October 2009 VCAT Meeting Agenda

AGENDA for Members and NLB
VISITING COMMITTEE ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY (VCAT)
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Boulder, CO
October 14-15, 2009
Building 1, Room 1107
(Video Teleconference to Gaithersburg, Building 101, Employees Lounge)

ALL VISITORS MUST PRE-REGISTER TO BE ADMITTED
Contact Stephanie Shaw (stephanie.shaw [at] nist.gov (stephanie[dot]shaw[at]nist[dot]gov)) by October 5, 2009

Theme: NIST's Laboratory Programs and their Importance to Documentary Standards Development and Implementation.

The purpose of this meeting is to continue to examine the NIST role in documentary standards and explore the interplay between this role and the laboratory programs. Based on discussions at the June VCAT meeting, this meeting will focus on cybersecurity. NIST has the specific statutory role to coordinate the use by Federal agencies of private-sector documentary standards. This coordination role and the important link between NIST's laboratory programs and the successful development of documentary standards need to be better understood by NIST stakeholders.

Key questions for the VCAT:

• What aspects of NIST's federal coordination role best leverage the technical capabilities of the NIST laboratories?
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• How could NIST enhance its support of other Federal agencies in meeting U.S. Government needs for voluntary consensus standards? 
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• NIST's role in standards coordination has been elevated and become a priority in a number of areas (Smart Grid, Health Care IT, Cybersecurity). How should this change shape planning and priority setting efforts for the NIST laboratory programs?
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