from September 1998 Meeting

 
October 1998 Draft document as of COB 9-24 COBdraft97.doc (MS Word '97) 
COBdraft95.doc (MS Word '95) 
COBdraft.PDF  (PDF version)
September 1998 Thank you Letter for submitting Requirements for Key Recovery Products from William M. Daley letter_150_crop.jpg (large print) 
letter_72_640x480.jpg (regular print)
August 1998 Draft Assembled Document (MS Word '97) TACReport-Recommend.doc
August 1998 Draft Assembled Document (MS Word 6) TAC-Recommend.doc
August 1998 Draft Assembled Document (ASCII text) TACReport-Recommend.txt
September 1998 Table of KR Requirements (Adobe Reader, .PDF) KRtable.PDF
August 1998 Table of KR Requirements (MS Word '97) KRtable97.doc
August 1998 Table of KR Requirements (MS Word 6) KRtable6.doc

Materials from June 1998 Meeting

 
June 1998 Revised Cover Letter (6/19/98) revisedcover.txt
June 1998 Revised Assembled Document (6/19/98) (MS Word '97) revisedFIPS9806.doc
June 1998 Discussion Draft Cover Letter cover.txt
June 1998 Draft Assembled Document (MS Word '97) Original FIPS698_Word97.doc
June 1998 Draft Assembled Document (MS Word 6 / '95) FIPS698_Word95.doc
June 1998 Draft Assembled Document text format FIPS698.txt

Materials from April 1998 Meeting

April 1998 Draft Assembled Document KeyRecovery-Standard.doc
April 1998 Working Group #5 Draft WG5-0498.doc
April 1998 Responses to TAC Questions Q&As.doc
May 1998 TAC Timeline TAC-Time.txt

Materials from February 1998 Meeting

February 1998 General Overview Overview.txt
Overview1.doc
February 1998 Announcement section announcement.txt
Announcement.doc
February 1998 Interoperability Section interoperability.txt
interoperability.doc
February 1998 Working Group #2 section WG2-0298.txt
WG2-0298.doc
February 1998 Working Group #5 section WG5-0298.txt
WG5-0298.doc
February 1998 Working Group #8 section WG8-0298.txt
WG8-0298.doc
February 1998 KMI Policies (appendix) kmi-policies4.txt
kmi-policies4.doc

Materials from December 1997 Meeting

December 1997 Overview Documents Overview.doc
December 1997 Working Group 1 Draft Section WG1-1297.doc
December 1997 Working Group 2 Draft Section WG2-1297.rtf
December 1997 Working Group 5 Draft Section  WG5-1297.doc
December 1997 Working Group 8 Draft Section WG8-1297.rtf
December 1997 M. Bohannon Presentation to the TAC MarkB_1297.ppt

Materials from October 1997 Meeting

October 1997 Working Group 1 Draft Section (Overview) WG1-1097.doc
WG1-1097.txt
October 1997 Working Group 2 Draft Section (Security) WG2-1097.rtf
WG2-1097.txt
October 1997 Working Group 2 Draft Section (Security) Briefing TAC97-10.ppt
October 1997 Working Group 5 Draft Section (Interoperability) WG5-1097.doc
WG5-1097.txt
WG5-1097.ppt
October 1997 Working Group 8 Draft Section (Documentation and Assurance) WG8-1097.doc
WG8-1097.txt

 

Materials from August 1997 Meeting

September 1997 Draft FIPS Announcement Section Announcement.doc
September 1997 Draft Model Diagrams figs-KR3.doc
September 1997 Working Group 1 Draft Section (Model) WG1.doc
September 1997 Working Group 2 Draft Section (Security) WG2.rtf
September 1997 Working Group 5 Draft Section (Interoperability) WG5.doc
September 1997 Working Group 8 Draft Section (Documentation and Assurance) WG8.rtf

Materials From June 1997 Meeting

June 1997 Interoperability WG report in MS-PowerPoint iwg9706.ppt [37376 bytes]

 

Materials From April 1997 Meeting

April 1997 WG2 Briefing in MS-PowerPoint april-23.ppt [56000 bytes]
April 1997 GITS Key Recovery Demonstration Project http://gits-sec.treas.gov/krdp.htm
April 1997 Interoperability WG report in MS-PowerPoint interop1.ppt [49152 bytes]

Glossary References