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by Goodluck.5 On remand, and under
respectful protest, Commerce issued its
final results of redetermination in
accordance with the Court’s order.6 In
calculating an AD margin for Goodluck,
Commerce relied on the corrections
provided by Goodluck. On April 30,
2020, the CIT sustained Commerce’s
Final Remand Redetermination.7
Timken Notice
In its decision in Timken,8 as clarified
by Diamond Sawblades,9 the Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC)
held that, pursuant to section 516A of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), Commerce must publish a notice
of a court decision that is not ‘‘in
harmony’’ with a Commerce
determination and must suspend
liquidation of entries pending a
‘‘conclusive’’ court decision. The CIT’s
April 30, 2020 judgment sustaining the
Final Remand Redetermination
constitutes a final decision of the CIT
that is not in harmony with Commerce’s
Final Determination. This notice is
published in fulfillment of the
publication requirements of Timken.
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Amended Final Determination
Because there is now a final court
decision, Commerce is amending its
Final Determination with respect to
Goodluck.10 Goodluck’s revised
dumping margin is as follows:
5 See Goodluck India Limited v. United States,
Court No. 18–00162, Slip Op. 19–110 (CIT August
13, 2019) (Remand Order).
6 See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant
to Court Remand, Goodluck India Limited v. United
States, Court No. 18–00162, Slip Op. 19–110 (CIT
August 13, 2019), dated December 23, 2019 (Final
Remand Redetermination).
7 See Goodluck India Limited v. United States,
Court No. 18–00162, Slip Op. 20–57 (CIT April 30,
2020).
8 See Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337
(Fed. Cir. 1990) (Timken).
9 See Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. Coalition v.
United States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010)
(Diamond Sawblades).
10 For purposes of this notice, the all-others rate
for the AD Order will not be amended. Section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that the estimated
all-others rate shall be an amount equal to the
weighted average of the estimated weighted-average
dumping margins established for exporters and
producers individually investigated, excluding any
zero or de minimis margins, and any margins
determined entirely under section 776 of the Act.
As discussed above, Goodluck’s margin has been
changed from a rate determined entirely under
section 776 of the Act to zero. Therefore, Tube
Products of India, Ltd. a unit of Tube Investments
of India Limited (collectively, TPI) remains the only
respondent in the underlying investigation for
which Commerce calculated a company-specific
rate which is not zero, de minimis or based entirely
on facts available. As a result, pursuant to section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the weighted-average
dumping margin calculated for TPI continues to be
the estimated weighted-average dumping margin
assigned to all other producers and exporters of the
merchandise under consideration. See Final
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Partial Exclusion from Antidumping
Duty Order
Pursuant to section 735(a)(4) of the
Act, Commerce ‘‘shall disregard any
weighted average dumping margin that
is de minimis as defined in section
733(b)(3) of the Act.’’ 11 Furthermore,
section 735(c)(2) of the Act states that
‘‘the investigation shall be terminated
upon publication of that negative
determination’’ and Commerce shall
‘‘terminate the suspension of
liquidation’’ and ‘‘release any bond or
other security, and refund any cash
deposit.’’ 12 As a result of this amended
final determination, in which
Commerce has calculated an estimated
weighted-average dumping margin of
0.00 percent for Goodluck, Commerce is
hereby excluding merchandise
produced and exported by Goodluck
from the AD Order. Accordingly,
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) to release any
bonds or other security and refund cash
deposits pertaining to any suspended
entries from Goodluck. Pursuant to
Timken, the suspension of liquidation
must continue during the pendency of
the appeals process. Additionally, we
will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation
of all unliquidated entries from
Goodluck at a cash deposit rate of 0.00
percent which are entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after May 10, 2020,
which is ten days after the CIT’s final
decision, in accordance with section
516A of the Act.13 In the event the CIT’s
ruling is not appealed, or if appealed
Determination, 83 FR at 16296–97; AD Order, 83 FR
at 26964.
11 Section 733(b)(3) of the Act defines de minimis
dumping margin as ‘‘less than 2 percent ad valorem
or the equivalent specific rate for the subject
merchandise.’’
12 See sections 735(c)(2)(A) and (B) of the Act.
13 See, e.g., Drill Pipe from the People’s Republic
of China: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony
with International Trade Commission’s Injury
Determination, Revocation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Orders Pursuant to Court
Decision, and Discontinuation of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review, 79 FR 78037, 78038
(December 29, 2014); High Pressure Steel Cylinders
From the People’s Republic of China: Notice of
Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final
Determination in Less Than Fair Value
Investigation, Notice of Amended Final
Determination Pursuant to Court Decision, Notice of
Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order in Part, and
Discontinuation of Fifth Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 82 FR 46758, 46760
(October 6, 2017).
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and upheld by the CAFC, Commerce
will instruct CBP to terminate the
suspension of liquidation and to
liquidate entries produced and exported
by Goodluck without regard to
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 516A(c)(1) and
(e) of the Act.
Dated: May 19, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Technology
[Docket Number 200429–0124]
Profile of Responsible Use of
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
Services
National Institute of Standards
and Technology, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Request for information.
AGENCY:
The National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) is
seeking information about public and
private sector use of positioning,
navigation, and timing (PNT) services,
and standards, practices, and
technologies used to manage
cybersecurity risks, to systems,
networks, and assets dependent on PNT
services. Executive Order 13905,
Strengthening National Resilience
Through Responsible Use of
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
Services, was issued on February 12,
2020 and seeks to protect the national
and economic security of the United
States from disruptions to PNT services
that are vital to the functioning of
technology and infrastructure, including
the electrical power grid,
communications infrastructure and
mobile devices, all modes of
transportation, precision agriculture,
weather forecasting, and emergency
response.
Under Executive Order 13905, the
Secretary of Commerce, in coordination
with the heads of the Sector Specific
Agencies and in consultation, as
appropriate, with the private sector, is
directed to develop and make available,
to at least the appropriate agencies and
private sector users, PNT profiles.
Responses to this Request for
Information (RFI) will inform NIST’s
SUMMARY:
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development of a PNT profile, using the
NIST Framework for Improving Critical
Infrastructure Cybersecurity (NIST
Cybersecurity Framework), that will
enable the public and private sectors to
identify systems, networks, and assets
dependent on PNT services; identify
appropriate PNT services; detect the
disruption and manipulation of PNT
services; and manage the associated
cybersecurity risks to the systems,
networks, and assets dependent on PNT
services.
DATES: Comments must be received by
5:00 p.m. Eastern time on July 13, 2020.
Written comments in response to the
RFI should be submitted according to
the instructions in the ADDRESSES and
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION sections
below. Submissions received after that
date may not be considered.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
• Electronic submission: Submit
electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal.
1. Go to www.regulations.gov and
enter NIST–2020–0002 in the search
field,
2. Click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,
complete the required fields, and
3. Enter or attach your comments.
• Email: Comments in electronic form
may also be sent to pnt-eo@list.nist.gov
in any of the following formats: HTML;
ASCII; Word; RTF; or PDF.
Please submit comments only and
include your name, organization’s name
(if any), and cite ‘‘Profile of Responsible
Use of PNT Services’’ in all
correspondence. Comments containing
references, studies, research, and other
empirical data that are not widely
published should include copies of the
referenced materials.
All submissions, including
attachments and other supporting
materials, will become part of the public
record and subject to public disclosure.
NIST reserves the right to publish
relevant comments publicly, unedited
and in their entirety. All relevant
comments received in response to the
RFI will be made publicly available at
https://www.nist.gov/itl/pnt. Personal
information, such as account numbers
or Social Security numbers, or names of
other individuals, should not be
included. Do not submit confidential
business information, or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
Comments that contain profanity,
vulgarity, threats, or other inappropriate
language or content will not be
considered.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions about this RFI contact: Jim
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McCarthy, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, email
James.McCarthy@nist.gov. Please direct
media inquiries to NIST’s Office of
Public Affairs at (301) 975–2762.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As stated
in Executive Order 13905,
Strengthening National Resilience
Through Responsible Use of
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
Services,1 the national and economic
security of the United States depends on
the reliable and efficient functioning of
critical infrastructure. Since the United
States made the Global Positioning
System available worldwide,
positioning, navigation, and timing
(PNT) services provided by space-based
systems have become a largely invisible
utility for technology and infrastructure,
including the electrical power grid,
communications infrastructure and
mobile devices, all modes of
transportation, precision agriculture,
weather forecasting, and emergency
response. Due to the widespread
adoption of PNT services, the disruption
or manipulation of these services has
the potential to adversely affect the
national and economic security of the
United States. To strengthen national
resilience, the Federal Government must
foster the responsible use of PNT
services by critical infrastructure
owners and operators.
Under Executive Order 13905, the
Secretary of Commerce, in coordination
with the heads of the Sector Specific
Agencies and in consultation, as
appropriate, with the private sector, is
directed to develop and make available,
to at least the appropriate agencies and
private sector users, PNT profiles. NIST
will leverage the Cybersecurity
Framework 2 to develop a foundational
PNT profile 3 to help organizations
identify systems, networks, and assets
dependent on PNT services; 4 identify
appropriate PNT services; detect the
disruption and manipulation of PNT
services; and manage the associated
1 Exec. Order No. 13905, Strengthening National
Resilience Through Responsible Use of Positioning,
Navigation, and Timing Services, 85 FR 9359 (Feb.
18, 2020).
2 https://www.nist.gov/cyberframework.
3 For the purposes of this RFI, NIST is using the
definition of ‘‘PNT profile’’ as defined in Exec.
Order No. 13905. ‘‘PNT profile’’ means a
description of the responsible use of PNT services—
aligned to standards, guidelines, and sector-specific
requirements—selected for a particular system to
address the potential disruption or manipulation of
PNT services.
4 For the purposes of this RFI, NIST is using the
definition of ‘‘PNT services’’ as defined in Exec.
Order No. 13905. ‘‘PNT services’’ means any
system, network, or capability that provides a
reference to calculate or augment the calculation of
longitude, latitude, altitude, or transmission of time
or frequency data, or any combination thereof.
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cybersecurity risks to the systems,
networks, and assets dependent on PNT
services. This profile will be developed
using an open and collaborative process
involving public and private sector
stakeholders to ensure critical
infrastructure owners and operators,
government agencies, and others can
inform the responsible use of PNT
services and effectively adopt, refine,
and implement the profile.
This RFI outlines the information
NIST is seeking from the public to
inform the development of a profile of
PNT services that will strengthen
national resilience of U.S. critical
infrastructure and other industries that
rely on PNT services.
Request for Information
The following questions cover the
major areas about which NIST seeks
comment. They are not intended to limit
the topics that may be addressed.
Responses may include any topic
believed to have implications for the
development of a PNT profile,
regardless of whether the topic is
included in this document.
All relevant responses that comply
with the requirements listed in the
DATES and ADDRESSES sections of this
RFI will be considered.
When addressing the topics below,
commenters may address the practices
of their organization or a group of
organizations with which they are
familiar. If desired, commenters may
provide information about the type,
size, and location of the organization(s).
Provision of such information is
optional and will not affect NIST’s full
consideration of the comment.
Comments containing references,
studies, research, and other empirical
data that are not widely published
should include copies of the referenced
materials. All submissions, including
attachments and other supporting
materials, will become part of the public
record and subject to public disclosure.
NIST reserves the right to publish
relevant comments publicly, unedited
and in their entirety. All relevant
comments received in response to the
RFI will be made publicly available at
https://www.nist.gov/itl/pnt. Personal
information, such as account numbers
or Social Security numbers, or names of
other individuals, should not be
included. Do not submit confidential
business information, or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
Comments that contain profanity,
vulgarity, threats, or other inappropriate
language or content will not be
considered.
NIST is seeking the following
information from PNT technology
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vendors, users of PNT services and
other key stakeholders for the purpose
of gathering information to foster the
responsible use of PNT services:
1. Describe any public or private
sector need for and/or dependency on
the use of positioning, navigation, and
timing, or any combination of these,
services.
2. Identify and describe any impacts
to public or private sector operations if
PNT services are disrupted or
manipulated.
3. Identify any standards, guidance,
industry practices and sector specific
requirements referenced in association
with managing public or private sector
cybersecurity risk to PNT services.
4. Identify and describe any processes
or procedures employed by the public
or private sector to manage
cybersecurity risks to PNT services.
5. Identify and describe any
approaches or technologies employed
by the public or private sector to detect
disruption or manipulation of PNT
services.
6. Identify any processes or
procedures employed in the public or
private sector to manage the risk that
disruption or manipulation to PNT
services pose.
7. Identify and describe any
approaches, practices, and/or
technologies used by the public or
private sector to recover or respond to
PNT disruptions.
8. Any other comments or suggestions
related to the responsible use of PNT
services.
Authority: Exec. Order No. 13905,
Strengthening National Resilience Through
Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation,
and Timing Services, 85 FR 9359 (Feb. 18,
2020).
Kevin A. Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NIST MEP Client Impact
Survey
National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before July 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments by
mail to Maureen O’Reilly, Management
Analyst, NIST at PRAcomments@
doc.gov. Please reference OMB Control
Number 0693–0021 in the subject line of
your comments. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Megean
Blum, NIST MEP, 301–975–3160,
Megean.blum@nist.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Sponsored by NIST, the
Manufacturing Extension Partnership
(MEP) is a national network of locally
based manufacturing extension centers
working with small manufacturers to
assist them improve their productivity,
improve profitability and enhance their
economic competitiveness. The
information collected will provide the
MEP with information regarding MEP
Center performance regarding the
delivery of technology, and business
solutions to U.S.-based manufacturers.
The collected information will assist in
determining the performance of the
MEP Centers at both local and national
levels, provide information critical to
monitoring and reporting on MEP
programmatic performance, and assist
management in policy decisions.
Responses to the collection of
information are mandatory per the
regulations governing the operation of
the MEP Program (15 CFR parts 290,
291, 292, and H.R. 1274—section 2).
The information collected will include
MEP Customer inputs regarding their
sales, costs, investments, and
employment. Customers will take the
survey online. Customers will only be
surveyed once per year under this
collection. Data collected in this survey
is confidential.
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II. Method of Collection
Information will be collected
electronically.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0693–0021.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Revision and
extension of a current information
collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
13,000.
Estimated Time Per Response: 12
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,600.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: 0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
[Docket Number 200429-0124]
Profile of Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
Services
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department
of Commerce.
ACTION: Request for information.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is
seeking information about public and private sector use of positioning,
navigation, and timing (PNT) services, and standards, practices, and
technologies used to manage cybersecurity risks, to systems, networks,
and assets dependent on PNT services. Executive Order 13905,
Strengthening National Resilience Through Responsible Use of
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Services, was issued on February
12, 2020 and seeks to protect the national and economic security of the
United States from disruptions to PNT services that are vital to the
functioning of technology and infrastructure, including the electrical
power grid, communications infrastructure and mobile devices, all modes
of transportation, precision agriculture, weather forecasting, and
emergency response.
Under Executive Order 13905, the Secretary of Commerce, in
coordination with the heads of the Sector Specific Agencies and in
consultation, as appropriate, with the private sector, is directed to
develop and make available, to at least the appropriate agencies and
private sector users, PNT profiles. Responses to this Request for
Information (RFI) will inform NIST's
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development of a PNT profile, using the NIST Framework for Improving
Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (NIST Cybersecurity Framework),
that will enable the public and private sectors to identify systems,
networks, and assets dependent on PNT services; identify appropriate
PNT services; detect the disruption and manipulation of PNT services;
and manage the associated cybersecurity risks to the systems, networks,
and assets dependent on PNT services.
DATES: Comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on July 13,
2020. Written comments in response to the RFI should be submitted
according to the instructions in the ADDRESSES and SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION sections below. Submissions received after that date may
not be considered.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
Electronic submission: Submit electronic public comments
via the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal.
1. Go to www.regulations.gov and enter NIST-2020-0002 in the search
field,
2. Click the ``Comment Now!'' icon, complete the required fields,
and
3. Enter or attach your comments.
Email: Comments in electronic form may also be sent to
[email protected] in any of the following formats: HTML; ASCII;
Word; RTF; or PDF.
Please submit comments only and include your name, organization's
name (if any), and cite ``Profile of Responsible Use of PNT Services''
in all correspondence. Comments containing references, studies,
research, and other empirical data that are not widely published should
include copies of the referenced materials.
All submissions, including attachments and other supporting
materials, will become part of the public record and subject to public
disclosure. NIST reserves the right to publish relevant comments
publicly, unedited and in their entirety. All relevant comments
received in response to the RFI will be made publicly available at
https://www.nist.gov/itl/pnt. Personal information, such as account
numbers or Social Security numbers, or names of other individuals,
should not be included. Do not submit confidential business
information, or otherwise sensitive or protected information. Comments
that contain profanity, vulgarity, threats, or other inappropriate
language or content will not be considered.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this RFI contact:
Jim McCarthy, National Institute of Standards and Technology, email
[email protected]. Please direct media inquiries to NIST's Office
of Public Affairs at (301) 975-2762.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As stated in Executive Order 13905,
Strengthening National Resilience Through Responsible Use of
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Services,\1\ the national and
economic security of the United States depends on the reliable and
efficient functioning of critical infrastructure. Since the United
States made the Global Positioning System available worldwide,
positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services provided by space-
based systems have become a largely invisible utility for technology
and infrastructure, including the electrical power grid, communications
infrastructure and mobile devices, all modes of transportation,
precision agriculture, weather forecasting, and emergency response. Due
to the widespread adoption of PNT services, the disruption or
manipulation of these services has the potential to adversely affect
the national and economic security of the United States. To strengthen
national resilience, the Federal Government must foster the responsible
use of PNT services by critical infrastructure owners and operators.
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\1\ Exec. Order No. 13905, Strengthening National Resilience
Through Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
Services, 85 FR 9359 (Feb. 18, 2020).
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Under Executive Order 13905, the Secretary of Commerce, in
coordination with the heads of the Sector Specific Agencies and in
consultation, as appropriate, with the private sector, is directed to
develop and make available, to at least the appropriate agencies and
private sector users, PNT profiles. NIST will leverage the
Cybersecurity Framework \2\ to develop a foundational PNT profile \3\
to help organizations identify systems, networks, and assets dependent
on PNT services; \4\ identify appropriate PNT services; detect the
disruption and manipulation of PNT services; and manage the associated
cybersecurity risks to the systems, networks, and assets dependent on
PNT services. This profile will be developed using an open and
collaborative process involving public and private sector stakeholders
to ensure critical infrastructure owners and operators, government
agencies, and others can inform the responsible use of PNT services and
effectively adopt, refine, and implement the profile.
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\2\ https://www.nist.gov/cyberframework.
\3\ For the purposes of this RFI, NIST is using the definition
of ``PNT profile'' as defined in Exec. Order No. 13905. ``PNT
profile'' means a description of the responsible use of PNT
services--aligned to standards, guidelines, and sector-specific
requirements--selected for a particular system to address the
potential disruption or manipulation of PNT services.
\4\ For the purposes of this RFI, NIST is using the definition
of ``PNT services'' as defined in Exec. Order No. 13905. ``PNT
services'' means any system, network, or capability that provides a
reference to calculate or augment the calculation of longitude,
latitude, altitude, or transmission of time or frequency data, or
any combination thereof.
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This RFI outlines the information NIST is seeking from the public
to inform the development of a profile of PNT services that will
strengthen national resilience of U.S. critical infrastructure and
other industries that rely on PNT services.
Request for Information
The following questions cover the major areas about which NIST
seeks comment. They are not intended to limit the topics that may be
addressed. Responses may include any topic believed to have
implications for the development of a PNT profile, regardless of
whether the topic is included in this document.
All relevant responses that comply with the requirements listed in
the DATES and ADDRESSES sections of this RFI will be considered.
When addressing the topics below, commenters may address the
practices of their organization or a group of organizations with which
they are familiar. If desired, commenters may provide information about
the type, size, and location of the organization(s). Provision of such
information is optional and will not affect NIST's full consideration
of the comment.
Comments containing references, studies, research, and other
empirical data that are not widely published should include copies of
the referenced materials. All submissions, including attachments and
other supporting materials, will become part of the public record and
subject to public disclosure. NIST reserves the right to publish
relevant comments publicly, unedited and in their entirety. All
relevant comments received in response to the RFI will be made publicly
available at https://www.nist.gov/itl/pnt. Personal information, such
as account numbers or Social Security numbers, or names of other
individuals, should not be included. Do not submit confidential
business information, or otherwise sensitive or protected information.
Comments that contain profanity, vulgarity, threats, or other
inappropriate language or content will not be considered.
NIST is seeking the following information from PNT technology
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vendors, users of PNT services and other key stakeholders for the
purpose of gathering information to foster the responsible use of PNT
services:
1. Describe any public or private sector need for and/or dependency
on the use of positioning, navigation, and timing, or any combination
of these, services.
2. Identify and describe any impacts to public or private sector
operations if PNT services are disrupted or manipulated.
3. Identify any standards, guidance, industry practices and sector
specific requirements referenced in association with managing public or
private sector cybersecurity risk to PNT services.
4. Identify and describe any processes or procedures employed by
the public or private sector to manage cybersecurity risks to PNT
services.
5. Identify and describe any approaches or technologies employed by
the public or private sector to detect disruption or manipulation of
PNT services.
6. Identify any processes or procedures employed in the public or
private sector to manage the risk that disruption or manipulation to
PNT services pose.
7. Identify and describe any approaches, practices, and/or
technologies used by the public or private sector to recover or respond
to PNT disruptions.
8. Any other comments or suggestions related to the responsible use
of PNT services.
Authority: Exec. Order No. 13905, Strengthening National
Resilience Through Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation, and
Timing Services, 85 FR 9359 (Feb. 18, 2020).
Kevin A. Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2020-11282 Filed 5-26-20; 8:45 am]
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