National Institute of Standards and Technology September 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, which amended Title XCIX of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (collectively, the CHIPS Act or Act) established an incentives program to reestablish and sustain U.S. leadership across the semiconductor supply chain. The Department of Commerce, through the National Institute of Standards and Technology, is issuing this final rule to implement conditions in the Act that seek to prevent funding provided through the program from being used to directly or indirectly benefit foreign countries of concern. The rule defines terms related to these conditions, describes the types of activities that are prohibited by those conditions, and sets forth procedures for notifying the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) of non-compliance and the process by which the Secretary will enforce these provisions.

The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet Wednesday, October 25, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time, and Thursday, October 26, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. All sessions will be open to the public.

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.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces that the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC or Committee) will hold a virtual briefing session. This session will be held on Friday, September 29, 2023 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The purpose of this session is for invited experts to brief the Committee on topics of interest related to the Committee's year two efforts. Additional information, including the final agenda and link to register, will be available online at: ai.gov/naiac/.

The fall 2023 meetings of the regional weights and measures associations will be held in September and October 2023. The Central Weights and Measures Association (CWMA) Interim meeting will be held September 11-14, 2023, in Dubuque, Iowa; the Western Weights and Measures Association (WWMA) Annual meeting will be held September 17- 21, 2023, in Sparks, Nevada; the Southern Weights and Measures Association (SWMA) Annual meeting will be held October 8-11, 2023 in Annapolis, Maryland; and the Northeastern Weights and Measures Association (NEWMA) Interim meeting will be held October 16-19, 2023, in Norwich, Connecticut. This notice contains information about significant items on the committee agendas of the four regional weights and measures associations but does not include all agenda items. As a result, the items are not consecutively numbered.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces that the CHIPS Research and Development Office (CHIPS R&D Office) will hold a Standards Summit on Tuesday, September 26, 2023 and Wednesday, September 27, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time each day. The CHIPS R&D Standards Summit will be held as an in-person and virtual event. This event will bring together CHIPS R&D leaders, standards setting organizations, and industry alliances, domestic and abroad, in the semiconductor domain to identify community priorities for semiconductor and microelectronics standards activities. The summit will be a place to foster collaboration, coordination, and innovation within the semiconductor industry's standards community. This event will facilitate discussions on standards needs, opportunities for standards innovation, and enabling a diverse standards-capable workforce. Registration information, summit updates, and the agenda can be found at https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2023/09/chips-rd- standards-summit.

NIST is seeking information on behalf of the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Government to support the development of an implementation plan for the United States Government National Standards Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technology (USG NSSCET). The USG NSSCET is intended to support and complement existing private sector- led activities and plans, including the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) United States Standards Strategy (USSS), with a focus on critical and emerging technology(ies) (CET). The USG NSSCET reinforces the U.S. Government's support of a private sector-led, open, consensus-based international standards system, corresponding to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee decision that articulates and elaborates on principles that are fundamental to the development of an international standards: transparency; openness; impartiality and consensus; effectiveness and relevance; and coherence. To inform the USG NSSCET implementation, including how to best partner with relevant stakeholders, NIST is requesting information that will support the identification and prioritization of key activities that will optimize the USG NSSCET implementation and further enhance the U.S. Government's ability to support a private sector-led, open, consensus-based international standards system, to which the U.S. Government is an active stakeholder and participant.