Release: #4632-02
For Release: April 17, 2002

CFTC’S TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
TO MEET WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2002

Washington, D.C. – The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) will meet on Wednesday, April 24, 2002, from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m., at the Commission’s Washington, D.C. headquarters, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21^st Street, N.W., in the first floor hearing room. The meeting is open to the public.

The Committee is chaired by CFTC Commissioner Thomas J. Erickson and was created by the Commission for the purpose of identifying and analyzing the applications of new technologies in financial and commodity markets and examining ways the Commission may respond to the use of these technologies through appropriate legislative proposals and/or regulatory reform. Its members represent electronic markets, electronic communication systems, U.S. futures exchanges, a self-regulatory organization, financial intermediaries, market users, and traders.

The agenda for the April 24, 2002, meeting includes a discussion of the following topics:

• Cyber security;
• Developments in clearing; and
• Final subcommittee reports on standardization and market access.

For further information concerning the meeting, please contact William Penner at (202) 418-5060. For general information, see 67FR 13680.