82 FR 3810 - Smart Cities and Communities Federal Strategic Plan: Exploring Innovation Together
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 3810-3811] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-00501] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Smart Cities and Communities Federal Strategic Plan: Exploring Innovation Together AGENCY: The National Coordination Office (NCO) for Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD), National Science Foundation. ACTION: Request for public comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ernest Lucier at (703) 292-4873 or [email protected]. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday. DATES: January 9, 2017. SUMMARY: With this notice, the National Coordination Office for Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) requests comments from the public regarding the draft Smart Cities and Communities Federal Strategic Plan: Exploring Innovation Together. The draft Strategic Plan is posted at: https://www.nitrd.gov/drafts/SCC_StrategicPlan_Draft.pdf. ADDRESS AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:Email: [email protected], comments submitted by email should be machine-readable and should not be copy-protected; Fax: (703) 292-9097, Attn: Smart Cities and Communities; or Mail: Attn: Smart Cities and Communities, NCO, Suite II- 405, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230. The deadline for submission under this RFC is February 28, 2017. Submissions must not exceed 3 pages in 12 point or larger font, with a page number provided on each page. Responders should include the name of the person(s) or organization(s) filing the comment. Responses to this RFC may be posted online at http://www.nitrd.gov. Therefore, the Smart Cities and Communities Task Force requests that no business proprietary information or copyrighted information be submitted in response to this RFC. In accordance with FAR 15.202(3), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFC. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Summary of Draft Strategy Motivated by a vision of ubiquitous, smart infrastructure, systems, and services, many cities and communities view advances in networking and information technology as a way to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and improve quality of life for their residents. They seek to become ``smart cities'' and ``smart communities'' by embedding new digital technologies into their infrastructure, systems, and services to enhance existing, and develop new, city/community resources. Smart city/community solutions are intended to enable new capabilities and opportunities--all in the face of limited budgets. The possible applications are numerous: Citizen services, smart grids, intelligent transportation systems, and remote healthcare, to name a few. Although information technology promises enormous public benefits, it also introduces new challenges. These challenges range from technical to ethical, legal, and social, including cybersecurity, data sharing and analysis, privacy, public health and well-being, workforce and education needs, and cultural and socioeconomic considerations. Addressing these challenges requires new forms of cross-sector and cross-government collaboration, experimentation, knowledge sharing, and alignment. This strategic plan offers a high-level framework to guide and coordinate smart city/community-related Federal initiatives, with an emphasis on local government and stakeholder engagement. Coordinating efforts across Federal agencies should help accelerate the development of smart city/community solutions that maximize the value of investments and optimize benefits to residents. The Central Goals that motivate this strategy are to: Understand local needs and local goals; Accelerate smart city/community innovation and infrastructure development; Facilitate cross-sector collaboration and bridge existing silos; Boost exports and promote U.S. global leadership; and Focus on people-centered solutions that support job growth and economic competitiveness. A key objective of this plan is to identify priorities for federally funded research and development (R&D) as well as capacity- building to help transform our cities and communities and improve our standards of living. To do so, the Strategic Priorities identified herein are to: Accelerate fundamental R&D for smart cities/communities; Facilitate secure and resilient infrastructure, systems, and services for smart cities/communities; Foster smart cities/communities through data and knowledge sharing, best practices, and collaboration; and Enable evaluation of progress and long-term growth of smart cities/communities. This plan envisions Federal agencies working together and engaging with local leaders, academia, industry, civil society, and other key stakeholders. The aim is to accelerate the development and implementation of new discoveries and innovations that in turn enable cities and communities to achieve local goals and address their most important challenges. Therefore, the Next Steps recommended in this strategic plan include, through the Smart Cities and Communities Task Force, promoting interagency coordination and collaboration; engaging cities/communities to collect feedback on and enable continued refinement of this strategic plan and future efforts; and developing a roadmap for specific Federal actions to execute the Strategic Priorities presented here. Questions for Commenters The Smart Cities and Communities Task Force invites comments on the draft strategic plan. In particular, commenters should consider the following questions as they develop their responses: Are the central goals appropriate and/or are there other goals that should be considered? Are the strategic priorities appropriate and/or are there other priorities that should be considered? Are the next steps identified in the draft plan appropriate and/or are there others that should be considered? Submitted by the National Science Foundation for the National Coordination Office (NCO) for Networking and Information [[Page 3811]] Technology Research and Development (NITRD) on January 9, 2017. Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation. [FR Doc. 2017-00501 Filed 1-11-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555-01-P
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responses to this notice are not offers that support job growth and economic
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Programs. A key objective of this plan is to
Responders are solely responsible for all identify priorities for federally funded
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expenses associated with responding to research and development (R&D) as well
BILLING CODE 7555–01–P this RFC. as capacity-building to help transform
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: our cities and communities and improve
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Summary of Draft Strategy our standards of living. To do so, the
Strategic Priorities identified herein are
Smart Cities and Communities Federal Motivated by a vision of ubiquitous, to:
Strategic Plan: Exploring Innovation smart infrastructure, systems, and • Accelerate fundamental R&D for
Together services, many cities and communities
smart cities/communities;
view advances in networking and
AGENCY: The National Coordination • Facilitate secure and resilient
information technology as a way to
Office (NCO) for Networking and infrastructure, systems, and services for
increase efficiency, reduce costs, and
Information Technology Research and smart cities/communities;
improve quality of life for their
Development (NITRD), National Science
Foundation.
residents. They seek to become ‘‘smart • Foster smart cities/communities
cities’’ and ‘‘smart communities’’ by through data and knowledge sharing,
ACTION: Request for public comment. embedding new digital technologies best practices, and collaboration; and
into their infrastructure, systems, and
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: • Enable evaluation of progress and
services to enhance existing, and
Ernest Lucier at (703) 292–4873 or long-term growth of smart cities/
develop new, city/community
lucier@NITRD.gov. Individuals who use communities.
resources. Smart city/community
a telecommunications device for the This plan envisions Federal agencies
solutions are intended to enable new
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal working together and engaging with
capabilities and opportunities—all in
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– local leaders, academia, industry, civil
the face of limited budgets. The possible
800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 society, and other key stakeholders. The
applications are numerous: Citizen
p.m., Eastern time, Monday through aim is to accelerate the development
services, smart grids, intelligent
Friday. and implementation of new discoveries
transportation systems, and remote
DATES: January 9, 2017. healthcare, to name a few. and innovations that in turn enable
SUMMARY: With this notice, the National Although information technology cities and communities to achieve local
Coordination Office for Networking and promises enormous public benefits, it goals and address their most important
Information Technology Research and also introduces new challenges. These challenges. Therefore, the Next Steps
Development (NITRD) requests challenges range from technical to recommended in this strategic plan
comments from the public regarding the ethical, legal, and social, including include, through the Smart Cities and
draft Smart Cities and Communities cybersecurity, data sharing and analysis, Communities Task Force, promoting
Federal Strategic Plan: Exploring privacy, public health and well-being, interagency coordination and
Innovation Together. The draft Strategic workforce and education needs, and collaboration; engaging cities/
Plan is posted at: https://www.nitrd.gov/ cultural and socioeconomic communities to collect feedback on and
drafts/SCC_StrategicPlan_Draft.pdf. considerations. Addressing these enable continued refinement of this
ADDRESS AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION: challenges requires new forms of cross- strategic plan and future efforts; and
You may submit comments by any of sector and cross-government developing a roadmap for specific
the following methods: collaboration, experimentation, Federal actions to execute the Strategic
• Email: SCCTF@nitrd.gov, comments knowledge sharing, and alignment. Priorities presented here.
submitted by email should be machine- This strategic plan offers a high-level
readable and should not be copy- Questions for Commenters
framework to guide and coordinate
protected; smart city/community-related Federal The Smart Cities and Communities
• Fax: (703) 292–9097, Attn: Smart initiatives, with an emphasis on local Task Force invites comments on the
Cities and Communities; or government and stakeholder draft strategic plan. In particular,
• Mail: Attn: Smart Cities and engagement. Coordinating efforts across commenters should consider the
Communities, NCO, Suite II–405, 4201 Federal agencies should help accelerate following questions as they develop
Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230. the development of smart city/
The deadline for submission under their responses:
community solutions that maximize the
this RFC is February 28, 2017. • Are the central goals appropriate
value of investments and optimize
Submissions must not exceed 3 pages in and/or are there other goals that should
benefits to residents.
12 point or larger font, with a page be considered?
The Central Goals that motivate this
number provided on each page.
strategy are to: • Are the strategic priorities
Responders should include the name of appropriate and/or are there other
the person(s) or organization(s) filing • Understand local needs and local
goals; priorities that should be considered?
the comment.
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Responses to this RFC may be posted • Accelerate smart city/community • Are the next steps identified in the
online at http://www.nitrd.gov. innovation and infrastructure draft plan appropriate and/or are there
Therefore, the Smart Cities and development; others that should be considered?
Communities Task Force requests that • Facilitate cross-sector collaboration Submitted by the National Science
no business proprietary information or and bridge existing silos; Foundation for the National
copyrighted information be submitted in • Boost exports and promote U.S. Coordination Office (NCO) for
response to this RFC. global leadership; and Networking and Information
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