[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 244 (Thursday, December 23, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 72900-72901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27730]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

15 CFR Part 7

[Docket No. 211115-0230]
RIN 0605-AA62


Securing the Information and Communications Technology and 
Services Supply Chain; Connected Software Applications

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the comment period for 
the proposed rule entitled, ``Securing the Information and 
Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain; Connected Software 
Applications,'' that was published in the Federal Register on November 
26, 2021. The proposed rule's comment period, which would have ended on 
December 27, 2021, is extended until January 11, 2022.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule that published at 86 FR 
67379 on November 26, 2021, is extended. Comments to this proposed rule 
must be received on or before January 11, 2022.

ADDRESSES: All comments must be submitted by one of the following 
methods:
     By the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov at docket number DOC-2021-0005.
     By email directly to: [email protected]. Include 
``RIN 0605-AA62'' in the subject line.
     Instructions: Comments sent by any other method, to any 
other address or individual, or received after the end of the comment 
period, may not be considered. For those seeking to submit confidential 
business information (CBI), please clearly mark such submissions as CBI 
and submit by email, as instructed above. Each CBI submission must also 
contain a summary of the CBI, clearly marked as public, in sufficient 
detail to permit a reasonable understanding of the substance of the 
information for public consumption. Such summary information will be 
posted on regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Bartels, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, telephone: (202) 482-0224. For media inquiries: Robyn 
Patterson, Deputy Director of Public Affairs and Press Secretary, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, telephone: (202) 482-4883, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 26, 2021, the Department of

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Commerce (Department) published a proposed rule, ``Securing the 
Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain; 
Connected Software Applications,'' (Connected Software Applications 
Rule) to implement provisions of Executive Order 14034, ``Protecting 
Americans' Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries,'' 86 FR 31423 (June 
11, 2021). Commenters have noted that the original comment deadline of 
December 27, 2021, may constrain those seeking to comment on the rule 
and have asked that the comment date be extended. The Department agrees 
and will extend the comment period for this proposed rule to January 
11, 2022.

Trisha Anderson,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Security, U.S. 
Department of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 2021-27730 Filed 12-22-21; 8:45 am]
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