[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 230 (Monday, November 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76613-76614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26365]
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NATIONAL SECURITY COMMISSION ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
[Docket No. 11-2020-01]
National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence; Notice
of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
AGENCY: National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.
ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence
(the ``Commission'') is publishing this notice to announce the
following asynchronous Federal Advisory Committee meeting and paper
review process. The meeting will be closed to the public.
DATES: Closed to the public, December 15, 2020 to February 14, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Angela Ponmakha, 703-614-6379
(Voice), nscai-dfo@nscai.gov. Mailing address: Designated Federal
Officer, National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, 2530
Crystal Drive, Box 45, Arlington, VA 22202. website: https://www.nscai.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting and paper review process are
being held under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) (5 U.S.C., Appendix), the Government in the Sunshine Act (5
U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102-3.140 and 102-3.150.
Purpose of the Meeting: The John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19 NDAA), Sec. 1051, Public
Law 115-232, 132 Stat. 1636, 1962-65 (2018), created the Commission to
``consider the methods and means necessary to advance the development
of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and associated
technologies by the United States to comprehensively address the
national security and defense needs of the United States.'' The
Commission will consider potential recommendations to Congress and the
Executive Branch. According to the FY19 NDAA, the Commission ``may
include a classified annex.''
Agenda: Due to the restrictions on in-person meetings imposed by
the COVID-19 pandemic--including travel, social distancing, and other
factors--the Commission will hold an asynchronous Federal Advisory
Committee meeting beginning on or about December 15, 2020 and ending on
or about February 14, 2020. For the asynchronous meeting, individual
commissioners or small groups of commissioners will meet with
Commission staff during this period of time to discuss and deliberate
specifically on the Commission's draft classified annex. The Designated
Federal Officer, Ms. Angela Ponmakha, or an alternate designated
federal officer will convene and conclude all such meetings. Due to the
restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic, Commissioners may also
deliberate and vote on the classified annex through a paper approval
process managed by the Designated Federal Officer and relevant
Commission staff. All materials and discussions in the asynchronous
meeting and paper approval process will be classified.
Meeting Accessibility: In accordance with Section 10(d) of the
FACA, NSCAI has determined the series of meetings and paper approval
process will be closed to the public. Specifically, the Commission's
Committee Management Officer, in consultation with the General Services
Administration's Secretariat and Office of General Counsel, has
determined in writing that the meetings will be closed to the public
because they will consider matters covered by 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). The
determination is because it is expected that discussions throughout the
course of the asynchronous meeting and the paper approval process will
involve classified matters of national security concern. Such
classified material is so intertwined with the unclassified material
that it cannot be reasonably segregated into separate discussions
without defeating the effectiveness and meaning of the overall
meetings. To permit the meeting to be open to the public would preclude
discussion of such matters and would greatly diminish the ultimate
utility of the Commission's findings and recommendations to the
Congress and the President.
Written Statements: Written comments may be submitted to the
Commission at any time regarding its mission or in response to the
stated agenda of planned meetings via email to: nscai-dfo@nscai.gov in
either Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Word format. The DFO will compile all
written submissions and provide them to the Commissioners for
consideration. Please note that all submitted comments will be treated
as public documents and will be made available for public inspection,
including, but not limited to, being posted on the Commission's
website.
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Dated: November 24, 2020.
Michael Gable,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2020-26365 Filed 11-27-20; 8:45 am]
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