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InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
INCITS Secretariat, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
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Telephone 202-737-8888; Fax 202-638-4922;
Email: incits@itic.org

Date: August 9, 2004
Replaces:
 in040977
Reply to: Jennifer Garner
Phone: (202) 626-5737
Email: jgarner@itic.org










Status of Action Items from the July 20-21, 2004 Meeting of the INCITS Standards Development Board



Action Items Previously Assigned to the INCITS Executive Board
  1. The INCITS Secretariat will request that TC Chairmen provide a list of withdrawn standards they would like to make available. Identified T10 and T11 Standards will serve as the test case. The Secretariat will work with ITI legal counsel to ensure the appropriate disclaimers and legal warnings, as well as IP issues, are addressed and incorporated in the documentation. The Secretariat will post the list of withdrawn standards on the INCITS web site including information on how to obtain them. The Secretariat will contact ANSI to determine whether or not there are procedural/accreditation impediments to making withdrawn standards available. (Agenda Item 8.2, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)

    Action Items Assigned at the April 2004 INCITS Standards Development Board Meeting

  2. The INCITS Secretariat will assist the V2 officers in drafting a recommendation on automatic abstentions for all SC 35 projects not originating from WG 6.  (Agenda Item 4.2, April 2004 SDB meeting)

    Action Items Assigned at the July 2004 INCITS Standards Development Board Meeting

  3. The J16 Chairman volunteered to reconcile his membership list with the list of paid J16 members provided by INCITS Secretariat.  Unpaid members will be removed from the J16 reflector.  (Agenda Item 3.1.4, July 2004 SDB meeting)

  4. The INCITS Secretariat will request that the T6 Chair provide the results of the August 2004 T6 meeting discussion on a possible merger with T20 for consideration at September 2004 SDB meeting.  (Agenda Item 3.2.2, July 2004 SDB meeting)

  5. The INCITS Secretariat will poll members of T20 to determine if they would prefer a friendly merger with T6 (ongoing voting membership transferred) to having T20 be disbanded (with standards being withdrawn or maintenance transferred to another body).  (Agenda Item 3.2.2, July 2004 SDB meeting)

  6. An agenda item addressing the disposition of T20 will be posted for action at the September 2004 SDB meeting.  (Agenda Item 3.2.2, July 2004 SDB meeting)

  7. Dr. Deutsch, the SDB Liaison to L3, will notify the L3 Chairman (Mr. Rubinfeld) that in the event that he has not received the required INCITS Subgroup officer training prior to the September 2004 SDB meeting, his officer status will be addressed by the Executive Board.  (Agenda Item 3.2.3, July 2004 SDB meeting) - DONE - in041078

  8. The INCITS Secretariat will notify the T3 International Representative (Mr. Rutt) that in the event that he has not received the required INCITS Subgroup officer training prior to the September 2004 SDB meeting, his officer status will be addressed by the Executive Board.  (Agenda Item 3.2.3, July 2004 SDB meeting) - DONE - in041074

  9. The INCITS Secretariat will update the SDB Liaison assignments based upon changes made at the July 2004 SDB meeting.  (Agenda Item 3.4, July 2004 SDB meeting)

  10. The INCITS Secretariat will update the Seven-Year JTC 1/SC Plenary Hosting Calendar to correctly refer to V1, rather than V2, in conjunction with the 2004 SC 34 Plenary.  (Agenda Item 5.1, July 2004 SDB meeting)

  11. Mr. Michael, the SDB Liaison to V1, will contact the V1 Chairman to remind him of the requirement to submit hosting documentation (no later than August  20, 2004) for the November 2004 SC 34 Plenary for INCITS approval.  (Agenda Item 5.2, July 2004 SDB meeting)  

  12. Mr. Ksar, the SDB Liaison to V36, will contact the V36 Chairman to remind him of the requirement to submit hosting documentation (no later than December 1, 2004) for the September 2005 SC 36 Plenary for INCITS approval.  (Agenda Item 5.3, July 2004 SDB meeting)

  13. Mr. Zimmerman agreed to report back at September SDB meeting on the status of the Department of Homeland Security's plans for testing and certification.  (Agenda Item 6.1, July 2004 SDB meeting)

  14. The INCITS Secretariat will contact the ISO/TC 37 TAG Administrator to request the establishment of a liaison between the INCITS SDB and the ISO/TC 37 TAG.  (Agenda Item 6.1, July 2004 SDB meeting)

  15. The INCITS Secretariat is requested to notify the M1 Chairmen that IEEE and INCITS areas/projects of potential collaboration have been identified by the INCITS Liaison with the IEEE-SA (in040823).  (Agenda Item 6.4, July 2004 SDB meeting)

  16. The SDB Ad Hoc on DTR 15440 will prepare the  proposed US vote and comments on DTR 15440 for consideration at the September 2004 SDB meeting.  (Agenda Item 7.7.1, July 2004 SDB meeting)

  17. The SDB Ad Hoc on DTR 19764 will prepare the  proposed US vote and comments on DTR 19764 for consideration at the September 2004 SDB meeting.  (Agenda Item 7.7.2, July 2004 SDB meeting)

  18. The INCITS Secretariat will contact Dr. Elliott to see if Purdue University is still interested in pursuing Cyber Forensics standardization within INCITS, and if so, will Purdue be prepared to have presentation ready for consideration at September 2004 SDB meeting.  (Agenda Item 8.2.1, July 2004 SDB meeting)

  19. Mr. Morris will contact Mr. Hogan to determine whether or not NIST is interested in pursing Cyber Forensics standardization within INCITS, and if so, will NIST be prepared to have presentation ready for consideration at September 2004 SDB meeting.  (Agenda Item 8.2.1, July 2004 SDB meeting)

  20. The INCITS SDB Ad Hoc on Item Authentication will prepare, by August 27, 2004, a new work item proposal based upon the WeTrak white paper, identify parties of interest, and develop a proposal for placement of the work in the INCITS program for consideration at the September 2004 SDB meeting.  (Agenda Item 9.3, July 2004 SDB meeting)

  21. The INCITS SDB Ad Hoc on Electronic Balloting will report at the September 2004 SDB meeting on its findings.  (Agenda Item 9.4, July 2004 SDB meeting)

  22. The fast track process flow charts will be incorporated into the flow charts prepared by Mr. Gaskill.  (Agenda Item 9.5, July 2004 SDB meeting)

  23. The INCITS Secretariat will prepare the Standards Development Board request and recommendations for consideration at the July 2004 INCITS Executive Board meeting.  (Agenda Item 10, July 2004 SDB meeting) - DONE - in040998, in040999, in041000, in041005

  24. The 2004 TC annual report schedule will be revised based upon the rescheduling of annual reports discussed at the July 2004 Standards Development Board meeting.  (Agenda Item 11.1, July 2004 SDB meeting)