OpportunityTitle: National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) Steering Group Secretariat Cooperative Agreement
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Accredited institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations, and commercial organizations located in the United States and its territories  Proposers are expected to maintain a neutral stance toward the outcome of the Steering Group process and must agree not to become a voting member of the Steering Group.
Description: NIST is soliciting proposals from eligible proposers to establish a Steering Group in support of the NSTIC Program (see http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/NSTICstrategy_041511.pdf) and to provide ongoing secretarial, administrative, and logistical support for the Steering Group. The recipient organization will support the Steering Group consistent with the Recommendations for Establishing an Identity Ecosystem Governance Structure for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (&#147;Governance Recommendations&#148;) (see http://www.nist.gov/nstic/2012-nstic-governance-recs.pdf). The role of the Steering Group Secretariat will be to administer the process for policy and standards development for the Identity Ecosystem Framework in accordance with the NSTIC Guiding Principles in the Strategy. The Steering Group Secretariat will also ensure that accreditation authorities validate participants&#146; adherence to the requirements of the Identity Ecosystem Framework. The Strategy describes accreditation authority on page 25 as: &#147;An accreditation authority assesses and validates identity providers, attribute providers, relying parties, and identity media, ensuring that they all adhere to an agreed-upon trust framework. Accreditation authorities can issue trustmarks to the participants that they validate.&#148;
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Agency Contact
GrantorContactText: Christopher Hunton &lt;br/&gt;Grants Technical Assistant &lt;br/&gt;Phone 301-975-5718
CloseDateExplanation: All proposals, paper and electronic, must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, April 11, 2012.  Proposals received after this deadline will not be reviewed or considered.