Department of Commerce October 19, 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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.

The Census Bureau will conduct a tribal consultation on the next set of 2020 Census Data Products on November 18, 2021, through a national webinar. The tribal consultation meeting reflects the Census Bureau's continuous commitment to strengthen government-to-government relationships with federally recognized tribes. The Census Bureau's procedures for outreach, notice, and consultation ensure involvement of tribes, to the extent practicable and permitted by law, before making decisions or implementing policies, rules, or programs that affect federally recognized tribal governments. These meetings are open to citizens of federally and state recognized tribes by invitation.

The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the 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.