[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 22 (Thursday, February 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 8224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02261]


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NATIONAL SECURITY COMMISSION ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

[Docket No.: 1-2021-03]


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

AGENCY: National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.

ACTION: Notice of extension 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 
administrative extension of an asynchronous Federal Advisory Committee 
meeting and paper review process. The meeting will be closed to the 
public.

DATES: Closed to the public, the asynchronous meeting date is extended 
from February 14, 2021 to February 28, 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: As referred to in the Commission's original 
Federal Register notice (85 FR 76613), the meeting and paper review 
process are being held to consider the Commission's draft classified 
annex. Due to circumstances beyond the control of the Commission--
including travel and social distancing restrictions on in-person 
meetings imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic--the Commission will be 
unable to complete the review process of the classified annex. As such, 
the Commission is administratively extending the asynchronous meeting 
period previously scheduled to end on or about February 14, 2021 by two 
weeks, to February 28, 2021. As described in the original notice, 
individual commissioners or small groups of commissioners may meet with 
Commission staff during this period of time to review, discuss, and 
deliberate specifically on the Commission's draft classified annex. All 
materials and discussions are expected to 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 based on the consideration that it is expected that 
discussions throughout the course of each 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 meetings 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.

    Dated: January 29, 2021.
Michael Gable,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2021-02261 Filed 2-3-21; 8:45 am]
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