[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13984-13985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6034]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop III
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public workshop.
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SUMMARY: NIST announces the Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop III to be
held on April 7 and 8, 2011. The event will include keynotes from the
U.S. Chief Information Officer, NIST Under Secretary of Commerce for
Standards and Technology, and other key federal officials. This
workshop will provide information on the NIST strategic and tactical
Cloud Computing program, including progress on the NIST efforts to
advance open standards in interoperability, portability and security in
cloud computing. The goals of this workshop are to present updates on:
The NIST U.S. Government (USG) Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap; a
series of high-value target U.S. Government Agency Cloud Computing
Business Use Cases; a first version of a neutral cloud computing
reference architecture and taxonomy; the NIST Standards Roadmap and the
Standards Acceleration to Jumpstart the Adoption of Cloud Computing
(SAJACC) process; and progress by the NIST Cloud Computing Security
working group. The event will also include panels focusing on Cloud
Computing across the Federal landscape as well as broad private sector
topics.
DATES: The Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop III will be held April 7
and 8, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The event will be held at the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 in
the Red Auditorium of the Administration Building, Building 101. All
visitors to the NIST site are required to pre-register to be admitted
and have appropriate government-issued photo ID to gain entry to NIST.
Anyone wishing to attend this meeting must register at http://www.nist.gov/itl/cloud/cloudworkshopiii.cfm by close of business
Monday, March 28, 2011, in order to attend.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact Robert
Bohn by e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at (301) 975-4500.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 20, 2010, NIST hosted the first Cloud
Computing Forum & Workshop. The purpose of that initial workshop was to
respond to the request of the Federal Chief Information Officer to NIST
to lead Federal efforts on standards for data portability, cloud
interoperability, and security. The workshop's goals were to initiate
engagement with industry to accelerate the development of cloud
standards for interoperability, portability, and security; introduce
NIST Cloud Computing efforts; and discuss the Federal Government's
experience with cloud computing.
The purpose of the second Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop II, on
November 4 and 5, 2010, was to report on the status of the efforts and
to socialize the NIST strategy to collaboratively develop a Cloud
Computing Roadmap among multiple Federal and industrial stakeholders,
and to advance a dialogue between these groups. Panel discussions
considered the roles of standard organizations and ad-hoc standards in
the cloud; need and use of a reference architecture to support cloud
adoption; key cloud computing issues and proposed solutions; security
in the cloud; and international aspects of cloud computing. Breakout
sessions on the following day, November 5, actively engaged
stakeholders, discussed these issues, and developed a series of next
steps for the effort in cloud computing standards. NIST led and stake-
holder driven working groups in Standards, Security, Reference
Architecture and Taxonomy, Target USG Agency Business Use Cases and
SAJACC were formed.
The purpose of the Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop III is to
elaborate on the progress of the NIST USG Cloud Computing Technology
Roadmap through the activities of the NIST led, stake-holder driven
working groups that were formed during the November 2010 event. The
progress of these groups will be presented over a two-day span. Panel
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discussions relating to their applicability to the USG need, strategy
and next steps will be held.
Dated: March 8, 2011.
Charles H. Romine,
Acting Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-6034 Filed 3-14-11; 8:45 am]
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