[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50326-50328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19287]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Call for Nominations To Serve on the National Artificial 
Intelligence Advisory Committee and Call for Nominations To Serve on 
the Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and Law Enforcement

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Call for nominations to serve on the National Artificial 
Intelligence Advisory Committee and call for nominations to serve on 
the Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and Law Enforcement.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), in consultation with 
the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the 
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of State, 
the Attorney General, and the Director of National Intelligence, shall 
establish the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (the 
NAIAC or the Committee) in accordance with the requirements of Section 
5104 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020, 
and in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended. 
The Committee shall provide advice to the President and the National 
Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office on matters related to the 
National Artificial Intelligence Initiative (Initiative). The purposes 
of the Initiative are: (1) Ensuring continued United States leadership 
in artificial intelligence research and development; (2) leading the 
world in the development and use of trustworthy artificial intelligence 
systems in the public and private sectors; (3) preparing the present 
and future United States workforce for the integration of artificial 
intelligence systems across all sectors of the economy and society; and 
(4) coordinating ongoing artificial intelligence research, development, 
and demonstration activities among the civilian agencies, the 
Department of Defense, and the Intelligence Community to ensure that 
each informs the work of the others.

DATES: Nominations to serve on the inaugural Committee and Subcommittee 
on Artificial Intelligence and Law Enforcement must be submitted by 
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 25, 2021. In addition, nominations 
for the Committee and Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and Law 
Enforcement will be accepted on an ongoing basis and will be considered 
as and when vacancies arise. Nominations may be submitted to serve on 
either or both the NAIAC or Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and 
Law Enforcement.

ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations to Alicia Chambers, Committee 
Liaison Officer, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 
Bureau Drive, MS 1000, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 and Melissa Banner, 
Designated Federal Officer, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, MS 1000, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. 
Nominations may also be submitted via email to [email protected] 
and [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elham Tabassi, Chief of Staff, 
Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, MS 8940, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Her 
email is [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Committee Information: The National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (NIST or Institute) invites and requests nominations of 
individuals for appointment to the Committee and to the Subcommittee on 
Artificial Intelligence and Law Enforcement. Registered Federal 
lobbyists may not serve on NIST Federal Advisory Committees in an 
individual capacity.
    The Secretary of Commerce shall establish the National Artificial 
Intelligence Advisory Committee (the NAIAC or the Committee) pursuant 
to Section 5104 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act 
of 2020 (Pub. L. 116-283), hereinafter referred to as the Act, and the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App.
    Objectives and Duties: The Committee shall advise the President and 
the Initiative Office on matters related to the Initiative, including 
recommendations related to:
    a. The current state of United States competitiveness and 
leadership in artificial intelligence, including the scope and scale of 
United States investments in artificial intelligence research and 
development in the international context;

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    b. The progress made in implementing the Initiative, including a 
review of the degree to which the Initiative has achieved the goals 
according to the metrics established by the Interagency Committee under 
Section 5103(d)(2) of the Act;
    c. The state of the science around artificial intelligence, 
including progress toward artificial general intelligence;
    d. Issues related to artificial intelligence and the United States 
workforce, including matters relating to the potential for using 
artificial intelligence for workforce training, the possible 
consequences of technological displacement, and supporting workforce 
training opportunities for occupations that lead to economic self-
sufficiency for individuals with barriers to employment and 
historically underrepresented populations, including minorities, 
Indians (as defined in 25 U.S.C. 5304), low-income populations, and 
persons with disabilities;
    e. How to leverage the resources of the Initiative to streamline 
and enhance operations in various areas of government operations, 
including health care, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and disaster 
recovery;
    f. The need to update the Initiative;
    g. The balance of activities and funding across the Initiative;
    h. Whether the strategic plan developed or updated by the 
Interagency Committee established under Section 5103(d)(2) of the Act 
is helping to maintain United States leadership in artificial 
intelligence;
    i. The management, coordination, and activities of the Initiative;
    j. Whether ethical, legal, safety, security, and other appropriate 
societal issues are adequately addressed by the Initiative;
    k. Opportunities for international cooperation with strategic 
allies on artificial intelligence research activities, standards 
development, and the compatibility of international regulations;
    l. Accountability and legal rights, including matters relating to 
oversight of artificial intelligence systems using regulatory and 
nonregulatory approaches, the responsibility for any violations of 
existing laws by an artificial intelligence system, and ways to balance 
advancing innovation while protecting individual rights; and
    m. How artificial intelligence can enhance opportunities for 
diverse geographic regions of the United States, including urban, 
Tribal, and rural communities.
    In addition, pursuant to Section 5104(e) of the Act, the 
Committee's Chairperson shall establish a subcommittee that shall 
provide advice to the President, through the Committee, on matters 
related to the development of AI relating to law enforcement, including 
advice on the following:
    A. Bias, including whether the use of facial recognition by 
government authorities, including law enforcement agencies, is taking 
into account ethical considerations and addressing whether such use 
should be subject to additional oversight, controls, and limitations.
    B. Security of data, including law enforcement's access to data and 
the security parameters for that data.
    C. Adoptability, including methods to allow the United States 
Government and industry to take advantage of artificial intelligence 
systems for security or law enforcement purposes while at the same time 
ensuring the potential abuse of such technologies is sufficiently 
mitigated.
    D. Legal standards, including those designed to ensure the use of 
artificial intelligence systems are consistent with the privacy rights, 
civil rights and civil liberties, and disability rights issues raised 
by the use of these technologies.
    Not later than one (1) year after the date of the enactment of the 
Act, and not less frequently than once every three (3) years 
thereafter, the Committee shall submit to the President, the Committee 
on Science, Space, and Technology, the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee 
on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, a 
report on the Committee's findings and recommendations under Section 
5104(d) and Section 5104(e) of the Act. The report on the Committee's 
findings and recommendations will be administratively delivered to the 
President and Congress through the Secretary of Commerce.

Membership

    Members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Secretary of 
Commerce. The Committee shall consist of not less than 9 members, who 
represent broad and interdisciplinary expertise and perspectives, 
including from academic institutions, companies across diverse sectors, 
nonprofit and civil society entities, including civil rights and 
disability rights organizations, and Federal laboratories, who 
represent geographic diversity, and who are qualified to provide advice 
and information on science and technology research, development, 
ethics, standards, education, technology transfer, commercial 
application, security, and economic competitiveness related to 
artificial intelligence.
    In selecting the members of the Committee, the Secretary of 
Commerce shall seek and give consideration to recommendations from 
Congress, industry, nonprofit organizations, the scientific community 
(including the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and 
Medicine, scientific professional societies, and academic 
institutions), the defense and law enforcement communities, and other 
appropriate organizations.
    The Committee members serve three-year terms and may serve two 
consecutive terms at the discretion of the Secretary. A member who has 
served two consecutive terms is ineligible to serve a third term for a 
period of one year following the expiration of the second term, to 
include its subcommittees. Vacancies are filled as soon as highly 
qualified candidates in a needed area of expertise, sector, or 
perspective are identified and available to serve. Members of the 
Committee who are not full-time or permanent part-time Federal officers 
or employees and appointed for their individual expertise and 
experience will be appointed to serve as Special Government Employee 
(SGE) members. Members of the Committee appointed on behalf of specific 
interests will serve as Representatives. Members of the Committee who 
are full-time or permanent part-time Federal officers or employees will 
be appointed pursuant to 41 CFR 102.3.130(h) to serve as Regular 
Government Employee (RGE) members. Members will be individually advised 
of the capacity in which they will serve by the DFO.
    Members shall be selected on the basis of established records of 
distinguished service and shall be eminent in their fields.
    The Secretary of Commerce shall appoint the Chairperson and the 
Vice Chairperson from among the members of the Committee. The 
Chairperson and the Vice Chairperson's tenure shall be two years and 
can be modified at the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce.
    Members of the Committee shall not be compensated for their 
services. Non-Federal members of the Committee, while attending 
meetings of the Committee or while otherwise serving at the request of 
the head of the Committee away from their homes or regular place

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of business, may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu 
of subsistence, as authorized by Section 5703 of Title 5, United States 
Code, for individuals in the Government serving without pay. Nothing in 
this section shall be construed to prohibit members of the Committee 
who are officers of employees of the United States from being allowed 
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in 
accordance with existing law.
    Members shall not reference or otherwise utilize their membership 
on the Committee or its subcommittees in connection with public 
statements made in their personal capacities without a disclaimer that 
the views expressed are their own and do not represent the views of the 
Committee or its subcommittees, NIST, the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, 
the Department of State, the Attorney General, the Office of National 
Intelligence, the Initiative Office, the President, or the Department 
of Commerce.

Miscellaneous

    Meetings will be conducted at least twice each year.
    1. Generally, Committee meetings are open to the public.
    2. Meeting may be held in-person in selected locations across the 
country and/or virtually.

Nomination Information

    1. Nominations are sought from all fields, sectors, and 
perspectives described above.
    2. Nominees should represent broad and interdisciplinary expertise 
and perspectives, including from academic institutions, companies 
across diverse sectors, nonprofit and civil society entities, including 
civil rights and disability rights organizations, and Federal 
laboratories, who represent geographic diversity, and who are qualified 
to provide advice and information on science and technology research, 
development, ethics, standards, education, technology transfer, 
commercial application, security, and economic competitiveness related 
to artificial intelligence. The field of eminence for which the 
candidate is qualified should be specified in the nomination letter. A 
summary of the candidate's qualifications should be included with the 
nomination, including (where applicable) current or former service on 
Federal advisory boards and Federal employment. In addition, each 
nomination letter should state whether the candidate seeks to serve on 
the Committee, the Subcommittee, or both; and that the candidate 
acknowledges the responsibilities of serving and will actively 
participate in good faith in the tasks of the Committee or 
Subcommittee, as appropriate. Third-party nomination letters should 
state that the candidate agrees to the nomination.
    3. The Department of Commerce seeks a broad-based and diverse 
Committee and subcommittee membership.

Alicia Chambers,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2021-19287 Filed 9-7-21; 8:45 am]
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