Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 225 / Tuesday, November 23, 2004 / Notices 68129

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Barker, Computer Security 

Division, National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 

20899–8930, telephone (301) 975–8443, 

e-mail: william.barker@nist.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

27, 2004, the President signed 

Homeland Security Presidential 

Directive (HSPD) Number 12 that 

directed the Secretary of Commerce to 

promulgate a Federal Standard by 

February 27, 2005, that assures secure 

and reliable forms of identification of 

Federal and Federal contractor 

employees. In response, the NIST 

Computer Security Division has 

initiated development of this standard. 

The principal requirements of HSPD 

Number 12 are to create a secure and 

reliable automated system that may be 

used Government-wide to: (1) Establish 

the authentic true identity of an 

individual; (2) issue an identity 

credential token to each authenticated 

individual containing an ‘‘electronic 

representation’’ of the identity and the 

person to whom it is issued which can 

later be verified using appropriate 

technical means when access to a secure 

Federal facility or information system is 

requested; (3) provide graduated criteria 

that provide appropriate levels of 

assurance and security to the 

application; (4) be strongly resistant to 

identity fraud, counterfeiting, and 

exploitation by individuals, terrorist 

organizations, or conspiracy groups; (5) 

initiate development and use of 

interoperable automated systems 

meeting these requirements. 

To meet these requirements, the draft 

FIPS proposes (1) a credential issuance 

process that relies upon identity 

documentation supplemented by record 

checking; (2) specifications for storage 

of biometric information on the identity 

credential; (3) use of existing graduated 

criteria for employee position sensitivity 

and physical/logical access levels; (4) 

security controls to counter fraud and 

exploitation; and (5) information to 

facilitate agency establishment of realtime credential validity checking and 

integration of the new credential into 

physical and logical access systems. 

Under the requirements of HSPD 

Number 12, the standard must be 

promulgated by February 27, 2005. 

NIST anticipates that the initial 

standard will be augmented over the 

course of two to three years as 

additional supporting technical 

guidelines, recommendations, reference 

implementations, and conformance tests 

are developed.

Authority: NIST’s activities to develop 

computer security standards to protect 

Federal non-national security systems is 

undertaken pursuant to specific 

responsibilities assigned to NIST in the 

Federal Information Security Management 

Act of 2002. In addition, development of 

FIPS 201 is being undertaken in response to 

Homeland Security Presidential Directive 

Number 12.

Dated: November 18, 2004. 

Richard F. Kayser, 

Acting Deputy Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Visiting Committee on Advanced 

Technology

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology Department of 

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of partially closed 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 

2, notice is hereby given that the 

Visiting Committee on Advanced 

Technology (VCAT), National Institute 

of Standards and Technology (NIST), 

will meet Tuesday, December 7, 2004, 

from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Visiting 

Committee on Advanced Technology is 

composed of fifteen members appointed 

by the Director of NIST; who are 

eminent in such fields as business, 

research, new product development, 

engineering, labor, education, 

management consulting, environment, 

and international relations. The purpose 

of this meeting is to review and make 

recommendations regarding general 

policy for the Institute, its organization, 

its budget, and its programs within the 

framework of applicable national 

policies as set forth by the President and 

the Congress. The agenda will include 

an update on NIST’s activities; a 

preview of a new NIST overview; a 

VCAT member’s presentation on 

managing organizations with remote 

sites; an update on outreach strategy; an 

update on the Manufacturing Extension 

Partnership Program; and updates from 

the Fall Senior Management Board 

Strategy Retreat. Two laboratory tours 

are scheduled. Discussions scheduled to 

begin at 8:15 a.m. and to end at 9 a.m. 

on December 7, on the NIST budget and 

planning information will be closed. 

Agenda may change to accommodate 

Committee business. The final agenda 

will be posted on the NIST Web site. All 

visitors to the National Institute of 

Standards and Technology site will 

have to pre-register to be admitted. 

Please submit your name, time of 

arrival, e-mail address and phone 

number to Carolyn Peters no later than 

Thursday, December 2, 2004, and she 

will provide you with instructions for 

admittance. Mrs. Peter’s e-mail address 

is carolyn.peters@nist.gov and her 

phone number is (301) 975–5607.

DATES: The meeting will convene on 

December 7 at 8:15 a.m. and will 

adjourn at 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Employees Lounge, Administration 

Building, at NIST, Gaithersburg, 

Maryland. Please note admittance 

instructions under SUMMARY paragraph.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carolyn J. Peters, Visiting Committee on 

Advanced Technology, National 

Institute of Standards and Technology, 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899–1000, 

telephone number (301) 975–5607.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Assistant Secretary for Administration, 

with the concurrence of the General 

Counsel, formally determined on 

December 24, 2003, that portions of the 

meeting of the Visiting Committee on 

Advanced Technology which deal with 

discussion of sensitive budget and 

planning information that would cause 

harm to third parties if publicly shared 

be closed in accordance with section 

10(d) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2.

Dated: November 18, 2004. 

Hratch G. Semerjian, 

Acting Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

[I.D. 111804B]

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) and its 

Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) 

Reauthorization Committee; its 

Ecosystem Committee; and, its 

Executive Committee will hold public 

meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on 

Tuesday, December 7, 2004 through