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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 143 / Thursday, July 29, 2021 / Notices 9. The appropriateness of the attributes NIST has developed for the AI
Risk Management Framework. See above, AI RMF Development and Attributes;
10. Effective ways to structure the Framework to achieve the desired goals, including, but not limited to, integrating AI risk management processes with organizational processes for developing products and services for better outcomes in terms of trustworthiness and management of AI risks.
Respondents are asked to identify any current models which would be effective. These could includebut are not limited tothe NIST Cybersecurity Framework or Privacy Framework, which focus on outcomes, functions, categories and subcategories and also offer options for developing profiles reflecting current and desired approaches as well as tiers to describe degree of framework implementation;
and 11. How the Framework could be developed to advance the recruitment, hiring, development, and retention of a knowledgeable and skilled workforce necessary to perform AI-related functions within organizations.
12. The extent to which the Framework should include governance issues, including but not limited to make up of design and development teams, monitoring and evaluation, and grievance and redress.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272b, c, & e;
15 U.S.C. 278g3.
Alicia Chambers, NIST Executive Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology Establishment of a Laboratory Accreditation Program for Laboratories Performing System Integration Testing and Operational/
User Acceptance Testing on Federal Warfare Systems Under the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
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Under the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program NVLAP the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST
announces the establishment of a laboratory accreditation program and
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the availability of applications for accreditation of laboratories that perform System Integration Testing SIT and Operational/User Acceptance Testing O/UAT on Federal Warfare Systems.
Laboratories may obtain NIST Handbook 150, NVLAP
Procedures and General Requirements, NIST Handbook 150872, Federal Warfare Systems, and an application for this program by visiting the NVLAP
website at https www.nist.gov/nvlap or by sending a request to NVLAP by mail at NIST/NVLAP, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2140, Gaithersburg, MD 208992140 or by email at nvlap@nist.gov. All applications for accreditation must be submitted to nvlap@nist.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brad Moore, Program Manager, NIST/NVLAP, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2140, Gaithersburg, MD 208992140, Phone:
301 9755740 or email:
bradley.moore@nist.gov.
Information regarding NVLAP and the accreditation process can be obtained from https www.nist.gov/nvlap.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In response to the need for an improved capability to protype and experiment prior to generating requirements, the U2 Federal Laboratory was established in accordance with 15 U.S.C. 3710 and 10 U.S.C. 2500. The U2 Federal Laboratorys mission is to fast-field advanced technologies at a speed relevant to the warfighter, in accordance with House Report 115676
2018 1 and the Congressionallymandated 2018 National Defense Strategy. This is accomplished through vertical integration with one laboratory to effect confluence of Warfighter, Developer, and Acquirer. 2
On May 7, 2019, the U2 Federal Laboratory formally requested in writing the Chief of NVLAP consider the establishment of a proposed new Laboratory Accreditation Program LAP
entitled, Federal Warfare Systems LAP, in accordance with NIST
Handbook 150 Para 2.1.3. In compliance with NVLAP procedures 15 CFR part 285, NVLAP held a public workshop on November 19, 2019 to solicit further comments on the establishment of a Federal Warfare Systems LAP and on ADDRESSES:

1 U.S., House, Committee on Armed Services, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 H. Rpt. 115676. Washington: Government Printing Office, 2018.
2 MAJOR Tierney, Raymond G., The Federal Warfare Systems Laboratory Executive Summary, Available at: https www.nist.gov/system/files/
documents/2021/05/27/FWS%20LAB_
2021%20White%20Paper_v17.2021APR19.pdf.
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the technical requirements to be associated with the LAP.
Determination Under the framework of the Federal Warfare Systems Laboratory, advanced technologies can be developed or integrated to determine technical feasibility Is it possible?. Embedded developers then hand the technology to the end-user Warfighter to determine operational utility Is it useful?. This process continuously cycles between development and operations. The desired outcome is achieved when the technology has evolved to a high-Technology Readiness Level TRL, Warfighter-useful solution.
At this point, the technology generally transitions into the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System and Defense Acquisition System DoD
Directive 5000.01 and DoD Instruction 5000.02 as a vetted, mature requirement. In this way, the acquisitions process is meaningfully compressed, and cost offsets realized, by a front-loading development with the end-user and b abating the problems of scope, understanding, and volatility associated with the requirement development process. Importantly, establishment of this LAP affords a means to standardize the traceability, competence, impartiality, and operational consistency of Federal Laboratories supporting warfare systems within the Department of Defense, as well as a means to meet a 2018 National Defense Strategy mandate that, prototyping and experimentation should be used prior to defining requirements. 3
The U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command ACC Office of the Chief Scientist is considering a commandwide plan for adoption of the Federal Warfare System Laboratory construct.
Interest in this concept has also been expressed by senior military leaders.
Based on careful analysis of comments received during the public workshop and a review of the Secretary of Defenses strategies, instructions, and mandates, the Chief of NVLAP has determined that the establishment of a LAP for laboratories conducting SIT and O/UAT on Federal Warfare Systems best meets government needs.
This notice is issued in accordance with NVLAP procedures and general requirements, found in 15 CFR part 285.
NVLAP provides an unbiased, thirdparty evaluation and recognition of competence. NVLAP accreditation signifies that a laboratory has 3 Excerpt from the 2018 National Defense Strategy.

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