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October 2014 VCAT Meeting Agenda
AGENDA
VISITING COMMITTEE ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Boulder, CO
Tuesday-Wednesday, October 7-8, 2014
ALL VISITORS MUST PRE-REGISTER.
Contact stephanie.shaw [at] nist.gov (Stephanie Shaw) by September 30, 2014
| Tuesday, October 7, 2014 | |
| Overview and Safety | |
| 12:00-12:10 | Call to Order Tony Haymet, VCAT Chair |
| 12:10-1:10 | NIST Update and Agenda Review Willie E. May, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Acting NIST Director |
| 1:10-1:30 | Discussion |
| 1:30-1:55 | Safety Update Richard Kayser, Chief Safety Officer |
| 1:55-2:10 | Discussion |
| Cryptographic Review | |
| 2:10-2:40 | NIST's Response to VCAT Recommendations, Anticipated Actions Chuck Romine, Director, Information Technology Laboratory |
| 2:40-3:00 | Discussion |
| 3:00-3:15 | Break |
| Disaster Resilience Plan | |
| 3:15-3:30 | Context Setting, Reminder of Issue, Ask of VCAT Willie E. May, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Acting NIST Director |
| 3:30-4:30 | Overview of Disaster Resilience Plan Changes, Framework, and Community Resilience Center of Excellence Jason Averill, Acting Division Chief, Materials and Structural Systems Division, Engineering Laboratory Howard Harary, Acting Director of Engineering Laboratory |
| 4:30-4:50 | Discussion |
| Healthy NIST: Recruiting, Training, and Retaining Scientific and Technical Talent | |
| 4:50-5:00 | Context Setting, Ask of VCAT Willie E. May, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Acting NIST Director |
| 5:00-6:00 | Current Landscape: NIST Scientific Personnel Trends and Demographics; Existing Personnel Authorities and Policies; Existing Authorities of Other Scientific Agencies Susanne Porch, Director, Office of Human Resource Management |
| 6:00-6:15 | Discussion |
| Wednesday, October 8, 2014 | |
| Advanced Communications | |
| 8:30-8:40 | Context Setting, Ask of VCAT Willie May |
| 8:40-9:25 | NIST's Programmatic Approach to Advanced Communications Kent Rochford, Director, Communications Technology Laboratory |
| 9:25-9:40 | Discussion |
| 9:40-10:00 | National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) Programmatic Approach to Advanced Communications Eric D. Nelson, NTIA Institute for Telecommunication Sciences |
| 10:00-10:10 | Discussion |
| 10:10-11:00 | Stakeholder Perspective Sue Swenson, Chair, First Responder Network Authority Board of Directors Tom Taylor, Department of Defense |
| 11:00-11:15 | Discussion |
| 11:15-11:30 | Break |
| Close and Administrative Business | |
| 11:30-12:00 | Public Comment |
| 12:00-12:30 | Wrap-up and Adjourn Tony Haymet, VCAT Chair |
Created August 29, 2014, Updated September 9, 2021