[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67421-67422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18595]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


National Institute of Standards and Technology

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

ACTION: Notice of Public Workshop.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
announces that the Smart Connected Systems Division (SCSD) will hold a 
``Workshop on Whole Community Preparedness for Smart Cities and 
Communities'' on August 27, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern 
Time and on August 28, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. 
The primary purpose of this workshop is to define the acceptability, 
feasibility, and technical requirements for an integrated 
communications infrastructure to support community disaster planning 
and response and improve overall community resilience. Workshop 
outcomes will support SCSD work to define technology applications,

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analyses, key performance indicators, and adaptive decision 
architectures for public safety planning to more effectively respond to 
and recover from large-scale disasters and emergencies. Workshop 
participants will help NIST define the acceptability, feasibility, and 
general communications infrastructure to support community disaster 
planning and response and improve multi-agency crisis communications 
among local officials and community leaders during complex events. The 
workshop agenda will be posted on the NIST website at https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2024/08/workshop-whole-community-public-safety-and-resilience-smart-cities.

DATES: The NIST SCSD workshop will be held on Tuesday, August 27, 2024 
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time and on Wednesday, August 28, 
2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The workshop requires 
pre-registration and is open to the public. Registration will close on 
Friday, August 23, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the George H.W. Bush School of 
Government and Public Service of Texas A&M University, located at 1620 
L St. NW, Washington, DC. The event will be conducted on-site only and 
will not be accessible virtually.
    Please note participation instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Dunaway, Associate Director of 
Innovation, Smart Connected Systems Division, NIST, 200 Bureau Drive, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899, at [email protected] or (301) 975-6325. 
Please direct media inquiries to NIST's Office of Public Affairs at 
(301) 975-2762.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The goal of the NIST research effort is to 
define a structure for community safety, security, economic vitality, 
and overall community resilience through integration of advanced 
technologies into city operations and infrastructure in smart connected 
communities. Key to this approach is the inclusion of the resources, 
capabilities and talent resident in the community, its civil 
population, and the private sector. Outputs from the workshop will help 
establish the technical and operational foundation for a ``whole 
community approach'' to disaster preparedness and resilience. The 
resulting system will be piloted in select smart cities and communities 
and adopted as a foundation for public safety within the NIST Smart 
Cities program. Following the workshop, NIST will publish a conference 
report that will be made available to the public. The workshop agenda 
will be posted on the NIST website at https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2024/08/workshop-whole-community-public-safety-and-resilience-smart-cities.

Registration

    All attendees are required to register to be admitted. The 
registration page may be accessed at https://events.nist.gov/profile/33194 and requires participant's full name; email address; and 
organizational affiliation. The workshop is being conducted for in-
person attendance only at the Bush School of Government and Public 
Policy at 1620 L St. NW, Washington, DC. The building has controlled 
access and will only be open for entry to the workshop from 8:00 a.m. 
to 9:00 a.m. on August 27-28, 2024.
    Registration will remain open through Friday, August 23, 2024 at 
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Space is limited and registration for all 
attendees is being made available on a first-come, first-served basis. 
There is no cost for registration.

Tamiko Ford,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-18595 Filed 8-19-24; 8:45 am]
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