7/22. Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) introduced S 1408 [LOC | WW | TLJ], the "Data Breach Notification Act of 2011".

In the 111th Congress, she introduced  S 139 [LOC | WW], the "Data Breach Notification Act", on January 6, 2009. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) approved it on November 5, 2009. However, the full Senate did not pass it. The companion bill in the House was HR 6236 [LOC | WW], also titled the "Data Breach Notification Act". Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduced that bill on September 28, 2010. It was referred to several committees, none of which took action on it.

Sen. Feinstein (at right) stated in the Senate on July 22 that "This bill would require that consumers be notified when their sensitive personally identifiable information has been exposed in a data breach and also that law enforcement receive notice of major breaches of data security." See, Congressional Record, July 22, 2011, at Pages S4846-7.

Citing recent breaches at Epsilon and Citibank, she said that "It is long past time for Congress to pass a national breach notification standard to ensure that when consumers' information is at risk, they know it and can take the necessary steps to protect themselves."

Sen. Feinstein also addressed preemption. She said that "under the current legal framework, businesses must comply with 46 different State laws to determine what kind of notice is necessary when a breach occurs. As long as it is not watered down, one Federal standard makes much more sense than 46 different State laws."

This bill provides that "Any agency, or business entity engaged in interstate commerce, that uses, accesses, transmits, stores, disposes of or collects sensitive personally identifiable information shall, following the discovery of a security breach of such information notify any resident of the United States whose sensitive personally identifiable information has been, or is reasonably believed to have been, accessed, or acquired."

It was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC). Sen. Feinstein is a senior member.

7/20. Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY) introduced HR 2598 [LOC | WW], the "STEM Master Teacher Corps Act", a bill to establish and authorize appropriations for a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Master Teacher Corps program. It was referred to the House Education and Workforce Committee.

This bill starts by reciting lofty goals, such as increasing the quality of STEM education in secondary schools -- particularly in schools located in high poverty areas -- and sending more students to college to study STEM fields. The bill authorizes appropriations for grants to pursue these goals.

However, the bill's stated dedication to STEM education is contradicted by its failure to include meaningful requirements for eligible STEM teachers. The bill makes special education and English language teachers eligible. The bill imposes no requirement that any funded teachers have a degree from a four year college with a major or minor in any STEM field.

This is the companion bill to S 758 [LOC | WW], the "STEM Master Teacher Corps Act of 2011", introduced on April 7, 2011, by Sen. Al Franken (D-MN), Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT), and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH). See, story titled "Senators Introduce Bill to Provide Additional Compensation to STEM Teachers" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,223, April 19, 2011.

7/22. On July 11, 2011, President Obama signed Executive Order No. 13579, titled "Regulation and Independent Regulatory Agencies".

It states that "Within 120 days of the date of this order, each independent regulatory agency should develop and release to the public a plan ... under which the agency will periodically review its existing significant regulations to determine whether any such regulations should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed so as to make the agency's regulatory program more effective or less burdensome in achieving the regulatory objectives."

Independent agencies, such as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), are independent of Presidential control. President Obama can ask for something, but not direct them to do anything.

On July 22, 2011, Cass Sunstein, Administrator of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, released a memorandum for the heads of independent regulatory agencies. It states that it provides "guidance" for independent agencies on Executive Order No. 13579.

Sunstein concedes, "nothing said here is meant to be binding".

7/19. The White House news office issued a release regarding reform of the U.S. export regulation regime. Also, the Department of Commerce (DOC) published proposed rules changes. This most recent development involves moving items from the USML to the CCL.

The executive branch is in the process of revising its outdated and burdensome regulatory regimes. There are two. Although, the goal is to end up with one. The Department of State's (DOS) Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) administers the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) which controls the export of items on the U.S. Munitions List (USML). This list includes bombs, missiles, naval vessels, chemical agents, and other things that can be used to kill people and destroy things.

The Department of Commerce's (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) administers the Commerce Control List (CCL) among other things. The DOC/BIS regulates dual use items, including things such as software, computers, and encryption products that may also have military uses. This is regulatory regime that is of particular importance to information and communications technologies companies.

This release addresses the need for reform, reviews recent developments, and describes the remarks delivered by President Obama's Chief of Staff, Richard Daley, at a July 19 event.

The release describes Daley's remarks regarding moving items from the USML to the CCL list, under a subheading of "Commerce Munitions List". The release states that "militarily less significant parts and components" will be moved.

It states that "These changes will strengthen U.S. national security by allowing the export control system to focus on controlling the most critical technologies and by enhancing the competitiveness of key sectors."

The DOC's BIS published a notice in the Federal Register on July 15, 2011, that announces, describes, recites, and sets the comment deadline for, the proposed rules changes that implement this change.

The deadline to submit comments is September 13, 2011. See, Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 136, Friday, July 15, 2011, at Pages 41958-41985.

Frank Vargo of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) stated in a release that "Manufacturers urge a continued shift away from the transaction-by-transaction licensing system that is both costly and time-consuming and dampens our ability to export."
 
He added that "Manufacturers have been calling for sweeping changes that will enhance our national security and contribute to the goal of doubling exports in five years. We look forward to working with the Administration and Congress to swiftly implement additional changes that will enhance interoperability with our allies, boost economic growth and help create manufacturing jobs."

For more on this topic, see story titled "Obama Addresses Export Control Reform Process" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,185, December 21, 2011.

7/25. The Technology Policy Institute (TPI) disclosed more speakers for its annual Aspen Forum, to be held on August 21-23, 2011, in Aspen, Colorado.

The speakers will include Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO), Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioners Robert McDowell and Mignon Clyburn, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Thomas Rosch.

The speakers will also include Mark Berejka (Department of Commerce), Chris Painter (Department of State), and Kevin Gronberg (House Homeland Security Committee staff), Paul de Sa (FCC), and Daniel Weitzner (EOP's Office of Science and Technology Policy).

The list of speakers also includes several economists, and numerous persons from the public policy, legal or government relations offices of leading information and communications technology companies.

The agenda lists panel discussion titled:

• Information and Privacy: In Search of a Data-Driven Policy
• The Internet in a Post Wikileaks, Post-Egypt World
• Cybersecurity - Public and Private Roles
• Watching the Future: The Economic Implications of Online Video
• A Discussion with Media and Telecom Leaders
• A Conversation with the Commissioners

There will also be break out sessions on:

• Antitrust
• Spectrum
• Intellectual Property
• Health and IT

The event will be held at the St. Regis Aspen Resort.

7/22. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released an order [6 pages in PDF] that adopts and ratifies a settlement agreement (which is attached to the order) between the FCC and Spectrum IVDS, LLC, which filed a petition for review of a final order of the FCC (that it had defaulted in making payment to the FCC) with the U.S. Court of Appeals (DCCir). FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, quoting Shakespeare, wrote that "all is well that ends well". He added that "Today we approve a settlement with Spectrum IVDS that will allow it to keep its license if it pays its remaining balance and can show that it will meet the Commission’s requirements for license renewal." The FCC adopted this order on July 21, 2011, and released it on July 22, 2011. It is FCC 11-115.

7/21. The American Association of Publisher (AAP) issued a release on statistical trends in books sales, including e-books. It states that total e-book sales in the first five months of 2011 totaled $389.7 Million, up from $149.8 Million in the first five months of 2010.

7/19. The Discovery Institute (DI) published a short piece titled "Why Not the PROTECT IP Act?". The author is the DI's Hance Haney. He writes that "the PROTECT IP Act is not a nefarious piece of special interest legislation. The unanimous vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee last year reflects the fact that better enforcement of intellectual property rights is in the national interest, particularly during a period of high unemployment. Ultimately, the PROTECT IP Act is about protecting jobs and private investors. Objections to the bill, including the possibility of collateral harm to "innocent" websites and catastrophe if the Internet's highly centralized domain name system unravels, seem a bit overblown." See, S 968 [LOC | WW], the "Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011", or "PROTECT IP Act".

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The House will meet at 10:00 AM for morning hour, and at 12:00 NOON for legislative business. Votes may begin as early as 1:00 PM. The agenda includes consideration under suspension of the rules of S 1103 [LOC | WW], a bill to extend the term of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Robert Mueller by two years. See, Rep. Cantor's schedule.

The Senate will meet at 2:00 PM. It will consider judicial nominations.

12:00 NOON - 1:00 PM. The Heritage Foundation (HF) will host a lecture by John Reynolds (Biola University) titled "Facebook Friends and Socialism: How Social Media Shapes Community". The HF will webcast this event. This event is free and open to the public. See, notice. Location: HF, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE.

TIME? Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke (and Ambassador to PRC nominee), U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, and others will hold a closed meeting regarding intellectual property. See, OUSTR schedule for week of July 25. Location?

EXTENDED FROM JUNE 24. Extended deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) [55 pages in PDF] regarding wireless signal boosters. The FCC adopted this item on April 5, 2011, and released the text on April 6, 2011. It is FCC 11-53 in WT Docket No. 10-4. See, original notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 90, Tuesday, May 10, 2011, at Pages 26983-26996. See also, FCC's June 20, 2011, Public Notice (DA 11-1078) and extension notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 122, Friday, June 24, 2011, at Page 37049.

EXTENDED TO AUGUST 24. Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) [55 pages in PDF] regarding wireless signal boosters. The FCC adopted this item on April 5, 2011, and released the text on April 6, 2011. It is FCC 11-53 in WT Docket No. 10-4. See, original notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 90, Tuesday, May 10, 2011, at Pages 26983-26996. See also, FCC's June 20, 2011, Public Notice (DA 11-1078) and extension notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 122, Friday, June 24, 2011, at Page 37049.

Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Public Notice (PN) [6 pages in PDF] regarding the economic impact of low power FM stations on full service commercial FM stations. The FCC released this PN on May 10, 2011. It is DA 11-756 in MB Docket No. 11-83. See also, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 97, Thursday, May 19, 2011, at Pages 28983-28986, and story titled "FCC Seeks Comments on Economic Impact of LPFM on Commercial FM" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,244, May 18, 2011.

The House will meet at 10:00 AM for morning hour, and at 12:00 NOON for legislative business. See, Rep. Cantor's schedule.

9:30 AM - 4:45 PM. The DC Bar Association will host an event titled "Legal Cybersleuth's Guide". The morning session is titled "Mastering Google and Beyond for Investigative Legal Research". The afternoon session is titled "Using Social Networking Sites for Investigative Legal Research While Avoiding Ethical Pitfalls". The speakers will be Carole Levitt and Mark Rosch (Internet for Lawyers). CLE credits. The DC Bar has a history of barring reporters from its events. For more information, call 202-626-3488. Prices vary. See, notice. Location: DC Bar, 1101 K St., NW.

9:30 AM. Joe Jarzombek (DHS's National Protection and Programs Directorate's Director for Software Assurance) will discuss software assurance and risk management, and their role in cybersecurity at an event hosted by the Washington chapters of the Society for Software Quality and the American Society for Quality. Location: MITRE Corporation, Building 2, 7515 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA.

10:00 AM. The Senate Judiciary Committee's (SJC) Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security will hold a hearing titled "The Economic Imperative for Enacting Immigration Reform". The witnesses will include Brad Smith (General Counsel of Microsoft) and Robert Greifeld (CEO of NASDAQ OMX Group). See, notice. The SJC will webcast this event. Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.

10:00 AM. The House Ways and Means Committee (HWMC) will hold a hearing titled "Tax Reform and Consumption-Based Tax Systems". See, notice. Location: Room 1100, Longworth Building.

10:00 - 11:30 AM. The Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) will host an event titled "Mobile Health: Innovations in Care & the Spectrum Challenge". The speakers will include Anand Iyer (COO-Well Doc, Inc.), Paul McRae (AT&T Emerging Healthcare Technologies), and Merrill Matthews (IPI). This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Register by contacting Erin Humiston at erin at ipi dot org or 972-874-5139. See, notice. Location: Room 2325, Rayburn Building.

11:00 AM. The House Commerce Committee's (HCC) Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing titled "Cybersecurity: An Overview of Risks to Critical Infrastructure". The witnesses will be Bobbie Stempfley (acting head of the DHS's Office of Cyber Security and Communications), Sean McGurk
(Director of the DHS's National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center), and Gregory Wilshusen (Government Accountability Office). See, notice. Location: Room 2322, Rayburn Building.

12:00 NOON - 1:30 PM. The American Bar Association (ABA) will host a webcast panel discussion titled "Now You've Encrypted Your Information -- Is Your Data Safe? Will the Encryption Safe Harbor Apply?". Prices vary. CLE credits. See, notice.

1:00 - 2:30 PM. The American Bar Association (ABA) will host a telecast panel discussion titled "Basics of Practicing Antitrust and Consumer Protection Law In High-Technology and Telecommunications Industries". The speakers will be David Wheeler (Verizon), Gil Ohana (Cisco), Emilio Varanini (California Attorney General’s Office), Adam DiVincenzo (Gibson Dunn), and Craig Falls (Dechert). No CLE credits. Free. Open to reporters. See, notice.

1:30 PM. The Tech America (TA) will host an event to release and discuss a report on cloud computing by the Commission on the Leadership Opportunity in U.S. Deployment of the Cloud. For more information, contact Stephanie Craig at 202-682-4443 or Stephanie dot craig at techamericafoundation dot org. Location: Holeman Lounge, National Press Club, 13th floor, 529 14th St., NW.

3:00 PM. There will be an event titled "BMC Software Cloud Commission Panel". For more information, contact Brad Hem at 281-543-0669 or bhem at waggeneredstrom dot com. Location: First Amendment Lounge, National Press Club, 13th floor, 529 14th St., NW.

The House will meet at 10:00 AM for morning hour, and at 12:00 NOON for legislative business. See, Rep. Cantor's schedule.

9:00 AM. Day one of a two day meeting of the Department of Commerce's (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee (ISTAC). The July 27 portion of the meeting is open to the public. The agenda includes "Wassenaar Proposals for 2012", and industry presentations on "Coherent Optical Technologies", "Graphics Processors", and "60 GHz MMIC Applications". See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 130, Thursday, July 7, 2011, at Pages 39845-39846. Location: Room 3884, DOC, 14th Street between Constitution and Pennsylvania Aves., NW.

9:00 - 10:00 AM. The American Bar Association (ABA) will host a webcast panel discussion titled "When Enforcement Cultures Collide: Best Practices for Antitrust Compliance and Investigations in Asia". The speakers will be Jennifer Chippendale (Sheppard Mullin), Yumiko Aoi (City-Yuwa Partners), Paul Jones (Jones & Co.), and Youngjin Jung (Kim & Chang). CLE credits. Free. Open to reporters. See, notice.

10:00 AM. The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (SHSGAC) will hold a hearing titled "Improving Emergency Communications". The witnesses will be Gregory Schaffer (DHS National Protection and Programs Directorate), Michael Varney (Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection), Robert McAleer (Director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency), and Charles Ramsey (Police Commissioner, Philadelphia Police Department). See, notice. Location: Room 342, Dirksen Building.

11:15 AM. Day one of a two day meeting of the House Judiciary Committee (HJC) to mark up bills. The first of four items on the agenda is HR 1981 [LOC | WW], the "Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011", a bill to mandate data retention. See, stories titled "House Crime Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Data Retention Bill", "Summary of HR 1981, Data Retention Bill", and "Summary of Existing Data Retention Mandates" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,257, July 13, 2011. The fourth item is HR 83 [LOC | WW], the "Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2011". See, story titled "House Judiciary Committee to Mark Up Data Retention and Bullying Bills" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,267, July 23, 2011. See, notice. Location: Room 2141, Rayburn Building.

1:00 PM. The House Small Business Committee (HSBC) will hold a hearing titled "Bureaucratic Obstacles for Small Exporters: Is our National Export Strategy Working?". See, notice. Location: Room 2360, Rayburn Building.

1:00 - 2:30 PM. Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) will host an event titled "Cloud Computing and Federal Data Center Consolidation Thought Leadership". The speakers will include Sen. Carper, Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA), Vivek Kundra (OMB Federal Chief Information Officer), and others from government and the private sector. See, notice. For more information, contact Emily Spain at 202-224-2441. Location: Room SVC-201, Capitol Visitor Center.

1:00 - 2:30 PM. The American Bar Association (ABA) will host a webcast panel discussion titled "Reputation Management in the Digital Age: How “Information Permanency” Affects the Way Businesses and Individuals Are Viewed by Others". The speakers will be David Bralow (Tribune Company), Margaret Holt (Chicago Tribune), Jeffrey Rosen (George Washington School of Law), and David Thompson (Munger Tolles & Olson). Prices vary. CLE credits. See, notice.

1:00 - 2:00 PM. The American Bar Association (ABA) will host a webcast and telecast panel discussion titled "60 iPhone and iPad Apps in 60 Minutes for Lawyers". The price is $195. No CLE credits. See, notice.

2:30 PM. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) will hold a hearing on five U.S. District Court nominees: Edgardo Ramos (USDC/SDNY), Andrew Carter (USDC/SDNY), Jesse Furman (USDC/SDNY), Rodney Gilstrap (USDC/EDTex), and Jennifer Zipps (USDC/DAriz). See, notice. The SJC will webcast this event. Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.

Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) [15 pages in PDF] regarding whether to make the grandfathered providers permanently eligible for universal service subsidies under the FCC's rural health care program. The FCC adopted this NPRM on June 20, 2011, and released the text on June 21, 2011. It is FCC 11-101 in WC Docket No. 02-60. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 123, Monday, June 27, 2011, at Pages 37307-37309.

Deadline to submit comments to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) regarding its proposed changes to certain patent fee amounts for FY 2012 to reflect fluctuations in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 123, Monday, June 27, 2011, at Pages 37296-37300.

The House will meet at 10:00 AM for morning hour, and at 12:00 NOON for legislative business. See, Rep. Cantor's schedule.

9:00 AM. Day one of a two day meeting of the Department of Commerce's (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee (ISTAC). The July 28 portion of the meeting is closed. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 130, Thursday, July 7, 2011, at Pages 39845-39846. Location: Room 3884, DOC, 14th Street between Constitution and Pennsylvania Aves., NW.

10:00 AM. Day one of a two day meeting of the House Judiciary Committee (HJC) to mark up bills. The first of four items on the agenda is HR 1981 [LOC | WW], the "Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011", a bill to mandate data retention. See, stories titled "House Crime Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Data Retention Bill", "Summary of HR 1981, Data Retention Bill", and "Summary of Existing Data Retention Mandates" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,257, July 13, 2011. The fourth item is HR 83 [LOC | WW], the "Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2011". See, story titled "House Judiciary Committee to Mark Up Data Retention and Bullying Bills" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,267, July 23, 2011. See, notice. Location: Room 2141, Rayburn Building.

10:00 AM - 12:00 NOON. The House Intelligence Committee (HIC) will hold a closed hearing titled "Ongoing Intelligence Activities". See, notice. Location: Room HVC-304, Capitol Building.

10:00 AM. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) will hold an executive business meeting. The agenda again includes consideration of Steve Six (to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit). The SJC will webcast this event. See, notice. Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.

12:00 NOON - 1:30 PM. The American Bar Association (ABA) will host a webcast panel discussion titled "The First Sale Doctrine After Costco and Vernor: Where Do We Go from Here?". The speakers will be Scott Bain (Software and Information Industry Association), Andrew Berger (Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt), and William Dunnegan (Dunnegan LLC). Prices vary. CLE credits. See, notice.

12:30 PM. Rep. Michelle Bachman (R-MN) will give a speech. Sold out. Prices vary. Lunch will be served. Location: Ballroom, National Press Club, 13th floor, 529 14th St., NW.

The House will meet at 9:00 AM for legislative business. See, Rep. Cantor's schedule.

8:30 AM. The Department of Commerce's (DOC) Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is scheduled to release its advance estimate of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product, 2nd Quarter 2011. See, BEA schedule.

12:15 - 1:15 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Young Lawyers Committee will host a brown bag lunch titled "A Reduced History of Telecom Regulation: From the Railroads and the Titanic to iPad Snooki". The speaker will be Dan Brenner (Hogan Lovells). For more information, contact Evan Morris at Evan dot Morris at harris dot com, Mark Brennan at Mark dot Brennan at hoganlovells dot com, or Brendan Carr at BCarr at wileyrein dot com. Location: Wiley Rein, 1776 K St., NW.

Deadline to submit comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Computer Security Division (CSD) regarding its draft SP 800-63 Revision 1 [110 pages in PDF] titled "Electronic Authentication Guideline".

Rep. Cantor's schedule for the House states that "Members are advised a weekend session is possible".

Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding the report submitted to the FCC on June 30, 2011, by the technical working group co-chaired by LightSquared and the U.S. Global Positioning System Industry Council (USGIC). See, FCC International Bureau's (IB) order dated June 30, 2011. It is DA 11-1133 in DA 11-1133. See also report, part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, and part 7.

Deadline to submit comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Computer Security Division (CSD) regarding its draft SP 800-90 A [135 pages in PDF] titled "Recommendation for Random Number Generation Using Deterministic Random Bit Generators".

Deadline to submit comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Computer Security Division (CSD) regarding its draft NIST IR-7802 [25 pages in PDF] titled "Trust Model for Security Automation Data 1.0".

Deadline to submit comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Computer Security Division (CSD) regarding its draft SP 800-126 Rev. 2 [51 pages in PDF] titled "The Technical Specification for the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP): SCAP Version 1.2".