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

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces that the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC or Committee) will meet virtually via web conference on January 28, 2025, from 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern time. The primary purpose of this meeting is for the Committee to report working group findings, identify actionable recommendations, and receive public briefings. The final agenda will be posted on the NIST website at https:// www.nist.gov/itl/national-artificial-intelligence-advisory-co mmittee- naiac.

The Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (Board) will meet in open session on Thursday, December 5, 2024. The purpose of this meeting is to review and discuss the work of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program to implement improvements to the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (Award), and to provide recommendations to the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as the Board deems necessary. Details on the agenda are noted in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

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 via web conference on Thursday, November 21, 2024, from 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m. eastern time. The primary purpose of this informational briefing is to have invited guests brief the full Committee on topics of interest related to AI in Hardware and AI and Energy. The briefings are from outside subject matter experts to the full Committee. The final agenda will be posted on the NIST website at https:// www.nist.gov/itl/national-artificial-intelligence-advisory-co mmittee- naiac.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT or Committee) will meet on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time and Wednesday, October 30, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

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 U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI), housed within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) at the Department of Commerce, is seeking information and insights from stakeholders on current and future practices and methodologies for the responsible development and use of chemical and biological (chem-bio) AI models. Chem-bio AI models are AI models that can aid in the analysis, prediction, or generation of novel chemical or biological sequences, structures, or functions. We encourage respondents to provide concrete examples, best practices, case studies, and actionable recommendations where possible. Responses may inform AISI's overall approach to biosecurity evaluations and mitigations.

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 an open meeting in-person and virtually via web conference on October 10, 2024, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Pacific time. The primary purpose of this meeting is for the Committee to report working group findings, identify actionable recommendations, and receive public briefings. The briefings are from outside subject matter experts to the full Committee from areas such as industry, nonprofit organizations, the scientific community, the defense and law enforcement communities, and other appropriate organizations. The final agenda will be posted on the NAIAC Upcoming Meeting Page on the NIST website https://www.nist.gov/itl/national-artificial-intelligence- advisory-committee-naiac.

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.

This notice lists the membership of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Performance Review Board (NIST PRB) and supersedes the list published on September 25, 2023.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces that the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC or Committee) will hold a virtual meeting with briefing sessions. This meeting will be held via web conference on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, from 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The primary purpose of this meeting is for NAIAC to receive a briefing by outside panelists on AI in the workforce and a separate briefing from the Law Enforcement Subcommittee on topics related to AI in law enforcement specific to facial recognition technology. The final agenda will be posted on the NIST website at https://www.nist.gov/itl/national-artificial-intelligence- advisory-committee-naiac.

This notice announces the Secretary of Commerce's approval of three Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS): FIPS 203, Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism Standard; FIPS 204, Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Standard; and FIPS 205, Stateless Hash-Based Digital Signature Standard. These standards specify key establishment and digital signature schemes that are designed to resist future attacks by quantum computers, which threaten the security of current standards. The three algorithms specified in these standards are each derived from different submissions in the NIST post-quantum cryptography standardization project (see https:// csrc.nist.gov/pqc-standardization).

The U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI), housed within NIST at the Department of Commerce, requests comments on a draft document responsive to an Executive order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) issued on October 30, 2023: NIST AI 800-1, Managing Misuse Risk for Dual-Use Foundation Models, found at https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ai/ NIST.AI.800-1.ipd.pdf.

The Industrial Advisory Committee (Committee) will hold an open meeting both in-person and via web conference on Thursday, August 1, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Eastern Time.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces that the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC or Committee) will meet virtually via web conference on Monday, July 22, 2024, from 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Eastern time. The primary purpose of this meeting is for the Committee to report working group findings, identify actionable recommendations, and receive public briefings. The briefings are from outside subject matter experts to the full Committee from areas such as industry, nonprofit organizations, the scientific community, the defense and law enforcement communities, and other appropriate organizations. The final agenda will be posted on the NIST website at https://www.nist.gov/itl/national-artificial- intelligence-advisory-committee-naiac.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will hold an open meeting on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time and Thursday, July 18, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time.

The 109th Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) will be held at the Hotel Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio from Sunday, July 14, 2024, through Thursday, July 18, 2024. This notice contains information about significant items on the NCWM Committee agendas but does not include all agenda items. As a result, the items are not consecutively numbered.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the United States Department of Commerce, is planning a gaps analysis workshop to assess the present state-of-the-art of sensors used to measure and quantify the local, regional, and global state of the environment and how it is changing in time and in response to natural and anthropogenic forcings. In advance of the workshop, NIST is seeking public input on agenda topics and priorities. Such topics may include, but are not limited to, needs in the following areas of environmental measurement: measurement capabilities, sensors, modeling, documentary and artifact standards, calibration services, traceability, and testbeds. Additionally, NIST is interested in assessing whether there is a need for new measurement technologies, testbeds, calibration services, Standard Reference Materials (SRMs), and documentary standards to advance the breadth, accuracy (short-term and long-term), sustainability (including cost factors), and comparability of environmental measurements [nationally, internationally, and over time aided by measurement traceability to the International System of Units (SI)].

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.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)'s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Advisory Board will hold an open meeting on June 27, 2024, from 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.