<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><b><br></b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold">2012 NIST/NSTIC IDtrust Workshop: <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">“Technologies
and Standards Enabling the Identity Ecosystem”</span></font></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">The 2012 NIST/NSTIC IDtrust Workshop will be held March 13-14, 2012 at
NIST in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Gaithersburg</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Maryland</st1:state></st1:place>. The workshop will focus on
how technologies and standards can help the framework of the identity ecosystem
coalesce. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">The one and half day workshop will feature plenary presentations and
panel discussions by leading identity management and standards experts
addressing a broad swath of technology and standards issues that surround
identifying and implementing the four NSTIC Guiding Principles in the Identity
Ecosystem:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Identity Solutions
will be Privacy-Enhancing and Voluntary<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Identity Solutions
will be Secure and Resilient<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Identity Solutions
will be Interoperable<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Identity Solutions
will be Cost-Effective and Easy To Use <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">Additional details will be available at: <a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/csd/ct/nstic_idtrust-2012.cfm">http://www.nist.gov/itl/csd/ct/nstic_idtrust-2012.cfm</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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