| draft NIST Special Publication 800-63, Recommendation for Electronic Authentication |
E-authentication is the remote authentication of individual people over a network for the purpose of electronic government and commerce. This recommendation provides technical guidance in the implementation of electronic authentication to allow an individual person to remotely authenticate his or her identity to a Federal IT system. It supplements OMB guidance, E-Authentication Guidance for Federal Agencies that defines four levels of authentication in terms of the likely consequences of an authentication error. Special Publication 800-63 states specific technical requirements for each of the four levels of assurance in the following areas: identity proofing and registration, tokens, remote authentication mechanisms and assertion mechanisms. URL to view the draft publication, please visit CSRC's Draft publication page:
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts.html
NIST requests comments on the draft document by March 15, 2004. Please address your comments to: eauth-comments@nist.gov.
| NTIA Requests Comments on Exceptions to the ESIGN Act. |
“Section 101 of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, Pub. L. No. 106-229, codified at 15 U.S.C. §§ 7001 et seq. ("ESIGN" or "the Act"), preserves the legal effect, validity, and enforceability of signatures and contracts relating to electronic transactions and electronic signatures used in the formation of electronic contracts. 15 U.S.C. § 7001(a). Sections 103 (a) and (b) of the Act, however, provide that the provisions of section 101 do not apply to contracts and records governed by statutes and regulations regarding court documents and records; probate and domestic law matters; state commercial law; consumer law covering utility services, real property defaults and foreclosures, and insurance benefits; product recall notices; and hazardous materials papers. Section 103 of the Act also requires the Secretary of Commerce, through the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, to review the operation of these exceptions to evaluate whether they continue to be necessary for consumer protection, and to make recommendations to Congress based on this evaluation. 15 U.S.C. § 7003(c)(1). NTIA will publish nine separate notices requesting comments from interested parties for purposes of this evaluation. Comments submitted in response to any of the Federal Register notices will be considered as part of the same section 103 evaluation and not as a separate review of the Act.”
Fed Reg Notices:
* Court Documents Exception (Comments due on or before November 4, 2002)
* Hazardous Materials and Dangerous Goods Shipping Papers Exception (Comments due on or before November 4, 2002) Comments Received
* Product Recall Exception (Comments due on or before November 25, 2002)
* Domestic and Family Law Documents Exception (Comments due on or before December 2, 2002)
* Wills, Codicils, and Testamentary Trusts Exception (Comments due on or before December 10, 2002)
Law
Federal Activity
- FTC and Department of Commerce Joint Report to Congress, Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (Jun. 2001)
- OMB Guidance Memorandum on Implementing E-SIGN (September 2000) html | pdf
- M-00-15, OMB Guidance on Implementing the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (September 25, 2000) (60k)
- NIST Special Publication 800-63, Electronic Authentication Guideline, NIST 7/2/2004
- NTIA has released its report, ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES: A Review of the Exceptions to the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, NTIA 6/30/03
- FTC To Present Testimony on The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (ESIGN), FTC 6/28/01 Text of Testimony
- Joint FTC/Commerce Department Report Released on "Reasonable Demonstration" Requirement of ESIGN, FTC 6/28/01 Report in PDF
- FTC, Dot Com Disclosures (applicability of FTC law online)
- Apr 3 NTIA / FTC Workshop on Electronic Signatures
- FDIC: Notice of Consumer Consent Requirements Applicable to the Electronic Delivery of Consumer Disclosures Nov 3, 2000 fdic
- Burns Lauds E-Signature Passage June 2000
- Statement of Ivan Fong, Deputy Associate Attorney General, Before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property of the House Judiciary Committee Concerning the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce ("E-Sign") Act (September 30, 1999) For more information on the Justice Department's position on legal issues related to electronic signatures and electronic transactions by the federal government, see the Justice Department's Comments on the Office of Management and Budget's Proposed Guidance under the Government Paperwork Elimination Act.
- THE COMM ON UNIF. STATE LAWS, Report on the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act, the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act and the Electronics Signatures and Records Act , 56 THE REC. OF THE ASS’N OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF N.Y. 456 (2001).
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