[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 230 (Monday, November 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76613-76614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26365]


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NATIONAL SECURITY COMMISSION ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

[Docket No. 11-2020-01]


National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence; Notice 
of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence 
(the ``Commission'') is publishing this notice to announce the 
following asynchronous Federal Advisory Committee meeting and paper 
review process. The meeting will be closed to the public.

DATES: Closed to the public, December 15, 2020 to February 14, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Angela Ponmakha, 703-614-6379 
(Voice), [email protected]. Mailing address: Designated Federal 
Officer, National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, 2530 
Crystal Drive, Box 45, Arlington, VA 22202. website: https://www.nscai.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting and paper review process are 
being held under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA) (5 U.S.C., Appendix), the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 
U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102-3.140 and 102-3.150.
    Purpose of the Meeting: The John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19 NDAA), Sec. 1051, Public 
Law 115-232, 132 Stat. 1636, 1962-65 (2018), created the Commission to 
``consider the methods and means necessary to advance the development 
of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and associated 
technologies by the United States to comprehensively address the 
national security and defense needs of the United States.'' The 
Commission will consider potential recommendations to Congress and the 
Executive Branch. According to the FY19 NDAA, the Commission ``may 
include a classified annex.''
    Agenda: Due to the restrictions on in-person meetings imposed by 
the COVID-19 pandemic--including travel, social distancing, and other 
factors--the Commission will hold an asynchronous Federal Advisory 
Committee meeting beginning on or about December 15, 2020 and ending on 
or about February 14, 2020. For the asynchronous meeting, individual 
commissioners or small groups of commissioners will meet with 
Commission staff during this period of time to discuss and deliberate 
specifically on the Commission's draft classified annex. The Designated 
Federal Officer, Ms. Angela Ponmakha, or an alternate designated 
federal officer will convene and conclude all such meetings. Due to the 
restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic, Commissioners may also 
deliberate and vote on the classified annex through a paper approval 
process managed by the Designated Federal Officer and relevant 
Commission staff. All materials and discussions in the asynchronous 
meeting and paper approval process will be classified.
    Meeting Accessibility: In accordance with Section 10(d) of the 
FACA, NSCAI has determined the series of meetings and paper approval 
process will be closed to the public. Specifically, the Commission's 
Committee Management Officer, in consultation with the General Services 
Administration's Secretariat and Office of General Counsel, has 
determined in writing that the meetings will be closed to the public 
because they will consider matters covered by 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). The 
determination is because it is expected that discussions throughout the 
course of the asynchronous meeting and the paper approval process will 
involve classified matters of national security concern. Such 
classified material is so intertwined with the unclassified material 
that it cannot be reasonably segregated into separate discussions 
without defeating the effectiveness and meaning of the overall 
meetings. To permit the meeting to be open to the public would preclude 
discussion of such matters and would greatly diminish the ultimate 
utility of the Commission's findings and recommendations to the 
Congress and the President.
    Written Statements: Written comments may be submitted to the 
Commission at any time regarding its mission or in response to the 
stated agenda of planned meetings via email to: [email protected] in 
either Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Word format. The DFO will compile all 
written submissions and provide them to the Commissioners for 
consideration. Please note that all submitted comments will be treated 
as public documents and will be made available for public inspection, 
including, but not limited to, being posted on the Commission's 
website.


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    Dated: November 24, 2020.
Michael Gable,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2020-26365 Filed 11-27-20; 8:45 am]
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