80_FR_77171 80 FR 76933 - Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness: Notice of Public Meetings

80 FR 76933 - Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness: Notice of Public Meetings

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 238 (December 11, 2015)

Page Range76933-76934
FR Document2015-31195

This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed topics of discussion for public meetings of the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness (Committee).

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 238 (Friday, December 11, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 238 (Friday, December 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76933-76934]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31195]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness: Notice of 
Public Meetings

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of open meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed topics of 
discussion for public meetings of the Advisory Committee on Supply 
Chain Competitiveness (Committee).

DATES: The meetings will be held on January 20, 2016 from 12:00 p.m. to 
3:00 p.m., and January 21, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern 
Standard Time (EST).

ADDRESSES: The meetings on January 20 and 21 will be held at the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Research Library 
(Room 1894), Washington, DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Boll, Office of Supply Chain, 
Professional & Business Services, International Trade Administration. 
(Phone: (202) 482-1135 or Email: richard.boll@trade.gov.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background: The Committee was established under the discretionary 
authority of the Secretary of Commerce and in accordance with the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2). It provides advice to 
the Secretary of Commerce on the necessary elements of a comprehensive 
policy approach to supply chain competitiveness designed to support 
U.S. export growth and national economic competitiveness, encourage 
innovation, facilitate the movement of goods, and improve the 
competitiveness of U.S. supply chains for goods and services in the 
domestic and global economy; and provides advice to the Secretary on 
regulatory policies and programs and investment priorities that affect 
the competitiveness of U.S. supply chains. For more information about 
the Committee visit: http://trade.gov/td/services/oscpb/supplychain/acscc/.
    Matters To Be Considered: Committee members are expected to 
continue to discuss the major competitiveness-related topics raised at 
the previous Committee meetings, including trade and competitiveness; 
freight movement and policy; information technology and data 
requirements; regulatory issues; finance and infrastructure; and 
workforce development. The Committee's subcommittees will report on the 
status of their work regarding these topics. The agenda's may change to 
accommodate Committee business. The Office of Supply Chain, 
Professional & Business Services will post the final detailed agenda's 
on its Web site, http://trade.gov/td/services/oscpb/supplychain/acscc/, 
at least one week prior to the meeting. The meetings will be open to 
the public and press on a first-come, first-served basis. Space is 
limited. The public meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Individuals requiring accommodations, such as sign 
language interpretation or other ancillary aids, are asked to notify 
Mr. Richard Boll, at (202) 482-1135 or richard.boll@trade.gov five (5) 
business days before the meeting.
    Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to the 
Committee at any time before and after the meeting. Parties wishing to 
submit written comments for consideration by the Committee in advance 
of this meeting must send them to the Office of Supply Chain, 
Professional & Business Services, 1401 Constitution Ave, NW., Room 
11014, Washington, DC, 20230, or email to richard.boll@trade.gov.
    For consideration during the meetings, and to ensure transmission 
to the Committee prior to the meetings, comments must be received no 
later

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than 5:00 p.m. EST on January 12, 2016. Comments received after January 
12, 2016, will be distributed to the Committee, but may not be 
considered at the meetings. The minutes of the meetings will be posted 
on the Committee Web site within 60 days of the meeting.

    Dated: December 7, 2015.
David Long,
Director, Office of Supply Chain and Professional & Business Services.
[FR Doc. 2015-31195 Filed 12-10-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 238 / Friday, December 11, 2015 / Notices 76933 collection, and (4) summarizing data on Comments: Comments are invited on: Background: The Committee was urban agriculture. The intent is that the (a) Whether the proposed collection of established under the discretionary resulting methodology and procedures information is necessary for the proper authority of the Secretary of Commerce will be integrated into the 2017 Census performance of the functions of the and in accordance with the Federal of Agriculture to collect data on urban agency, including whether the Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. agriculture, in addition to traditional information will have practical utility; 2). It provides advice to the Secretary of agriculture. This data collection (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate Commerce on the necessary elements of includes surveys to be conducted in two of the burden of the proposed collection a comprehensive policy approach to urbanized areas: Seattle, Washington of information, including the validity of supply chain competitiveness designed and Austin, Texas. The first survey will the methodology and assumptions used; to support U.S. export growth and be conducted in Seattle. The second (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, national economic competitiveness, survey will be conducted in Austin to and clarity of the information to be encourage innovation, facilitate the address methodological issues that collected; and (d) ways to minimize the movement of goods, and improve the remain after analyzing results from the burden of the collection of information competitiveness of U.S. supply chains Baltimore and Seattle projects. All on those who are to respond, through for goods and services in the domestic results from these surveys will be used the use of appropriate automated, and global economy; and provides for internal purposes only; no electronic, mechanical, technological, or advice to the Secretary on regulatory publications will be generated. These other forms of information technology policies and programs and investment surveys will be voluntary. collection methods. priorities that affect the competitiveness All responses to this notice will of U.S. supply chains. For more Authority: The data will be collected under the authority of 7 U.S.C. 2204(a). become a matter of public record and be information about the Committee visit: Individually identifiable data collected under summarized in the request for OMB http://trade.gov/td/services/oscpb/ this authority are governed by Section 1770 approval. supplychain/acscc/. of the Food Security Act of 1985 as amended, Matters To Be Considered: Committee Signed at Washington, DC, December 1, members are expected to continue to 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to afford 2015. strict confidentiality to non-aggregated data discuss the major competitiveness- provided by respondents. This Notice is R. Renee Picanso, related topics raised at the previous submitted in accordance with the Paperwork Associate Administrator. Committee meetings, including trade Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 [FR Doc. 2015–31246 Filed 12–10–15; 8:45 am] and competitiveness; freight movement (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), and Office of BILLING CODE 3410–20–P and policy; information technology and Management and Budget regulations at 5 CFR data requirements; regulatory issues; part 1320. finance and infrastructure; and NASS also complies with OMB workforce development. The Implementation Guidance, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Committee’s subcommittees will report ‘‘Implementation Guidance for Title V International Trade Administration on the status of their work regarding of the E-Government Act, Confidential these topics. The agenda’s may change Information Protection and Statistical Advisory Committee on Supply Chain to accommodate Committee business. Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA),’’ Competitiveness: Notice of Public The Office of Supply Chain, Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 115, June Meetings Professional & Business Services will 15, 2007, p. 33362. post the final detailed agenda’s on its Estimate of Burden: This collection of AGENCY: International Trade Web site, http://trade.gov/td/services/ information contains two components. Administration, U.S. Department of oscpb/supplychain/acscc/, at least one The first component consists of up to 50 Commerce. week prior to the meeting. The meetings cognitive interviews (conducted through ACTION: Notice of open meetings. will be open to the public and press on personal enumeration) and is intended a first-come, first-served basis. Space is to develop the questionnaire used to SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the limited. The public meetings are gather data on agricultural activity in schedule and proposed topics of physically accessible to people with urbanized areas. Public reporting discussion for public meetings of the disabilities. Individuals requiring burden for this component is estimated Advisory Committee on Supply Chain accommodations, such as sign language to average 60 minutes per response. The Competitiveness (Committee). interpretation or other ancillary aids, are second component is a survey DATES: The meetings will be held on asked to notify Mr. Richard Boll, at conducted in two urbanized areas January 20, 2016 from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 (202) 482–1135 or richard.boll@ (Seattle, WA and Austin, TX). The p.m., and January 21, 2016 from 9:00 trade.gov five (5) business days before sample sizes for the Seattle and Austin a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Standard the meeting. surveys will be 390 and 545, Time (EST). Interested parties are invited to respectively. Public reporting burden for ADDRESSES: The meetings on January 20 submit written comments to the this component is estimated to average and 21 will be held at the U.S. Committee at any time before and after 50 minutes per response. For this Department of Commerce, 1401 the meeting. Parties wishing to submit component, NASS plans to use a Constitution Avenue NW., Research written comments for consideration by combination of mailed pre-survey Library (Room 1894), Washington, DC the Committee in advance of this letters, mailed questionnaires, telephone 20230. meeting must send them to the Office of jstallworth on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES enumeration, and personal Supply Chain, Professional & Business FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Services, 1401 Constitution Ave, NW., enumeration. Respondents: Individuals and Richard Boll, Office of Supply Chain, Room 11014, Washington, DC, 20230, or households. Professional & Business Services, email to richard.boll@trade.gov. Estimated Number of Respondents: International Trade Administration. For consideration during the 985. (Phone: (202) 482–1135 or Email: meetings, and to ensure transmission to Estimated Total Annual Burden on richard.boll@trade.gov.) the Committee prior to the meetings, Respondents: 700 hours. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: comments must be received no later VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:55 Dec 10, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\11DEN1.SGM 11DEN1

76934 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 238 / Friday, December 11, 2015 / Notices than 5:00 p.m. EST on January 12, 2016. framework-rfi.cfm—will inform NIST’s In carrying out this function, NIST is Comments received after January 12, planning and decision-making about directed to ‘‘coordinate closely and 2016, will be distributed to the how to further advance the Framework regularly with relevant private sector Committee, but may not be considered so that the Nation’s critical personnel and entities, critical at the meetings. The minutes of the infrastructure is more secure by infrastructure owners and operators, meetings will be posted on the enhancing its cybersecurity and risk and other relevant industry Committee Web site within 60 days of management. organizations.’’ 3 NIST has taken this the meeting. All information provided will also approach since February 2013 when Dated: December 7, 2015. assist in developing the agenda for a Executive Order 13636, ‘‘Improving David Long, workshop on the Framework being Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity’’ 4 planned by NIST for April 6 and 7, tasked the Secretary of Commerce to Director, Office of Supply Chain and Professional & Business Services. 2016, in Gaithersburg, Maryland. direct the Director of NIST to lead the Specifics about the workshop will be development of the Framework. [FR Doc. 2015–31195 Filed 12–10–15; 8:45 am] announced at a later date. NIST developed the Framework by BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P DATES: Comments must be received by using information collected through a 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on February 9, Request for Information (RFI) that was 2016. published in the Federal Register (78 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FR 13024) on February 26, 2013; a series ADDRESSES: Written comments may be of five open public workshops; 5 and a National Institute of Standards and submitted by mail to Diane Honeycutt, 45-day public comment period in Technology National Institute of Standards and response to a draft version of the [Docket Number: 151103999–5999–01] Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop Framework announced in the Federal 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Online Register (78 FR 64478) on October 29, Views on the Framework for Improving submissions in electronic form may be 2013. A final version of Framework 1.0 Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity sent to cyberframework@nist.gov in any was published on February 12, 2014, of the following formats: HTML; ASCII; after a year-long, open process involving ACTION: Notice; Request for Information Word; RTF; or PDF. Please include your private and public sector organizations, (RFI). name and your organization’s name (if including extensive industry input and SUMMARY: The National Institute of any), and cite ‘‘Views on the Framework public comments, and announced in the Standards and Technology (NIST) is for Improving Critical Infrastructure Federal Register (79 FR 9167) on seeking information on the ‘‘Framework Cybersecurity’’ in all correspondence. February 18, 2014. NIST subsequently for Improving Critical Infrastructure Comments containing references, solicited information on Framework Cybersecurity’’ (the ‘‘Framework’’). studies, research, and other empirical users’ experiences through an RFI As directed by Executive Order data that are not widely published published in the Federal Register (79 13636, ‘‘Improving Critical should include copies of the referenced FR 50891) on August 26, 2014 as well Infrastructure Cybersecurity’’ (the materials. Please do not submit as another workshop held on October 29 ‘‘Executive Order’’), the Framework additional materials. and 30, 2014, at the University of South consists of standards, methodologies, All comments received in response to Florida. procedures, and processes that align this RFI will be posted at http:// In addition to extensive outreach and policy, business, and technological www.nist.gov/cyberframework/ providing responses to inquiries, NIST approaches to address cyber risks. The cybersecurity-framework-rfi.cfm without has made information about the Framework was released on February change or redaction, so commenters Cybersecurity Framework available on 12, 2014, after a year-long open process should not include information they do its Web site at http://www.nist.gov/ involving private and public sector not wish to be posted (e.g., personal or cyberframework/ to assist organizations organizations, including extensive confidential business information). in learning more about using the industry input and public comments. In FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Framework. This includes an Industry order to fulfill its responsibilities under questions about this RFI contact: Diane Resources page (available at http:// the Cyber Security Enhancement Act of Honeycutt, National Institute of www.nist.gov/cyberframework/ 2014, NIST is committed to maintaining Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau cybersecurity-framework-industry- an inclusive approach, informed by the Drive, Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD resources.cfm), listing publicly available views of a wide array of individuals, 20899 or cyberframework@nist.gov. materials developed by organizations organizations, and sectors. Please direct media inquiries to NIST’s other than NIST that support use of the In this RFI, NIST requests information Office of Public Affairs at (301) 975– Framework. NIST does not necessarily about the variety of ways in which the 2762. Framework is being used to improve role in Executive Order No. 13636: ‘‘Title I would cybersecurity risk management, how SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST is codify certain elements of Executive Order 13636 best practices for using the Framework authorized by the Cybersecurity by directing the National Institute of Standards and Enhancement Act of 2014 1 to ‘‘facilitate Technology (NIST) to develop a framework of are being shared, the relative value of voluntary standards designed to reduce risks arising different parts of the Framework, the and support the development of a from cyberattacks on critical infrastructure that is possible need for an update of the voluntary, consensus-based, industry- privately owned and operated.’’ S. Rep. No. 113– Framework, and options for the long- led set of standards, guidelines, best 270, at 9 (2014). 3 Id., codified in relevant part at 15 U.S.C. practices, methodologies, procedures, jstallworth on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES term governance of the Framework. This 272(e)(A)(i). information is needed in order to carry and processes to cost-effectively reduce 4 Exec. Order No. 13636, Improving Critical out NIST’s responsibilities under the cyber risks to critical infrastructure.’’ 2 Infrastructure Cybersecurity, 78 FR 11739 (Feb. 19, Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 2013). 1 Public Law 113–274 (2014): http:// 5 NIST, Gaithersburg April 3, 2013; Carnegie and the Executive Order. www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-113publ274/pdf/ Mellon University May 29–31, 2013; University of Responses to this RFI—which will be PLAW-113publ274.pdf. California San Diego July 10–12, 2013; University posted at http://www.nist.gov/ 2 Id., codified in relevant part at 15 U.S.C. of Texas Dallas September 11–13, 2013; North cyberframework/cybersecurity- 272(c)(15). Congress’s intent was to codify NIST’s Carolina State November 14–15, 2013. VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:55 Dec 10, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\11DEN1.SGM 11DEN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of open meetings.
DatesThe meetings will be held on January 20, 2016 from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., and January 21, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST).
ContactRichard Boll, Office of Supply Chain, Professional & Business Services, International Trade Administration. (Phone: (202) 482-1135 or Email: [email protected])
FR Citation80 FR 76933 
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