Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting, 57805-57806 [2021-22700]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 199 / Tuesday, October 19, 2021 / Notices Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233; telephone (301) 763–9335; (202) 407– 6635 or email at Dee.A.Alexander@ census.gov or ocia.tao@census.gov. The Census Bureau is planning one national webinar on November 18, 2021, with federally and state recognized tribes, which will provide a forum for tribes to review 2020 Census Data Product Planning Crosswalk (Crosswalk) and the proposed 2020 Census data products and view the Census Bureau’s demonstration of the features and information in the Crosswalk to provide input on these products. The Crosswalk includes information on the recently released 2020 Census Redistricting Data (Pub. L. 94–171) Summary File tables and proposed data tables for the 2020 Census Demographic Profile, Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (DHC) and Detailed Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (Detailed DHC). The layout of the Crosswalk includes a proposed list of tables for these 2020 Census data products compared to the published list of tables from the 2010 Census. The proposed lowest levels of geography, proposed table shells, and the content changes from the 2010 Census are also included. The Crosswalk will provide tribes and tribal data users the opportunity to view the list of proposed Detailed DHC tables and table shells for the first time. In accordance with Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments, issued November 6, 2000, the Census Bureau has adhered to its tribal consultation policy by seeking the input of tribal governments in the planning and implementation of the 2020 Census with the goal of ensuring the most accurate counts and data for the American Indian and Alaska Native population. In that regard, the Census Bureau is seeking comments on the data products included in the Demographic Profile, the DHC and the Detailed DHC. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES1 Demographic Profile This product will provide selected demographic and housing characteristics about local communities. • Subjects: 5-year age groups, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino origin, household type, relationship to householder, group quarters population, housing occupancy, and housing tenure. • Lowest level of geography: Places and minor civil divisions (MCDs). • Access: data.census.gov. • Date: Tentatively 2022. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:51 Oct 18, 2021 Jkt 256001 Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (DHC) The DHC will include some of the demographic and housing tables previously included in the 2010 Census Summary File 1 (SF1). • Subjects: Age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino origin, household type, family type, relationship to householder, some subjects provided for major OMB race/ ethnicity groups, group quarters population, housing occupancy, and housing tenure. • Access: data.census.gov. • Lowest level of geography: To be determined. • Date: Tentatively 2022. Detailed Demographic and Housing Characteristics (Detailed DHC) The Detailed DHC will provide population counts, as well as demographic and housing statistics for detailed racial and ethnic groups, and American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and villages. These types of statistics were previously included in the 2010 Census Summary File 2 (SF2) and the 2010 American Indian and Alaska Native Summary File (AIANSF). In addition, the Detailed DHC will include a few tables from the 2010 Summary File 1 (SF1) that are not included in the DHC. • Subjects: Detailed racial and ethnic groups, American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and villages, and complex person and household join tables (e.g., population in occupied housing units) not included in DHC. • Access: data.census.gov. • Lowest level of geography: To be determined. • Date: To be determined. Information about the content of these data products was released on September 16, 2021. Tribes will have four weeks after consultation to analyze the Crosswalk and proposed data tables and lowest levels of geography to provide input. 1. Crosswalk with proposed Demographic Profile, DHC and Detailed DHC tables released on September 16, 2021. 2. Input and comments due by December 18, 2021. Submit your comments by email. Send comments to: Dee.A.Alexander@census.gov or OCIA.TAO@census.gov. For more information, please see the following URL link: https:// www.census.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/2021/2020-census-dataproduct-planning-crosswalk.html. Ron S. Jarmin, Acting Director, Census Bureau, approved the publication of this Notice in the Federal Register. PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 57805 Dated: October 14, 2021. Sheleen Dumas, Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Commerce Department. [FR Doc. 2021–22725 Filed 10–18–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–07–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of Industry and Security Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting The Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee (ISTAC) will meet on November 3 and 4, 2021, at 1:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. The meetings will be available via teleconference. The Committee advises the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on technical questions that affect the level of export controls applicable to information systems equipment and technology. Wednesday, November 3 Open Session 1. Welcome and Announcements 2. HPC History and Future 3. Industry Wassenaar Proposals for 2022 4. New Business Thursday, November 4 Closed Session 5. Discussion of matters determined to be exempt from the provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The open session will be accessible via teleconference. To join the conference, submit inquiries to Ms. Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@ bis.doc.gov, no later than October 27, 2021. To the extent time permits, members of the public may present oral statements to the Committee. The public may submit written statements at any time before or after the meeting. However, to facilitate distribution of public presentation materials to Committee members, the Committee suggests that public presentation materials or comments be forwarded before the meeting to Ms. Springer. The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on September 29, 2021, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2 10(d)), that the portion of the meeting dealing with pre-decisional changes to the Commerce E:\FR\FM\19OCN1.SGM 19OCN1 57806 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 199 / Tuesday, October 19, 2021 / Notices Control List and the U.S. export control policies shall be exempt from the provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The remaining portions of the meeting will be open to the public. For more information, call Yvette Springer at (202) 482–2813. Yvette Springer, Committee Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. 2021–22700 Filed 10–18–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of Industry and Security [Docket No. 211013–0208] RIN 0694–XC077 Notice of Virtual Forum for Risks in the Information Communication Technology Supply Chain Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Technology Evaluation, U.S. Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of virtual forum. AGENCY: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is announcing a virtual forum that will occur on October 29, 2021, and that will allow participants to provide recommendations to strengthen the resiliency of critical supply chains supporting the U.S. information and communications technology (ICT) industrial base that are at risk of disruption, strain, compromise, or elimination. See Background for the definition of ICT industrial base. This notice sets forth the procedures for public participation in the virtual forum. DATES: Virtual forum: The virtual forum will be held on October 29, 2021. The virtual forum will begin at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and conclude at 12:00 p.m. EDT. Registration for the virtual forum: Requests to attend the virtual forum must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. EDT on October 27, 2021. Speaker requests must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. EDT on October 22, 2021. See the ADDRESSES section of this notice for more information regarding registration. Registration for the virtual forum will open on October 14, 2021. Confirmation of registration and/or speaking slot: The Department will contact each person that has been confirmed to provide oral comments in the virtual forum by email no later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on October 26, 2021. ADDRESSES: BIS has created a web page on the BIS website for the virtual forum. jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:51 Oct 18, 2021 Jkt 256001 This web page will be used by the public to register for the virtual forum, including submitting requests to speak at the virtual forum. The landing page for the virtual forum will be accessed through this web page on https:// www.bis.doc.gov/ictforum. Click on the link for ‘Register for the Virtual Forum’ on this web page to register for the virtual forum. People interested in providing oral statements during the virtual forum should make this request when registering for the virtual forum, including submitting a brief overview of their anticipated remarks. After registration is completed by the Department, this web page will include the agenda and the list of the scheduled speakers for the virtual forum. Registered attendees will receive an email notification from BIS with information needed to access the virtual forum on October 28, 2021. Registrants that requested to provide oral comments at the virtual forum will be notified by email if their request has been accepted and will be provided the allotted amount of time for their comments at the virtual forum. Anyone not selected to make a presentation may provide written comments and submit those in response to the notice of request for public comments entitled Risks in the Information Communications Technology Supply Chain (86 FR 52127) (September 20 Notice) by the comment deadline of November 4, 2021. See the September 20 Notice for instructions on submitting written comments. Participants should be prepared to attend the virtual forum in its entirety as allotted speaker time slots are subject to change and the program will continue if a speaker is not available when called to speak. Within 7 business days after the virtual forum is completed, BIS will add a link to a recording of the virtual forum and a written transcript to make the recording physically accessible to people with disabilities. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erika Maynard, Defense Industrial Base Division, Office of Technology Evaluation, Bureau of Industry and Security, at 202–482–5572 or ICTstudy@ bis.doc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On February 24, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14017, ‘‘America’s Supply Chains’’ (86 FR 11849) (E.O. 14017), which directs several Federal agency actions to secure and strengthen America’s supply chains. E.O. 14017 focuses on the need for resilient, diverse, and secure supply PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 chains to ensure U.S. economic prosperity and national security. Such supply chains are needed to address conditions that can reduce U.S. critical manufacturing capacity, as well as the availability and integrity of critical goods, products, and services. In relevant part, E.O. 14017 directs that within one year of the date of the order, the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the heads of appropriate agencies, shall submit a report to the President, through the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (APNSA) and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy (APEP), on supply chains for critical sectors and subsectors of the ICT industrial base (as determined by the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Homeland Security), including the industrial base for the development of ICT software, data, and associated services. On September 20, 2021, BIS published a notice of request for public comments, Risks in the Information Communications Technology Supply Chain (86 FR 52127) (the September 20 Notice). The September 20 Notice requests comments and information from the public to assist the Department of Commerce (the Department) in preparing the report required by E.O. 14017. In developing this report, the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Homeland Security will consult with the heads of appropriate agencies and will be advised by all relevant bureaus and components of the Departments of Commerce and Homeland Security. BIS is publishing this notice to announce a virtual forum that will occur on October 29, 2021, that will allow selected speakers to address the policy objectives listed in E.O. 14017 including recommendations to strengthen the resiliency of critical supply chains supporting the U.S. ICT industrial base that are at risk of disruption, strain, compromise or elimination. For the purposes of the report, the scope of the ICT industrial base shall consist of component hardware that enables terrestrial distribution, broadcast/ wireless transport, satellite support, data storage to include data center and cloud technologies, and end user devices including home devices such as routers, antennae, and receivers, and mobile devices; and software and services that have direct dependencies on one or more of the enabling hardware. Examples of component hardware include printed circuit boards and fiber optic cables, electronic E:\FR\FM\19OCN1.SGM 19OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57805-57806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22700]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security


Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of 
Partially Closed Meeting

    The Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee (ISTAC) will 
meet on November 3 and 4, 2021, at 1:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. 
The meetings will be available via teleconference. The Committee 
advises the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration 
on technical questions that affect the level of export controls 
applicable to information systems equipment and technology.

Wednesday, November 3

Open Session

1. Welcome and Announcements
2. HPC History and Future
3. Industry Wassenaar Proposals for 2022
4. New Business

Thursday, November 4

Closed Session

5. Discussion of matters determined to be exempt from the provisions 
relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 10(a)(1) and 
10(a)(3).

    The open session will be accessible via teleconference. To join the 
conference, submit inquiries to Ms. Yvette Springer at 
[email protected], no later than October 27, 2021.
    To the extent time permits, members of the public may present oral 
statements to the Committee. The public may submit written statements 
at any time before or after the meeting. However, to facilitate 
distribution of public presentation materials to Committee members, the 
Committee suggests that public presentation materials or comments be 
forwarded before the meeting to Ms. Springer.
    The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of 
the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on September 
29, 2021, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2 10(d)), that the portion of the 
meeting dealing with pre-decisional changes to the Commerce

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Control List and the U.S. export control policies shall be exempt from 
the provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 
10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The remaining portions of the meeting will be 
open to the public.
    For more information, call Yvette Springer at (202) 482-2813.

Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-22700 Filed 10-18-21; 8:45 am]
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