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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 179 / Monday, September 20, 2021 / Notices assets physical location or the distribution of these facilities;
F exclusive or dominant supply of critical goods and materials, and other essential goods and materials, as identified in paragraphs i and ii above, by or through nations that are or are likely to become, unfriendly or unstable;
G availability of substitutes or alternative sources for critical goods and materials, and other essential goods and materials, as identified in paragraphs i and ii above.
H relevant workforce skills, best practices, and identified gaps in the availability and/or adequacy of domestic education and training resources necessary to fulfill future workforce needs;
I need for research and development capacity to sustain leadership in the development of services or critical goods and materials, and other essential goods and materials, as identified in paragraphs i and ii above;
J role of transportation and transmission systems in supporting existing supply chains and risks associated with those systems; and K risks posed by climate change to the availability, production, transportation, or transmission of critical goods and materials and other essential goods and materials, as identified in paragraphs i and ii above;
vi allied and partner actions, including whether or not the United States allies and partners have also identified and prioritized the services or critical goods materials and other essential goods and materials identified in paragraphs i and ii above, and possible avenues for international engagement;
vii primary causes of risks for any aspect of the ICT industrial base and supply chains assessed as vulnerable pursuant to paragraph v above;
viii prioritization of the critical goods and materials and other essential goods and materials, including digital products, identified in paragraphs i and ii above for the purpose of identifying options and policy recommendations. The prioritization shall be based on statutory or regulatory requirements; importance to national security, emergency preparedness, and the policy set forth in section 1 of E.O. 14017;
ix specific policy recommendations important for ensuring a resilient supply chain for the ICT industrial base. Such recommendations may include, but are not limited to, sustainably reshoring supply chains and developing or
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strengthening domestic design, components, and supplies; cooperating with allies and partners to identify alternative supply chains; building redundancy into domestic supply chains; ensuring and enlarging stockpiles; developing workforce capabilities; enhancing access to financing; expanding research and development to broaden supply chains;
addressing risks due to vulnerabilities in digital products relied on by supply chains; addressing risks posed by climate change; strengthening supply chain security; and any other recommendations;
x any executive, legislative, regulatory, and policy changes and any other actions to strengthen the capabilities identified in paragraph iii above, and to prevent, avoid, or prepare for any of the contingencies identified in paragraph iv above; and xi suggestions for improving the Government-wide effort to strengthen supply chains, including suggestions for coordinating actions with ongoing efforts that could be considered duplicative of the work of E.O. 14017 or with existing Government mechanisms that could be used to implement E.O.
14017 in a more effective manner.
The Department of Commerce and the Department of Homeland Security encourage commenters, when addressing the elements above, to structure their comments using the specific text as identifiers for the areas of inquiry to which their comments respond. This will assist in more easily reviewing and summarizing the comments received in response to these specific comment areas. For example, a commenter submitting comments responsive to paragraph i above, would use that exact textThe critical goods and materials, as defined in section 6b of E.O. 14017, underlying the supply chain in questionas a heading in the public comment followed by the commenters specific comments in this area.
Requirements for Written Comments The https www.regulations.gov website allows users to provide comments by filling in a Type Comment field, or by attaching a document using an Upload File field.
The Department of Commerce prefers that comments be provided in an attached document. The Department of Commerce prefers submissions in Microsoft Word .doc files or Adobe Acrobat .pdf files. If the submission is in an application format other than Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat, please indicate the name of the application in the Type Comment
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field. Please do not attach separate cover letters to electronic submissions; rather, include any information that might appear in a cover letter within the comments. Similarly, to the extent possible, please include any exhibits, annexes, or other attachments in the same file, so that the submission consists of one file instead of multiple files. Comments both public comments and non-confidential versions of comments containing business confidential information will be placed in the docket and open to public inspection. Comments may be viewed on https www.regulations.gov by entering docket number BIS20210021
in the search field on the home page.
All filers should name their files using the name of the person or entity submitting the comments. Anonymous comments are also accepted.
Communications from agencies of the United States Government will not be made available for public inspection.
Anyone submitting business confidential information should clearly identify the business confidential portion at the time of submission, file a statement justifying nondisclosure and referring to the specific legal authority claimed, and provide a non-confidential version of the submission. The nonconfidential version of the submission will be placed in the public file on https www.regulations.gov. For comments submitted electronically containing business confidential information, the file name of the business confidential version should begin with the characters BC. Any page containing business confidential information must be clearly marked BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL on the top of that page. The non-confidential version must be clearly marked PUBLIC. The file name of the nonconfidential version should begin with the character P. The BC and P
should be followed by the name of the person or entity submitting the comments or rebuttal comments. If a public hearing is held in support of this assessment, a separate Federal Register notice will be published providing the date and information about the hearing.
The Bureau of Industry and Security does not maintain a separate public inspection facility. Requesters should first view the Bureaus web page, which can be found at https efoia.bis.
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for assistance. The records related to this assessment are made accessible in accordance with the regulations published in part 4 of title 15 of the
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