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354–9660 or by email at 

suggs.anjanette@dol.gov. 

Submit written comments about, or 

requests for a copy of, this ICR by mail 

or courier to the U.S. Department of 

Labor, Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs, Room S3323, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20210; by email: suggs.anjanette@

dol.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anjanette Suggs by telephone at 202– 

354–9660 or by email at 

suggs.anjanette@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOL, 

as part of continuing efforts to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing collections of information 

before submitting them to the OMB for 

final approval. This program helps to 

ensure requested data can be provided 

in the desired format, reporting burden 

(time and financial resources) is 

minimized, collection instruments are 

clearly understood, and the impact of 

collection requirements can be properly 

assessed. 

The Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs administers the Federal Black 

Lung Workers’ Compensation Program. 

The Black Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 

901(a)(b) and its implementing 

regulations necessitate this information 

collection. The regulations at 20 CFR 

725.701, establish miner eligibility for 

medical services and supplies for the 

length of time required by the miner’s 

pneumoconiosis and related disability. 

20 CFR 725.706 requires prior approval 

before ordering an apparatus where the 

purchase price exceeds $300. 20 CFR 

727.707 provides for the ongoing 

supervision of the miner’s medical care, 

including the necessity, character and 

sufficiency of care to be furnished; gives 

the authority to request medical reports; 

and indicates the right to refuse 

payment of failing to submit any report 

required. Because of the above 

legislation and regulations, it was 

necessary to devise a form to collect the 

required information. The form is the 

CM–893, Certification of Medical 

Necessity is completed by the coal 

miner’s doctor and is used by the 

Division of Coal Mine Workers’ 

Compensation to determine if the miner 

meets impairment standards to qualify 

for durable medical equipment and 

home nursing. This information 

collection is currently approved, for use 

through April 30, 2021. The Black Lung 

Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 901(a)(b) and 

implementing regulation, 20 CFR 

725.406, authorizes this information 

collection. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless the OMB 

under the PRA approves it and displays 

a currently valid OMB Control Number. 

In addition, notwithstanding any other 

provisions of law, no person shall 

generally be subject to penalty for 

failing to comply with a collection of 

information that does not display a 

valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 

1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

provide comments to the contact shown 

in the ADDRESSES section. Written 

comments will receive consideration, 

and summarized and included in the 

request for OMB approval of the final 

ICR. In order to help ensure appropriate 

consideration, comments should 

mention 1240–0024. 

Submitted comments will also be a 

matter of public record for this ICR and 

posted on the internet, without 

redaction. The DOL encourages 

commenters not to include personally 

identifiable information, confidential 

business data, or other sensitive 

statements/information in any 

comments. 

The DOL is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Agency: DOL-Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title of Collection: Certification of 

Medical Necessity. 

Form: CM–893. 

OMB Control Number: 1240–0024. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for profit, 

and Not for profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,300. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

1,300. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Response: 20–40 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 488 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Cost 

Burden: $0. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). 

Anjanette Suggs, 

Agency Clearance Officer. 

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of a Modified System of 

Records. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the Privacy Act of 1974, the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration 

is issuing public notice of its proposal 

to significantly alter a previously 

noticed system of records NASA Health 

Information Management System/NASA 

10HIMS. This notice incorporates 

locations and NASA standard routine 

uses, as appropriate, that NASA has 

previously published separately from, 

and cited by reference in, this and other 

NASA systems of records notices. This 

notice further clarifies and crystalizes 

this system of records; updates records 

access, notification, and contesting 

procedures; enhances one and adds one 

new routine uses, as set forth below 

under the caption SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: Submit comments within 30 

calendar days from the date of this 

publication. The changes will take effect 

at the end of that period, if no adverse 

comments are received. 

ADDRESSES: Patti F. Stockman, Privacy 

Act Officer, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration 

Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546– 

0001, (202) 358–4787, NASAPAOfficer@nasa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

NASA Privacy Act Officer, Patti F. 

Stockman, (202) 358–4787, NASAPAOfficer@nasa.gov. 


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

This system notice includes both 

minor and substantial revisions to 

NASA’s existing system of records 

notice. This notice clarifies that NASA’s 

purpose for this system of records is to 

ensure a healthy workforce and working 

environment. It adds a field by which 

records may be retrieved, and records 

access, notification, and contesting 

procedures consistent with NASA 

Privacy Act regulations; adds new 

locations to reflect the location of NASA 

pandemic contact tracing records that 

identify individuals who have 

contracted infectious diseases and 

others they have potentially exposed in 

the NASA workplace; and incorporates, 

as appropriate, information formerly 

published separately in the Federal 

Register as Appendix A, Location 

Numbers and Mailing Addresses of 

NASA Installations at which Records 

are Located. It incorporates, in whole, 

NASA Standard Routine uses heretofore 

published by NASA as Appendix B and 

cited within individual system notices. 

This notice modifies categories of 

individuals covered and categories of 

records to be more precise. Finally, this 

notice expands routine use number 2 for 

contingency medical mission support; 

and revises NASA’s Standard Routine 

Use 6 and adds a new standard routine 

use number 9, both to permit disclosure 

of information to another federal agency 

or entity to permit their response to a 

breach or address of harm caused by a 

breach. 

Cheryl Parker, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

Health Information Management 

System, NASA 10HIMS. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

None. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Records of Medical Clinics/Units and 

Environmental Health Offices are 

maintained at: 

Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters, 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA), Washington, 

DC 20546–0001; 

Ames Research Center (NASA), 

Moffett Field, CA 94035–1000; 

Armstrong Flight Research Center 

(NASA), P.O. Box 273, Edwards, CA 

93523–0273; 

John H. Glenn Research Center at 

Lewis Field (NASA), 21000 Brookpark 

Road, Cleveland, OH 44135–3191; 

Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA), 

Greenbelt, MD 20771–0001; 

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center 

(NASA), Houston, TX 77058–3696; 

John F. Kennedy Space Center 

(NASA), Kennedy Space Center, FL 

32899–0001; 

Langley Research Center, (NASA), 

Hampton, VA 23681–2199; 

George C. Marshall Space Flight 

Center (NASA), Marshall Space Flight 

Center, AL 35812–0001; 

John C. Stennis Space Center (NASA), 

Stennis Space Center, MS 39529–6000; 

Michoud Assembly Facility (NASA), 

P.O. Box 29300, New Orleans, LA 

70189; and 

Wallops Flight Facility (NASA), 

Wallops Island, VA 23337. 

Electronic records are also hosted at: 

CORITY Chicago Data Center, 341 

Haynes Drive, in Wood Dale, Illinois 

60191; 

Salesforce Government Cloud in 

Ashburn, Virginia; and 

Salesforce Disaster Recovery Center in 

Elk Grove Village, Illinois. 

SYSTEM AND SUBSYSTEM MANAGER(S): 

Chief Health and Medical Officer at 

NASA Headquarters (see System 

Location above for address). 

Subsystem Managers: 

Director Health and Medical Systems, 

Occupational Health at NASA 

Headquarters (see System Location 

above for address); 

Chief, Space Medicine Division at 

NASA Johnson Space Center (see 

System Location above for address); 

Occupational Health Contracting 

Officer Representatives at NASA Ames 

Research Center, (see System Location 

above for address); 

NASA Armstrong Flight Research 

Center (see System Location above for 

address); 

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 

(see System Location above for address); 

NASA Kennedy Space Center (see 

System Location above for address); 

NASA Langley Research Center (see 

System Location above for address); 

NASA Glenn Research Center (see 

System Location above for address); 

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center 

(see System Location above for address); 

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see 

System Location above for address); 

NASA Stennis Space Center (see 

System Location above for address); 

Michoud Assembly Facility (NASA) 

(see System Location above for address); 

and 

Wallops Flight Facility (NASA) (see 

System Location above for address). 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

5 U.S.C. 7901—Health service 

programs; 

51 U.S.C. 20113 (a)—Powers of the 

Administration in performance of 

functions to make and promulgate rules 

and regulations; 

44 U.S.C. 3101—Records management 

by agency heads; general duties; 

42 CFR part 2—Confidentiality of 

substance use disorder patient records. 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM: 

In order to ensure a healthy 

environment and workforce, 

information in this system of records is 

maintained on anyone receiving (1) 

exams for general wellness, (2) 

occupational clearances or 

determination of fitness for duty, (3) 

behavioral health assistance, (4) 

workplace surveillance for potential 

human exposure within NASA to 

communicable diseases and hazards 

such as noise and chemical exposure, 

repetitive motion, and (5) first aid or 

medical care for onsite illness or 

injuries through a NASA clinic 

outreach. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

This system contains information on 

(1) NASA employees and applicants; (2) 

employees from other agencies and 

military detailees working at NASA; (3) 

active or retired astronauts and active 

astronaut family members; (4) other 

space flight personnel on temporary or 

extended duty at NASA; (5) contractor 

personnel; (6) Space Flight Participants 

and those engaged in commercial use of 

NASA facilities, (7) civil service and 

contractor family members; and (8) 

visitors to NASA Centers who use 

clinics or ambulance services for 

emergency or first-aid treatment. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Records in this system contain 

demographic data and private health 

information: 

(1) Wellness records including but not 

limited to exams provided for 

continuing healthcare, documentation 

of immunizations and other outreach 

records. 

(2) Fitness for duty and/or exposure 

exams/surveillance including but not 

limited to ergonomics, hazardous 

materials, radiation, noise, 

communicable diseases and other 

applicable longitudinal surveillance. 

(3) Qualification records including the 

use of offsite or onsite exams to 

determine suitability for duties. 

(4) Behavioral health and employee 

assistance records. 

(5) Records of first aid, contingency 

response, or emergency care, including 

ambulance transportation. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

The information in this system of 

records is obtained from individuals 

themselves, physicians, and previous 

medical records of individuals. 


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ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

Any disclosures of information will 

be compatible with the purpose for 

which the Agency collected the 

information. Under the following 

routine uses that are unique to this 

system of records, information in this 

system may be disclosed: (1) To external 

medical professionals and independent 

entities to support internal and external 

reviews for purposes of medical quality 

assurance; (2) to private or other 

government health care providers for 

consultation, referral, or mission 

medical contingency support; (3) to the 

Office of Personnel Management, 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration, and other Federal or 

State agencies as required in accordance 

with the Federal agency’s special 

program responsibilities; (4) to insurers 

for referrals or reimbursement; (5) to 

employers of non-NASA personnel in 

support of the Mission Critical Space 

Systems Personnel Reliability Program; 

(6) to international partners for mission 

support and continuity of care for their 

employees pursuant to NASA Space Act 

agreements; (7) to non-NASA personnel 

performing research, studies, or other 

activities through arrangements or 

agreements with NASA; (8) to the public 

of pre-space flight information having 

mission impact concerning an 

individual crewmember, limited to the 

crewmember’s name and the fact that a 

medical condition exists; (9) to the 

public, limited to the crewmember’s 

name and the fact that a medical 

condition exists, if a flight crewmember 

is, for medical reasons, unable to 

perform a scheduled public event 

following a space flight mission/ 

landing; (10) to the public to advise of 

medical conditions arising from 

accidents, consistent with NASA 

regulations; and (12) in accordance with 

standard routine uses as set forth here. 

In addition, the following routine uses 

of information contained in SORs are 

standard for many NASA systems and 

are compatible with the purpose for 

which the Agency collected the 

information. They are NASA Standard 

Routine Uses. 

Standard Routine Use No. 1—In the 

event this system of records indicates a 

violation or potential violation of law, 

whether civil, criminal, or regulatory in 

nature, and whether arising by general 

statute or particular program statute, or 

by regulation, rule or order issued 

pursuant thereto, the relevant records in 

the SOR may be referred to the 

appropriate agency, whether Federal, 

State, local or foreign, charged with the 

responsibility of investigating or 

prosecuting such violation or charged 

with enforcing or implementing the 

statute, or rule, regulation or order 

issued pursuant thereto. 

Standard Routine Use No. 2—A 

record from this SOR may be disclosed 

to a Federal, State, or local agency 

maintaining civil, criminal, or other 

relevant enforcement information or 

other pertinent information, such as 

current licenses, if necessary to obtain 

information relevant to an agency 

decision concerning the hiring or 

retention of an employee, the issuance 

of a security clearance, the letting of a 

contract, or the issuance of a license, 

grant, or other benefit. 

Standard Routine Use No. 3—A 

record from this SOR may be disclosed 

to a Federal agency, in response to its 

request, in connection with the hiring or 

retention of an employee, the issuance 

of a security clearance, the reporting of 

an investigation of an employee, the 

letting of a contract, or the issuance of 

a license, grant, or other benefit by the 

requesting agency, to the extent that the 

information is relevant and necessary to 

the requesting agency’s decision on the 

matter. 

Standard Routine Use No. 4—A 

record from this system may be 

disclosed to the Department of Justice 

when (a) the Agency, or any component 

thereof; or (b) any employee of the 

Agency in his or her official capacity; or 

(c) any employee of the Agency in his 

or her individual capacity where the 

Department of Justice or the Agency has 

agreed to represent the employee; or (d) 

the United States, where the Agency 

determines that litigation is likely to 

affect the Agency or any of its 

components, is a party to litigation or 

has an interest in such litigation, and 

the use of such records by the 

Department of Justice or the Agency is 

deemed by the Agency to be relevant 

and necessary to the litigation. 

Standard Routine Use No. 5—A 

record from this system may be 

disclosed in a proceeding before a court 

or adjudicative body before which the 

agency is authorized to appear, when: 

(a) The Agency, or any component 

thereof; or (b) any employee of the 

Agency in his or her official capacity; or 

(c) any employee of the Agency in his 

or her individual capacity where the 

Agency has agreed to represent the 

employee; or (d) the United States, 

where the Agency determines that 

litigation is likely to affect the Agency 

or any of its components, is a party to 

litigation or has an interest in such 

litigation, and the use of such records by 

the Agency is deemed to be relevant and 

necessary to the litigation. 

Standard Routine Use No. 6—A 

record from this SOR may be disclosed 

to appropriate agencies, entities, and 

persons when (1) NASA suspects or has 

confirmed that there has been a breach 

of the system of records; (2) NASA has 

determined that as a result of the 

suspected or confirmed breach there is 

a risk of harm to individuals, NASA 

(including its information systems, 

programs, and operations), the Federal 

Government, or national security; and 

(3) the disclosure made to such 

agencies, entities, and persons is 

reasonably necessary to assist in 

connection with NASA’s efforts to 

respond to the suspected or confirmed 

breach or to prevent, minimize, or 

remedy such harm. 

Standard Routine Use No. 7—A 

record from this system may be 

disclosed to contractors, grantees, 

experts, consultants, students, and 

others performing or working on a 

contract, service, grant, cooperative 

agreement, or other assignment for the 

federal government, when necessary to 

accomplish an Agency function related 

to this system of records. 

Standard Routine Use No. 8—A 

record from this system may be 

disclosed to a Member of Congress or 

staff acting upon the Member’s behalf 

when the Member or staff requests the 

information on behalf of, and at the 

request of, the individual who is the 

subject of the record. 

Standard Routine Use No. 9—A 

record from this system may be 

disclosed to another Federal agency or 

Federal entity, when NASA determines 

that information from this system of 

records is reasonably necessary to assist 

the recipient agency or entity in (1) 

responding to a suspected or confirmed 

breach or (2) preventing, minimizing, or 

remedying the risk of harm to 

individuals, the recipient agency or 

entity (including its information 

systems, programs, and operations), the 

Federal Government, or national 

security, resulting from a suspected or 

confirmed breach. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF

RECORDS: 

Records are stored in multiple formats 

including paper, digital, micrographic, 

photographic, and as medical recordings 

such as electrocardiograph tapes, x-rays 

and strip charts. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

Records are retrieved from the system 

by the individual’s name, date of birth, 

or unique assigned Numbers. 


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POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

Records are maintained in Agency 

files and destroyed in accordance with 

NASA Records Retention Schedule 1, 

Item 126, and NASA Records Retention 

Schedule 8, Item 57. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

Records are maintained on secure 

NASA servers and protected in 

accordance with all Federal standards 

and those established in NASA 

regulations at 14 CFR 1212.605. 

Additionally, server and data 

management environments employ 

infrastructure encryption technologies 

both in data transmission and at rest on 

servers. Electronic messages sent within 

and outside of the Agency that convey 

sensitive data are encrypted and 

transmitted by staff via pre-approved 

electronic encryption systems as 

required by NASA policy. Approved 

security plans are in place for 

information systems containing the 

records in accordance with the Federal 

Information Security Management Act 

of 2014 (FISMA) and OMB Circular A– 

130, Management of Federal 

Information Resources. Only authorized 

personnel requiring information in the 

official discharge of their duties are 

authorized access to records through 

approved access or authentication 

methods. Access to electronic records is 

achieved only from workstations within 

the NASA Intranet, or remotely via a 

secure Virtual Private Network (VPN) 

connection requiring two-factor token 

authentication using NASA-issued 

computers or via employee PIV badge 

authentication from NASA-issued 

computers. The CORITY Chicago Data 

Center and Salesforce Government 

Cloud and Disaster Recovery Center 

maintain documentation and 

verification of commensurate safeguards 

in accordance with FISMA, NASA 

Procedural Requirements (NPR) 

2810.1A, and NASA ITS–HBK–2810.02– 

05. Non-electronic records are secured 

in locked rooms or files. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

In accordance with 14 CFR part 1212, 

Privacy Act—NASA Regulations, 

information may be obtained by 

contacting in person or in writing the 

system or subsystem manager listed 

above at the location where the records 

are created and/or maintained. Requests 

must contain the identifying data 

concerning the requester, e.g., first, 

middle and last name; date of birth; 

description and time periods of the 

records desired. NASA Regulations also 

address contesting contents and 

appealing initial determinations 

regarding records access. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

In accordance with 14 CFR part 1212, 

Privacy Act—NASA Regulations, 

information may be obtained by 

contacting in person or in writing the 

system or subsystem manager listed 

above at the location where the records 

are created and/or maintained. Requests 

must contain the identifying data 

concerning the requester, e.g., first, 

middle and last name; date of birth; 

description and time periods of the 

records desired. NASA Regulations also 

address contesting contents and 

appealing initial determinations 

regarding records access. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

In accordance with 14 CFR part 1212, 

Privacy Act—NASA Regulations, 

information may be obtained by 

contacting in person or in writing the 

system or subsystem manager listed 

above at the location where the records 

are created and/or maintained. Requests 

must contain the identifying data 

concerning the requester, e.g., first, 

middle and last name; date of birth; 

description and time periods of the 

records desired. NASA Regulations also 

address contesting contents and 

appealing initial determinations 

regarding records access. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Virtual Workshop on 

Pioneering the Future of Federally 

Supported Data Repositories 

AGENCY: Networking and Information 

Technology Research and Development 

(NITRD) National Coordination Office 

(NCO), National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of Virtual Workshop. 

SUMMARY: The workshop on ‘‘Pioneering 

the Future of Federally Supported Data 

Repositories’’ seeks to engage 

representatives of federally supported 

data repositories, thought-leaders in 

data science, and representative users to 

imagine future opportunities and 

challenges, build and strengthen the 

community of federally supported 

repositories, and identify areas for cross 

agency coordination. 

DATES: January 13–15, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: The workshop on 

‘‘Pioneering the Future of Federally 

Supported Data Repositories’’ will be 

held virtually. 

Instructions: Participation is by 

invitation only, but observers are 

welcome on a first-come, first-served 

basis, as there are a limited number of 

virtual seats available. Registration is 

required; registration link will be 

available a week before the workshop. 

For more information on the workshop, 

agenda, and registration, please see the 

workshop website: https://

www.nitrd.gov/nitrdgroups/ 

index.php?title=Federally-SupportedData-Repositories. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ji 

Lee at BDWorkshop-Repositories@

nitrd.gov. Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time 

(ET), Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Overview: This notice is issued on 

behalf of the NITRD Big Data (BD) 

Interagency Working Group (IWG). 

Agencies of the NITRD BD IWG are 

holding a workshop focused on 

federally supported repositories. Experts 

from federally supported data 

repositories, thought-leaders in data 

science, and representative users will 

explore future visions for federally 

supported research data repositories, 

what the repositories can do to prepare 

for this future vision, and how to build 

and strengthen the community of 

federally supported repositories. The 

workshop will be held virtually on 

January 13–15, 2021 from 1 p.m. (ET) to 

5 p.m. (ET). 

Goal: The workshop will explore 

future visions for the federally 

supported repositories to identify 

opportunities and challenges, areas for 

cross agency coordination, and ways to 

build and strengthen the community of 

federally supported repositories. 

Rationale: Data-driven research and 

Artificial Intelligence and Machine 

Learning (AI/ML) bring renewed focus 

on research data repositories. Adapting 

to the emerging and evolving needs and 

requirements of future data-intensive 

research is a challenge facing federally 

supported data repositories. 

Submitted by the National Science 

Foundation in support of the 

Networking and Information 

Technology Research and Development 

(NITRD) National Coordination Office 

(NCO) on December 4, 2020. 


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