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the NRC report on National Cryptography Policy



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> From crypto@nas.edu Fri May 24 14:55:15 1996
> Date: Fri, 24 May 96 15:41:00 EST
> From: "CRYPTO" <crypto@nas.edu>
> Encoding: 47 Text
> Message-Id: <9604248329.AA832977999@nas.edu>
> To: crypto@nas.edu
> Subject: the NRC report on National Cryptography Policy
> 
> 
>      Please post widely.
> 
>      To whom it may concern:
> 
>      The Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) of the
>      National Research Council (NRC) has completed a congressionally
>      mandated study of national cryptography policy.  The final report,
>      Cryptography's Role in Securing the Information Society, will be
>      released to the public on May 30, 1996 at a public briefing.  A large
>      number of the authoring committee members will attend.
> 
>      The public briefing will take place in the Main Lounge of the National
>      Press Club, 14th and F Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C., from 1:00 PM
>      to 3:00 PM, on Thursday, May 30, 1996. Committee members will respond
>      to questions from attendees, and a limited number of pre-publication
>      copies of the report will be available at that time.  By the close of
>      business on May 30, a summary of the report will be made available
>      through http://www2.nas.edu/cstbweb; the full publication will be made
>      available when final printed copies of the book are available
>      (probably around the beginning of August).
> 
>      The committee also intends to conduct a second public briefing on the
>      report in
>      Menlo Park, California at SRI International.  The briefing will be
>      held in the Auditorium of the International Building from 10 to 11 am
>      on  Wednesday, June.5.  The address is 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo
>      Park, California, 94025.  For more information about the briefing at
>      SRI, contact Alice Galloway at 415-859-2711
>      (alice_galloway@qm.sri.com).
> 
>      If you have suggestions about other places that the committee should
>      offer a public briefing, please let me know (crypto@nas.edu or
>      202-334-2605).
> 
>      If you wish to be kept informed of various other public activities
>      regarding dissemination of this report, you can sign up for an e-mail
>      list by visiting the web page
>      http://www2.nas.edu/cstbweb/notifyme.html.
> 
>      I apologize to you for the short notice on this invitation, but hope
>      that you will be able to attend.
> 
>                        Herb Lin
>                        Senior Staff Officer
>                        Study Director
>                        CSTB/NRC Study of National Cryptography Policy
> 

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