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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 29, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 12355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4809]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Enabling a Secure Environment for Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-
to-Infrastructure Transactions Workshop; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Research and Innovative Technology Administration, U.S. 
Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice.

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    The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Intelligent 
Transportation System Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) will hold a free 
Policy Research Workshop on Enabling a Secure Environment for Vehicle-
to-Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) Transactions on 
April 19-20, 2012, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Capital Hilton, 1001 16th 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20036, 202-393-1000. This two-day workshop 
will give participants an opportunity to learn about and provide input 
into research being conducted on potential organizational and business 
models for supporting security and data transaction needs for V2V and 
V2I crash avoidance and other applications. The workshop takes place 
mid-point for two related research efforts and will be structured 
primarily around breakout sessions for discussing critical issues and 
obtaining participant feedback. Final results of this research will be 
presented in August 2012 during the annual Connected Vehicle Safety 
public meeting and via other publicly available forums and on the ITS 
JPO Web site.
    Persons planning to attend the workshop should register online no 
later than April 13, 2012 at http://www.itsa.org/policyworkshop. For 
additional questions, please contact Adam Hopps at Ahopps@ITSA.org.

About the Connected Vehicle Secure Environment

    Establishing a secure trust environment among vehicles and other 
legitimate equipment is a key challenge for V2V and V2I crash avoidance 
and other applications. Currently a public key infrastructure approach 
to security involving the exchange of digital certificates among 
legitimate trusted vehicles and/or equipment is being analyzed and 
tested. USDOT's Connected Vehicle Policy Research Program is concerned 
with defining requirements to implement such a system on a national 
scale, including such questions as:
     What are the functional requirements for certificate 
exchange and other processes?
     What communications links and networks could support these 
requirements?
     What are the organizational requirements for supporting 
back end processes?
     What are estimated costs for supporting these 
requirements?
     What are potential business models for supporting such a 
network, to attract users and revenue to finance such a system?
     What do different approaches imply, in terms of potential 
levels of security protection?
     What do different ownership options imply?
     How could the certificate management system be rolled out 
across the nation over time?
     Are there opportunities to integrate needed functions into 
existing systems or organizations?

    Issued in Washington, DC, on the 22th day of February 2012.
John Augustine,
Managing Director, ITS Joint Program Office.
[FR Doc. 2012-4809 Filed 2-28-12; 8:45 am]
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