Notice of Extension of Comment Period on Promoting Stakeholder Action Against Botnets and Other Automated Threats

In response to requests for additional time, the Department of Commerce is extending the closing deadline for submitting comments to a request for public comments entitled ‘‘Promoting Stakeholder Action Against Botnets and Other Automated Threats.’’  In the request for comment, the NTIA seeks broad input from all interested stakeholders — including private industry, academia, civil society, and other security experts — on ways to improve industry’s ability to reduce threats perpetuated by automated distributed attacks, such as botnets, and what role, if any, the U.S. Government should play in this area.  Through this notice, the Department extends the comment period to July 28, 2017.

Comments are posted at https://www.ntiadc.ntia.doc.gov/federal-register-notice/2017/comments-promoting-stakeholder-action-against-botnets-and-other