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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 161 / Tuesday, August 24, 2021 / Notices if any, and cite AI Risk Management Framework in all correspondence.
For questions about this RFI contact: Mark Przybocki mark.przybocki@nist.gov, U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, MS 20899, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, telephone 301 9753347, email AIframework@nist.gov.
Direct media inquiries to NISTs Office of Public Affairs at 301 975
2762.
Users of telecommunication devices for the deaf, or a text telephone, may call the Federal Relay Service, toll free at 18008778339.
Accessible Format: On request to the contact person listed above, NIST will make the RFI available in alternate formats, such as Braille or large print, upon request by persons with disabilities.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

NIST is extending the comment period announced in the July 29, 2021
RFI 86 FR 40810 through September 15, 2021. The agencys work on an AI
RMF is consistent with recommendations by the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence 1 and the Plan for Federal Engagement in Developing AI Technical Standards and Related Tools.2
Congress has directed NIST to collaborate with the private and public sectors to develop a voluntary AI RMF.3
The Framework is intended to help designers, developers, users and evaluators of AI systems better manage risks across the AI lifecycle.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272b, c, & e;
15 U.S.C. 278g3.
Alicia Chambers, NIST Executive Secretariat.
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1 National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, Final Report, https www.nscai.gov/
wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Full-Report-Digital1.pdf.
2 Plan for Federal Engagement in Developing AI
Technical Standards and Related Tools, https
www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/2019/08/10/
ai_standards_fedengagement_plan_9aug2019.pdf.
3 H. Rept. 116455COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2021, CRPT
116hrpt455.pdf congress.gov, and Section 5301 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 Pub. L. 116283, https www.congress.gov/
116/bills/hr6395/BILLS-116hr6395enr.pdf.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request. iEdison System.
National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.
AGENCY:

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 publics reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before October 25, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by mail to Elizabeth Reinhart, Management Analyst, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, elizabeth.reinhart@nist.gov, or PRAcomments@doc.gov. Please reference OMB Control Number 0693xxxx in the subject line of your comments. Do not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or specific questions related to collection activities should be directed to Bethany Loftin, Interagency and iEdison Specialist, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg MD 20899, 301975
0496, bethany.loftin@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract The Bayh-Dole Act 35 U.S.C. 18 and its implementing regulations 37 CFR
401 allow for recipients of federal research funding Contractors to retain ownership of inventions developed under federal funding agreements. In exchange, the government retains certain rights to the invention, including a world-wide right to use by or on behalf of the U.S. government. The law also requires the Contractor to obtain
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permission for certain actions and fulfill reporting requirements including:
a. Initial reporting of invention.
b. Decision to retain title to invention.
c. Filing of patent protection.
d. Evidence of government support clause within patents.
e. Submission of a license confirming the governments rights.
f. Notice if the Contractor is going to discontinue the pursuit or continuance of patent protection.
g. Information related to the development and utilization of invention.
h. Permission to assign to a third party; and i. Permission to waive domestic manufacturing requirements.
This information is used for a variety of reasons. It allows the government to identify technologies to which the government has rights to use without additional payment or licensing. This acts as a time and cost-saving mechanism to avoid unnecessary negotiating and payment. It also provides data for calculation of return on investment ROI from federal funding and identifies successful research programs. Thirdly, it allows the government the opportunity to timely protect inventions which the Contractor declines title or discontinues patent protection. Historically, the National Institutes of Health NIH has collected this information via their on-line portal, iEdison; however, the responsibility for this data collection will be taken over by NIST. Agencies that do not register with iEdison are required to collect this information independently.
II. Method of Collection Information will be electronically collected through the online system iEdison.
III. Data OMB Control Number: 0693XXXX.
Form Numbers: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission, new information collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
3063.
Estimated Time per Response:
Invention Records: 6 hours.
Patent Records: 3.5 hours.
Utilization Records 4.5 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:
Invention Records: 18,378 hours.
Patent Records: 10,720 hours.
Utilization Records: 13,783 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.

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