Smid noted that NIST's public contest to find the next generation encryption standard is a radical change from the government's previously closed procedure for adopting DES. "It's a breakthrough in the way the government and the public sector are coming up with a standard, " he said.
We saw today a very civil procedure where you have an election and a change in majority, an election of the speaker that took place in just a few minutes' time with a roll-call vote.
Effective before the end of October is a new procedure for paying entry fees to visit Argentina, a change that potentially could keep uninformed travellers stuck at the airport and unable to enter.