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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 147 / Wednesday, August 4, 2021 / Notices
planned to hold in person. When the notice was issued, NOAA included a caveat to the in-person meetings stating A virtual meeting platform may substitute if public safety concerns remain to prevent the spread of COVID
19.
NOAA has determined that the two meetings previously scheduled for August 18, 2021 and August 19, 2021
will now be conducted virtually.
Interested parties should register to attend a virtual meeting via the information provided in the DATES
section of this notice or at https
sanctuaries.noaa.gov/lake-ontario/.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.
Rebecca R. Holyoke, Acting Director, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

National Technical Information Service
Proposals will be received and evaluated on an ongoing basis.
Proposals will not be accepted after August 24, 2024. This Notice replaces the notice published on December 13, 2019, 84 FR 68147. Applicants that have already submitted proposals under the 2019 notice do not need to resubmit under this notice.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Opportunity To Enter Into a Joint Venture Partnership With the National Technical Information Service for Data Innovation Support National Technical Information Service, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The National Technical Information Service NTIS requests proposals from interested private-sector organizations to assist Federal agencies in the development and implementation of innovative ways to collect, connect, access, secure, analyze, disseminate and enable effective and efficient use of data to address unique and complex national data priorities. Specifically, NTIS is interested in partnering with organizations that have specialized skills and capabilities in applied data science areas, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, and cybersecurity, to assist the Federal government in leveraging data as a strategic asset to achieve Federal agency mission outcomes. Organizations that are selected in accordance with the evaluation criteria and selection process set forth in this notice will be invited to enter into a joint venture partnership agreement with NTIS to be eligible to compete for Federal data service opportunities identified by NTIS in cooperation with other Federal agencies.
In accordance with the Presidents
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Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, E.O. 13985 of Jan 20, 2021, NTIS encourages all individuals and organizations to apply who meet the listed qualifications and requirements in this notice, including those who come from underserved communities, such as Black, Latino, Indigenous and Native American, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other persons of color;
members of religious minorities;
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer LGBTQ+ persons; persons with disabilities; persons who live in rural areas; and persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality and the organizations that support these individuals and groups.

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Submit proposals electronically, with the subject line Opportunity to Enter into a Joint Venture Partnership with the National Technical Information Service for Data Innovation Support, by emailing both OpportunityAnnouncement@ntis.gov and Randy Caldwell at rcaldwell@
ntis.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Randy Caldwell at 703 6056321, or by email at rcaldwell@ntis.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction/Background for Potential Joint Venture Partners JVPs NTIS, an agency of the U.S.
Department of Commerce, is seeking proposals from potential JVPs that can work with NTIS to assist Federal agencies to leverage innovative ways to collect, connect, access, secure, analyze, disseminate and enable effective and efficient use of data to address unique and complex national data priorities.
Federal agencies are currently addressing national issues in such areas as fraud detection, improper payments, public services, health and safety, cybersecurity, technology transfer, supply chain optimization, and internal requirements to operate more effectively and efficiently. Addressing these mission-critical data issues requires new capabilities in machine learning, artificial intelligence, predictive analytics and other advanced data
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science expertise. See OMB M1918 1
and Executive Order 13859.2 Federal agencies that need the data services of NTIS and its JVPs require holistic solutions that may require the application of multiple data and technological capabilities in new and innovative ways in order to support the agencies strategic plans and missioncritical priorities. Many of the challenges facing Federal agencies are at the intersection of data science and information technology IT
modernization. Solutions often require related capabilities in emerging technologies, innovation, change management, and agile delivery methods. Mission areas that NTIS
supports include, but are not limited to, fraud detection, public services, health and safety, technology transfer, and national security.
Activities conducted by NTIS and its JVPs in support of other Federal agencies may include: 1 Designing, testing, analyzing, or demonstrating the application of Federal data and data services, either alone or in combination with non-Federal data; 2 based on Federal data or the use of Federal data in some combination with open Federal data and non-Federal data, facilitating the creation of suites of products, platforms, and services that assist Federal agencies in meeting the needs of businesses, innovators, government agencies, and others; and 3 otherwise enhancing data discovery and usability, data interoperability and standards, data analytics and forecasting, or data infrastructure and security. Projects that can be accomplished by a Federal agency via a commercial-off-the-shelf COTS procurement or acquisition action will not be conducted by NTIS
with its JVPs.
Organizations that enter into joint venture partnership agreements with NTIS, pursuant to this notice, will have opportunities to engage in early discussions about projects with NTIS
and the sponsoring Federal agencies and may subsequently compete for the opportunity to work with NTIS to provide data services on specific projects under a merit-based selection process established by NTIS.
Under a separate notice that will be published in the Federal Register assistive technologies JVPs notice, NTIS will accept proposals from interested private-sector organizations to become a JVP eligible to work with 1 https www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/
uploads/2019/06/M-19-18.pdf.
2 https www.federalregister.gov/documents/
2019/02/14/2019-02544/maintaining-americanleadership-in-artificial-intelligence.

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