CRADA

On Thu, 16 Sep 1993 15:55:22 -0400,
 Peter Wayner <pcw@access.digex.net> wrote -


> NIST, in recognition of these facts, has announced a "Cooperative
> Research and Development" plan (called CRADA-- the "A" might
> stand for agreement). This would allow members of industry and
> academia to join together with NIST and the NSA to try and discover
> a good, software based, Key Escrow scheme. Ray Bonner, deputy director
> of NIST, discussed the plan and said that he wasn't sure that it
> would lead to anything but that it was worth a try. He also said
> that we should keep a copy of the Federal Register containing the
> announcement (Vol 58, #162, Tues,  Aug 24 1993, pg 44662) because
> it could be the only CRADA ever involving the NSA. It could become
> a collectors item.

Where could one find an ASCII copy of the pertinent portion of 
the Federal Register (specifically, Vol. 58, #162, Tues., Aug 24 
1993, pg 44662) that includes this "CRADA"?

If anyone manages to obtain a copy, please let us (me) know.
 
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Paul Ferguson                                                               
Mindbank Consulting Group                                    fergp@sytex.com   
Fairfax, Virginia  USA                                       ferguson@icp.net

You can get large parts of the Federal Register online on the Internet
from gopher.internet.com, using the gopher protocol.  Unfortunately,
the people who run the service claim to not permit republication.  I
tried to sign up as their real customer, but this bogosity got in
the way.  Why pay money to these people for access to public domain
info that you then can't use?

Here is as much as you can get without being a subscriber:

<ARTICLE>
Date="08/24/93"
Citation="58 FR 44662"
Group="NONE"
Type="NOTICE"
Department="DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
Agency="NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (NIST), COMMERCE"
Subject="Opportunity To Join a Cooperative Research and Development Consortium To Develop Secure Software Encryption With Integrated Cryptographic Key Escrowing Techniques"
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National Institute of Standards and Technology

[Docket No. 930789-3189]

Opportunity To Join a Cooperative Research and Development Consortium 
To Develop Secure Software Encryption With Integrated Cryptographic 
Key Escrowing Techniques

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of opportunity to join a cooperative research 
and development consortium.
</HEADER>
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National Institute of Standards and Technology

[Docket No. 930789-3189]

Opportunity To Join a Cooperative Research and Development Consortium 
To Develop Secure Software Encryption With Integrated Cryptographic 
Key Escrowing Techniques

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of opportunity to join a cooperative research 
and development consortium.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology 
(NIST) seeks industrial and academic parties interested in entering 
into a cooperative research consortium on the development of 
new technology for secure software encryption with integrated 
cryptographic key escrowing techniques. The program will be 
undertaken within the scope and confines of The Federal Technology 
Transfer Act of 1986 (15 U.S.C. 3710a), which provides federal 
laboratories including NIST, with the authority to enter into 
cooperative research agreements with qualified parties. Under 
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