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March 13-14, 2012 at NIST in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

This promises to be an important event for the digitial identity community and perhaps a milestone in progress on the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC).

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The NSTIC National Program Office at the U.S. Department of Commerce has extended the deadline for reponse to it's Notice of Inquiry (NOI) on the governance forms for the NSTIC ecosystem. The original ( http://www.nist.gov/nstic/nstic-frn-noi.pdf ) from its original date of July 22nd, 2011 to August 30th, 2011. Below is the Federal Register Notice announcing that extension. Note that the notice below specifically says that only electronic submissions will be accepted during this extended period.

There are already over 45 responses that had been received prior to the original deadline and that have been posted in PDF form at the NSTIC web site at http://www.nist.gov/nstic/governance-comments.html .

I am also advised that anyone who posted a prior response and that feels the need to ammend or update their submission can also do so during this extension period.

[Federal Register: August 16, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 158)]
[Notices]
[Page 50719]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr16au11-20]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology

[Docket No. 110524296-1455-02]

Models for a Governance Structure for the National Strategy for
Trusted Identities in Cyberspace–Extension of Due Date for Comments

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United
States Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: NIST is extending the deadline for submitting comments
regarding the governance structure for the National Strategy for
Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) to 3 p.m. Eastern Time, August
30, 2011. NIST will accept only electronic submissions during the
extended time period.

A few moments ago, the following e-mail was sent to stakeholders in the NSTIC process. Over the next several days, informal dialog and discussion services related to NSTIC Governance will be available at discuss.nstic.us Please share your views on this NOI directly with the government by July 22 and join the broader dialog online today.

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Dear NSTIC stakeholders,

As we head into our first NSTIC workshop this Thursday and Friday, we

http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2011-04-26/ensuring-trust-cyberspace

Today at noon (EDT) the Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU will have a show on ensuring trust. One guest will be Ari Schwartz of NIST and anyone can call in. You can listen in the Washington, DC area on 88.5 FM or online at http://thekojonnamdishow.org/audio-player .

"The goal of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace: to mobilize public & private sectors to work together to enhance online security and privacy, while reducing or eliminating the need to memorize multiple passwords for use on the Internet by creating a system of trusted digital identities. Some hail it as 'long overdue.' Others say it is over-reaching, and a utopian view of intervention in the Internet age that could do more harm than good."

Guests:
Ari Schwartz
Senior Internet Policy Advisor, Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Identity Finder’s Aaron Titus today published a 40-page analysis, NSTIC’s Effect on Privacy, a detailed whitepaper that examines NSTIC policy hurdles relating to privacy. The report supports the aspirations of NSTIC, but warns that success is far from assured.
If done well, an ideal NSTIC Identity Ecosystem could establish:

• High levels of identity assurance online, increasing trust between Users and service providers;
• More secure online transactions;
• Innovation and new services;
• Improved privacy and anonymity; and
• Increased convenience for Users and savings for service providers.

Through extensive analysis, Identity Finder has found that to successfully implement its visions of privacy, security, and secure identities, NSTIC must call for regulation that will:

• Hold all Identity Ecosystem Participants to legal and technical standards which implement Fair Information Practice Principles (FIPPs) and baseline privacy and security protocols.
• Create incentives for businesses to not commoditize human identity.
• Compensate for an individual