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into kindergarten and beyond, and 

progress through school. The ECLS– 

K:2024 will provide data about the 

population of children in kindergarten 

during the 2023–24 school year. 

The request to conduct the first three 

national data collection rounds for the 

ECLS–K:2024 was approved in April 

2023 (OMB# 1850–0750 v26). Revisions 

to procedures and materials for the first 

two rounds of data collection were 

submitted and approved in three 

subsequent revisions requests (OMB# 

1850–0750 v27 was approved in July 

2023; OMB# 1850–0750 v29 was 

approved in February 2024; and 

OMB#1850–0750 v30 was approved in 

July 2024). The ECLS–K:2024 fall 

kindergarten data collection was 

conducted August 2023–January 2024 

and the spring kindergarten round was 

conducted March–July 2024. These two 

kindergarten data collections will be 

followed by a spring (March–July 2025) 

first-grade round. Each of these rounds 

of data collection involves advance 

school contacts, for example to conduct 

student sampling activities, collect 

teacher and school information, and 

locate families whose children may 

have moved schools. Future OMB 

packages are planned for the third-grade 

pilot test (March–July 2026), as well as 

for the future currently-planned round, 

that is the national spring (March–July 

2027) third-grade round. 

This current revision request 

(accompanied by 30 days of public 

comment) is to update study respondent 

materials, surveys, and website designs 

that will be used in the spring 2025 

first-grade data collection activities. 

Many of the revisions in this package 

were based on analyses of the fall 2022 

field test data (OMB# 1850–0750 v25) 

and experiences in the field from the 

national kindergarten rounds of 

collection, as well as additional 

discussions with design experts, all of 

which informed changes to the design of 

the surveys and assessments. Changes 

have been made to respondent materials 

to remove references to the fifth-grade 

round, as this collection is no longer 

planned. Revisions to the study 

instruments, the respondent materials, 

and websites are limited to changes to 

the spring first-grade materials. The 

current revision request contains 

updates to the school staff and parent 

survey instruments made as the 

specifications were programmed. 

This revision request also contains the 

specifications for the Spanish and 

Mandarin translations of some parent 

materials. Finally, this request revises 

the race/ethnicity items in the web and 

hard-copy first-grade survey 

instruments in line with the new federal 

statistical standard released on 3/28/24 

(Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: 

Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, 

and Presenting Federal Data on Race 

and Ethnicity (SPD 15)). The requested 

changes in this revision request reflect 

a slight increase in the cost to the 

federal government, but do not change 

the estimated respondent burden for 

conducting this study. 

Dated: September 6, 2024. 

Juliana Pearson, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Privacy 

Act of 1974 and the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Circulars A–108 and A–130, the 

Department of Energy (DOE or the 

Department) is publishing notice of a 

modification to an existing Privacy Act 

System of Records. DOE proposes to 

amend System of Records DOE–71, The 

Radiation Accident Registry. This 

System of Records Notice (SORN) is 

being modified to align with new 

formatting requirements, published by 

the OMB, and to ensure appropriate 

Privacy Act coverage of business 

processes and Privacy Act information. 

While there are no substantive changes 

to the ‘‘Categories of Individuals’’ or 

‘‘Categories of Records’’ sections 

covered by this SORN, substantive 

changes have been made to the ‘‘System 

Locations,’’ ‘‘Routine Uses,’’ and 

‘‘Administrative, Technical and 

Physical Safeguards’’ sections to 

provide greater transparency. Changes 

to ‘‘Routine Uses’’ include new 

provisions related to responding to 

breaches of information held under a 

Privacy Act SORN as required by OMB’s 

Memorandum M–17–12, ‘‘Preparing for 

and Responding to a Breach of 

Personally Identifiable Information’’ 

(January 3, 2017). Language throughout 

the SORN has been updated to align 

with applicable Federal privacy laws, 

policies, procedures, and best practices. 

DATES: This modified SORN will 

become applicable following the end of 

the public comment period on October 

15, 2024 unless comments are received 

that result in a contrary determination. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 

735 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20503 and to Ken Hunt, Chief Privacy 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, Rm. 

8H–085, Washington, DC 20585, by 

facsimile at (202) 586–8151, or by email 

at privacy@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken 

Hunt, Chief Privacy Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Rm. 8H– 

085, Washington, DC 20585 or by 

facsimile at (202) 586–8151, or by email 

at privacy@hq.doe.gov, or by telephone 

at (240) 686–9485. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 9, 2009, DOE published a 

Compilation of its Privacy Act Systems 

of Records, which included System of 

Records DOE–71, The Radiation 

Accident Registry. In the ‘‘Routine 

Uses’’ section, this modified notice 

deletes a previous routine use 

concerning efforts responding to a 

suspected or confirmed loss of 

confidentiality of information as it 

appears in DOE’s compilation of its 

Privacy Act Systems of Records (January 

9, 2009) and replaces it with one to 

assist DOE with responding to a 

suspected or confirmed breach of its 

records of Personally Identifiable 

Information (PII), modeled with 

language from OMB’s Memorandum M– 

17–12, ‘‘Preparing for and Responding 

to a Breach of Personally Identifiable 

Information’’ (January 3, 2017). Further, 

this notice adds one new routine use to 

ensure that DOE may assist another 

agency or entity in responding to the 

other agency’s or entity’s confirmed or 

suspected breach of PII, as appropriate, 

as aligned with OMB’s Memorandum 

M–17–12. Updates to the routine uses 

includes aligning them with the 2004 

and 2015 amendments to The Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) 

of 2000 by Subtitle E of Division C of 

the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 

(Pub. L. 108–375) and Carl Levin and 

Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2015 (Pub. L. 113–291). These 

changes include removing two 

categories of obsolete users and 

modifying a category to include 

advisory boards. The routine use 

formerly numbered four has been 

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of Understanding is no longer valid. An 

administrative change required by the 

FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 extends 

the length of time a requestor is 

permitted to file an appeal under the 

Privacy Act from 30 to 90 days. Both the 

‘‘System Locations’’ and 

‘‘Administrative, Technical and 

Physical Safeguards’’ sections have been 

modified to reflect the Department’s 

usage of cloud-based services for 

records storage. Language throughout 

the SORN has been updated to align 

with applicable Federal privacy laws, 

policies, procedures, and best practices. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

DOE–71, The Radiation Accident 

Registry. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Systems leveraging this SORN may 

exist in multiple locations. All systems 

storing records in a cloud-based server 

are required to use governmentapproved cloud services and follow 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST) security and privacy 

standards for access and data retention. 

Records maintained in a governmentapproved cloud server are accessed 

through secure data centers in the 

continental United States. 

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of 

Science, Consolidated Service Center, 

P.O. Box 2001, Oak Ridge, TN 37831. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S): 

Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Office of Science, Consolidated Service 

Center, P.O. Box 2001, Oak Ridge, TN 

37831. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 2401 

et seq.; The Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation 

Program Act (EEOICPA) of 2000, Public 

Law 106–398, 42 U.S.C. 7384 et. seq., as 

amended, including by Subtitle E of 

Division C of the Ronald W. Reagan 

National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2005 (Pub. L. 108–375) and 

Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 

McKeon National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Pub. L. 113– 

291); DOE order 151.1D Chg1 (MinChg), 

Comprehensive Emergency Management 

System, October 4, 2019; 42 U.S.C. 

7274i. Program to monitor Department 

of Energy workers exposed to hazardous 

and radioactive substances, 50 U.S.C. 

2733 et. seq. 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM: 

Records in this system are maintained 

and used by the Department to provide 

a current record of radiation accidents; 

to identify specific populations for use 

in epidemiological and clinical studies; 

and to conduct medical surveillance 

during the lifetime of the registrants. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Those persons accidentally exposed 

to acute dose of ionizing radiation as 

defined by exposure dose criteria agreed 

to by DOE, including the National 

Nuclear Security Administration 

(NNSA) and the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC), by an interagency 

agreement. The dose criteria established 

by this agreement include one or more 

of the following: Greater than or equal 

to 25 REM (Roentgen Equivalent in 

Man) to the whole body, active blood 

forming organs or gonads; greater than 

or equal to 600 REM to skin of the 

whole body or extremities; greater than 

or equal to 75 REM to other tissues or 

organs from an external source; and 

greater than or equal to 1⁄2 National 

Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP) 

maximum permissible organ burden 

internally; all those medical 

administrations of radioisotopes that 

result in a dose or organ burden equal 

to or greater than those given above. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Official accident reports including 

reports of those accidents that have 

occurred within the jurisdiction of the 

NRC and have been transferred to the 

DOE for the Accident Registry according 

to the DOE/NRC agreement; names, 

addresses, Social Security numbers, 

unique identifiers for the Department 

employees and applicants for 

employment with the Department (e.g., 

DOE OneID, employee number, and any 

other government identifier), date of 

birth, and sex; medical records 

compiled at the time of the accident 

(such records include physician and 

hospital records, diagnostic and 

laboratory test reports, radiographs, 

electrocardiograms, and radiation 

exposure reports); medical records of 

illnesses, examinations, including 

routine follow-up examinations, and 

investigations that have occurred since 

the radiation exposure; photographs or 

facsimiles of radiation-induced injuries; 

search and contact information for 

registrants not identified or located; 

consent to release information forms 

completed by registrants; death 

certificates; anecdotal information; and 

correspondence relating to the accident 

or the individuals involved. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

The individual, medical records, 

physicians, medical institutions, and 

reports of incident/accident/accident 

investigations from private and public 

sources, radiation dosimetry records, 

security clearance records, and 

employment records. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

1. A record from this system may be 

disclosed as a routine use to a member 

of Congress submitting a request 

involving a constituent when the 

constituent has requested assistance 

from the member concerning the subject 

matter of the record. The member of 

Congress must provide a copy of the 

constituent’s signed request for 

assistance. 

2. A record from this system may be 

disclosed to contractor personnel, 

grantees, and cooperative agreement 

holders of components of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, including the National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health (NIOSH) and the National Center 

for Environmental Health of the Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention, and 

the Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry (ATSDR) to facilitate 

health hazard evaluations, 

epidemiological studies, or public 

health activities required by law 

pursuant to a Memoranda of 

Understanding between the Department 

and the Department of Health and 

Human Services or its components. 

Those provided information under this 

routine use are subject to the same 

limitations applicable to Department 

officers and employees under the 

Privacy Act. 

3. A record from this system may be 

disclosed as a routine use to DOE 

contractors, grantees, participants in 

cooperative agreements, and 

collaborating researchers, or the 

employees of these parties, in 

performance of health studies or related 

health or environmental duties pursuant 

to their contracts, grants, and 

cooperating or collaborating research 

agreements; Federal, state, and local 

health and medical agencies or 

authorities; to subcontractors in order to 

determine a subject’ s vital status or 

cause of death; to health care providers 

to verify a diagnosis or cause of death; 

or to third parties to obtain current 

addresses for participants in healthrelated studies, surveys and 

surveillances. Those provided 

information under this routine use are 

subject to the same limitations 

applicable to Department officers and 

employees under the Privacy Act. 

4. A record from this system may be 

disclosed as a routine use for the 


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purpose of an investigation, settlement 

of claims, or the preparation and 

conduct of litigation to: (1) persons 

representing the Department in the 

investigation, settlement or litigation, 

and to individuals assisting in such 

representation; (2) others involved in 

the investigation, settlement, and 

litigation, and their representatives and 

individuals assisting those 

representatives; (3) witnesses, potential 

witnesses, or their representatives and 

assistants; and (4) any other persons 

who possess information pertaining to 

the matter when it is necessary to obtain 

information or testimony relevant to the 

matter. 

5. A record from this system may be 

disclosed as a routine use in court or 

administrative proceedings to the 

tribunals, counsel, other parties, 

witnesses, and the public (in publicly 

available pleadings, filings, or 

discussion in open court) when such 

disclosure: (1) is relevant to, and 

necessary for, the proceeding; (2) is 

compatible with the purpose for which 

the Department collected the records; 

and (3) the proceedings involve: 

a. The Department, its predecessor 

agencies, current or former contractors 

of the Department, or other United 

States Government agencies and their 

components; or 

b. A current or former employee of the 

Department and its predecessor 

agencies, current or former contractors 

of the Department, or other United 

States Government agencies and their 

components, who is acting in an official 

capacity, or in any individual capacity 

where the Department or other United 

States Government agency has agreed to 

represent the employee. 

6. A record from this system may be 

disclosed as a routine use to the 

appropriate local, tribal, state, or 

Federal agency when records, alone or 

in conjunction with other information, 

indicate a violation or potential 

violation of law whether civil, criminal, 

or regulatory in nature, and whether 

arising by general statute or particular 

program pursuant thereto. 

7. A record from this system may be 

disclosed to foreign governments or 

international organizations, in 

accordance with treaties, international 

conventions, or executive agreements. 

8. A record from this system may be 

disclosed to the Department of Labor, 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services, their contractors, advisory 

boards, grantees, and cooperative 

agreement holders, pursuant to the 

Energy Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act of 2000, to 

estimate radiation doses and other 

workplace exposures received by the 

Department of Energy and contractor 

employees. Those provided information 

under this routine use are subject to the 

same limitations applicable to the 

Department officers and employees 

under the Privacy Act. 

9. A record from this system may be 

disclosed as a routine use to other state 

and Federal agencies or entities whose 

mission entails reviewing or managing 

workers’ compensation claims or 

administering other benefits programs. 

Those provided information under this 

routine use are subject to the same 

limitations applicable to Department 

officers and employees under the 

Privacy Act. 

10. A record from this system may be 

disclosed as a routine use to appropriate 

agencies, entities, and persons when: (1) 

the Department suspects or has 

confirmed that there has been a breach 

of the System of Records; (2) the 

Department has determined that as a 

result of the suspected or confirmed 

breach there is a risk of harm to 

individuals, DOE (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 the Department’s 

efforts to respond to the suspected or 

confirmed breach or to prevent, 

minimize, or remedy such harm. 

11. A record from this system may be 

disclosed as a routine use to another 

Federal agency or Federal entity, when 

the Department 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 may be stored as paper 

records, microfilm, or electronic media. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

Records are retrieved by name or 

Social Security number. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

Retention and disposition of these 

records are unscheduled. This requires 

the records to be retained as permanent 

until the National Archives and Records 

Administration approves a DOE Records 

Disposition Schedule. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

Electronic records may be secured 

and maintained on a cloud-based 

software server and operating system 

that resides in the Federal Risk and 

Authorization Management Program 

(FedRAMP) and the Federal Information 

Security Modernization Act (FISMA) 

hosting environment. Data located in 

the cloud-based server is firewalled and 

encrypted at rest and in transit. The 

security mechanisms for handling data 

at rest and in transit are in accordance 

with DOE encryption standards. 

Records are protected from 

unauthorized access through the 

following appropriate safeguards: 

• Administrative: Access to all 

records is limited to lawful government 

purposes only, with access to electronic 

records based on role and either twofactor authentication or password 

protection. The system requires 

passwords to be complex and to be 

changed frequently. Users accessing 

system records undergo frequent 

training in Privacy Act and information 

security requirements. Security and 

privacy controls are reviewed on an 

ongoing basis. 

• Technical: Computerized records 

systems are safeguarded on 

Departmental networks configured for 

role-based access based on job 

responsibilities and organizational 

affiliation. Privacy and security controls 

are in place for this system and are 

updated in accordance with applicable 

requirements as determined by NIST 

and DOE directives and guidance. 

• Physical: Computer servers on 

which electronic records are stored are 

located in secured Department facilities, 

which are protected by security guards, 

identification badges, and cameras. 

Paper copies of all records are locked in 

file cabinets, file rooms, or offices and 

are under the control of authorized 

personnel. Access to these facilities is 

granted only to authorized personnel 

and each person granted access to the 

system must be an individual 

authorized to use or administer the 

system. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

The Department follows the 

procedures outlined in 10 CFR 1008.4. 

Valid identification of the individual 

making the request is required before 

information will be processed, given, 

access granted, or a correction 

considered, to ensure that information is 

processed, given, corrected, or records 


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disclosed or corrected only at the 

request of the proper person. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Any individual may submit a request 

to the System Manager and request a 

copy of any records relating to them. In 

accordance with 10 CFR 1008.11, any 

individual may appeal the denial of a 

request made by him or her for 

information about or for access to or 

correction or amendment of records. An 

appeal shall be filed within 90 calendar 

days after receipt of the denial. When an 

appeal is filed by mail, the postmark is 

conclusive as to timeliness. The appeal 

shall be in writing and must be signed 

by the individual. The words 

‘‘PRIVACY ACT APPEAL’’ should 

appear in capital letters on the envelope 

and the letter. Appeals relating to DOE 

records shall be directed to the Director, 

Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA), 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

In accordance with the DOE 

regulation implementing the Privacy 

Act, 10 CFR part 1008, a request by an 

individual to determine if a System of 

Records contains information about 

themselves should be directed to the 

U.S. Department of Energy, 

Headquarters, Privacy Act Officer. The 

request should include the requester’s 

complete name and the time period for 

which records are sought. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

This SORN was last published in the 

Federal Register, 74 FR 1072–1073, on 

January 9, 2009. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on September 5, 

2024, by Ann Dunkin, Senior Agency 

Official for Privacy, pursuant to 

delegated authority from the Secretary 

of Energy. That document with the 

original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on September 

6, 2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Request for Information (RFI) 

on Frontiers in AI for Science, 

Security, and Technology (FASST) 

Initiative 

AGENCY: Office of Critical and Emerging 

Technologies, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Request for information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy’s 

Office of Critical and Emerging 

Technologies (CET) seeks public 

comment to inform how DOE and its 17 

national laboratories can leverage 

existing assets to provide a national AI 

capability for the public interest. 

DATES: Responses to the RFI are 

requested by November 11, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may 

submit comments electronically to 

FASST@hq.doe.gov and include 

‘‘FASST RFI’’ in the subject line of the 

email. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Further questions may be addressed to 

Charles Yang through FASST@

hq.doe.gov or (202) 586–6116. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

This is an RFI issued by the U.S. 

Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of 

Critical and Emerging Technologies 

(CET). This RFI seeks public input to 

inform our ongoing work and DOE’s 

proposed Frontiers in AI for Science, 

Security, and Technology (FASST) 

initiative,1 which seeks to build the 

world’s most powerful, integrated 

scientific AI models for scientific 

discovery, applied energy deployment, 

and national security applications. 

DOE seeks input from: 

• Academic institutions interested in 

partnering with DOE to leverage AI 

for scientific research 

• For-profit and non-profit AI 

developers and research labs 

• Data center and compute 

infrastructure providers 

• Startups and investors 

• Small businesses involved in the 

development or provision of AI 

technologies and services 

• Civil society organizations potentially 

impacted by AI 

• Labor training and technical 

workforce development organizations 

• Think tanks and research 

organizations 

• And other interested entities 

II. Purpose 

FASST is DOE’s proposed initiative to 

build the world’s most powerful, 

integrated scientific AI systems. This 

initiative leverages DOE’s demonstrated 

history of capability building for the 

U.S. government, as well as key 

enabling infrastructure already housed 

at the DOE’s Office of Science and 

Applied Energy facilities, and facilities 

operated by National Nuclear Security 

Administration (NNSA), including: 

• Data: DOE is the leading generator 

of classified and unclassified scientific 

data through the world’s largest 

collection of advanced experimental 

facilities, including particle 

accelerators, powerful light sources, 

specialized facilities for genomics and 

nanoscience, and neutron scattering 

sources. 

• Computing Infrastructure: For 

decades, DOE has built and operated the 

world’s fastest, most powerful, and 

highly energy efficient supercomputers. 

These supercomputers are strategic 

components of the nation’s defensive 

capabilities, drive innovation through 

open access to the scientific community, 

and are the basis upon which to build 

safe and trustworthy AI capability for 

the nation. 

• Workforce: DOE and its national 

labs host over 40,000 physicists, 

chemists, biologists, materials scientists, 

and computer scientists, who tackle 

some of the most urgent challenges in 

the national interest. 

• Partnerships: DOE has unparalleled 

experience in mission-driven publicprivate collaborations. Through the 

Exascale Computing Project, DOE 

worked with industry partners to codesign and develop critical components 

of the computer chips that power 

today’s leading AI models and partnered 

with leading academic institutions to 

develop scalable high-performance 

software libraries. 

This RFI seeks public input to inform 

how DOE can partner with outside 

institutions and leverage its assets to 

implement and develop the roadmap for 

FASST, based on the four pillars of 

FASST: AI-ready data; Frontier-Scale AI 

Computing Infrastructure and Platforms; 

Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy AI 

Models and Systems; and AI 

Applications; as well as considerations 

for workforce and FASST governance. 


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