Terms starting with “N”

Under HAVA, the National Conference of State Legislatures has the right to appoint two members to the ADVISORS. Abbreviated BOARD OF NCSL.

A meeting where state and territory parties convene to select a presidential nominee.

The functions of government and the private sector that are so vital to the United States that their disruption, corruption, or dysfunction would have a debilitating effect on secu...

A proposed fund administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency that would distribute grants to public and private entities for solutions, projects, and programs where a) t...

A proposed organization that would be charged with certifying critical information technologies against frameworks based on identified and vetted security standards and with suppor...

An election involving the entire electorate of a country. In the United States, a PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

Under HAVA, the National Governors Association has the right to appoint two members to the ADVISORS. Abbreviated BOARD OF NGA.

A U.S. Government initiative established to promote the use of evaluated information systems products and champion the development and use of national and international standards f...

Nationwide interconnection of communications networks, computers, databases, and consumer electronics that make vast amounts of information available to users. It includes both pub...

Nationwide interconnection of communications networks, computers, databases, and consumer electronics that make vast amounts of information available to users. It includes both pub...

The National Infrastructure Coordinating Center (NICC) is the dedicated 24/7 coordination and information sharing operations center that maintains situational awareness of the nati...

The National Infrastructure Protection Plan 2013, involving stakeholders from all 16 critical infrastructure sectors, all 50 states, and from all levels of government and industry,...

Federal organization tasked with assisting in the development of voting system standards . NIST develops and maintains standards for a wide array of technologies. NIST scientists a...

Federal organization tasked with assisting in the development of voting system standards. NIST develops and maintains standards for a wide array of technologies. NIST scientists as...

Almost the same as, but not identical to OFFICE, q.v . "'National office' means the FEDERAL offices of president and vice president of the United States, U.S. senator and represent...

A "party established and admitted to the ballot in at least one state other than Hawaii or one which is determined by the chief election officer to be making a bona fide effort to...

A meeting where state and territory parties convene to select a presidential nominee.

A meeting where state and territory parties convene every four years in the United States to field nominees in the upcoming U.S. presidential election. This allows the nominees to...

[The DHS division] that leads the DHS mission to reduce risk to the Nation's critical physical and cyber infrastructure through partnerships that foster collaboration and interoper...

Telecommunications services that are used to maintain a state of readiness or to respond to and manage any event or crisis (local, national, or international) that causes or could...

The worldwide industrial complex that enables research and development, as well as the design, production, delivery, and maintenance of military weapons systems, subsystems, and co...

Information that has been determined pursuant to Executive Order 12958 as amended by Executive Order 13292, or any predecessor order, or by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amende...

See classified national security information.

Any information system (including any telecommunications system) used or operated by an agency or by a contractor of an agency, or other organization on behalf of an agency--(i) th...