White House Set to Launch National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace

[Rodney Petersen <rpetersen () EDUCAUSE EDU>]

Please excuse the cross-posts.


The White House<http://www.whitehouse.gov> is planning to release tomorrow, Friday, April 15th, the National Strategy 
for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) at an event to be held at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C. 
You can watch a live 
webcast<http://www.uschamber.com/webcasts/release-white-houses-national-strategy-trusted-identities-cyberspace-nstic> 
of the event scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. EDT. Speakers will include Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, The White 
House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt, and other guests.

EDUCAUSE Washington Office staff will be in attendance and will provide live coverage via 
Twitter<https://twitter.com/RodneyPetersen> and will post more information to EDUCAUSE Washington 
Update<http://www.educause.edu/Policy/WashingtonUpdate> immediately following the event.

More details about NSTIC are available at www.nist.gov/nstic<http://www.nist.gov/nstic>, including an animated 
video<http://www.nist.gov/nstic/animation.html> that explains the goal of NSTIC to establish identity solutions and 
privacy-enhancing technologies that will improve the security and convenience of sensitive online transactions.
Please let me know if you have any questions.

-Rodney

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Rodney J. Petersen
Senior Government Relations Officer &
Managing Director of Washington Office
EDUCAUSE

1150 18th Street, N.W., Suite 900
Washington, D.C. 20036
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