Fresh Start for the OASIS Cross-Enterprise Security and Privacy Authorization (XSPA) Technical Committee
The OASIS XSPA Technical Committee is planning to reconvene for a fresh start and new round activities. The TC meeting will hold a meeting early in May to elect new co-chairs and will schedule regular meetings thereafter. 
According to its charter, the OASIS XSPA TC is missioned to work on interoperability standards applicable to the use-cases related to exchange of healthcare data, including health records, statements of health care charges, and benefit payments. These use-cases are crucial for healthcare providers, hospitals, pharmacies, and insurance companies. The XSPA TC is active in specifying existing stable open standards as well as developing standards or profiles when needed. Previously, the XSPA TC has developed profiles for a number of OASIS standards: Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Extensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML), and WS-Trust.
In this new round of activity, the XSPA TC is determined to focus on:
-	Updating the previous profiles in accordance with the new developments in the industry and in harmony with other related standard development organizations such as Health Layer 7 (HL7) and Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE), and with the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) Standards and Interoperability Framework.
-	Develop new profiles for emerging applications such as data segmentation and healthcare security classification. 
-	Work on the internationalization of the profiles to cover the non-US use-cases through the auspices of the ITU-T Security Workgroup.
-	Potential collaboration with IHE on transport protocols.
-	Promote the standard profiles to other standard development organizations such ITU.
Participation in the OASIS XSPA TC is open to all interested parties. We invite all OASIS members with an interest in this area, especially those whose business is related to healthcare providers, healthcare regulators, personal health records services, hospitals, pharmacies, and patients to join the XSPA TC for the new round of activities. Please contact member-services@oasis-open.org for more information.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
OASIS Cross-Enterprise Security and Privacy Authorization (XSPA) TC 
Call for Co-Chair Nominations: Please Respond by May 13^th 2013

To:                     XSPA TC Members

From:                 OASIS XSPA TC Secretary

Re:                     Call for Nominations/Application

It is time to begin the election process to choose those leaders who will guide and direct the XSPA TC for the next 12 months, beginning on May 15th, 2013. To facilitate the nomination process, we are sending this “call for nominations” to you to encourage you to nominate for consideration any individual who you feel would be suitable for this position. We urge you to respond on the form that follows by May 13^th, 2013.  

Please return the Call for Nominations form to ddecouteau@edmondsci.com, Secretary.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FORM
1. Candidate Information
Last (Family) Name | First | Middle | Prefix
Present Occupation
Position | Organization
Business Address
Street
City | State/Province | Zip/Postal Code | Country
Telephone # | Fax # | E-mail
2. Education |
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3. Professional History - Current position first. If necessary cite only most recent positions.
From (year) | To (year) | Name of Company | Position Held and Responsibilities

4. Proposed Citation/Benefit to TC (not more than 30 words)

5. Nominator Information (if not Candidate)
Last Name | First Name | Middle | Prefix
Business Address (Street)
City | State/Province | Zip/Postal Code | Country
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