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1The Commission voted 4–0 to approve this 

notice. 

of information, including the validity of 

the methods and the assumptions used; 

(c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) Ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. Comments submitted in 

response to this notice will be 

summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Anthony May, 

Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Consumer 

Financial Protection Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01758 Filed 1–27–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AM–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

CPSC Artificial Intelligence and 

Machine Learning Test and Evaluation 

Forum 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Announcement of forum. 

SUMMARY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (CPSC) staff is hosting a 

test and evaluation (TE) forum on 

consumer products employing artificial 

intelligence-related (AI) technologies, 

such as Machine Learning (ML). This 

forum will identify current TE of AI and 

ML capabilities. CPSC staff invites 

interested parties to attend or 

participate in this forum via webinar. 

DATES: The forum will take place from 

9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Eastern Standard Time 

(EST) on Thursday, March 31, 2022. 

Individuals interested in serving on 

panels or presenting information at the 

forum should register by February 25, 

2022, submit abstracts for consideration 

by February 28, 2022, and if selected, 

provide final presentation slides by 

March 14, 2022. All other individuals 

who wish to attend the forum should 

register by March 21, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: The forum will be held via 

webinar. Attendance is free of charge. 

Persons interested in attending the 

forum should register online at: https:// 

attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/ 

1626522265242906123. After 

registering, you will receive a 

confirmation email containing 

information about joining the webinar. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nevin Taylor, Chief Technologist, 4330 

East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814; telephone: 301–509–0264; email: 

ntaylor@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CPSC is 

hosting a technical forum to collect 

information on the TE, certification, and 

product specification efforts associated 

with products employing AI/ML-related 

technologies.1 The information 

collected from the forum will assist staff 

in making recommendations for 

improving TE capabilities associated 

with the safety of consumer products. 

I. Background 

With the growing use of AI/MLrelated technologies to increase 

capabilities and mitigate potential 

harms, assessing the functionality and 

reliability of these technologies is 

important to ensure they do not present 

unreasonable risks of injury associated 

with consumer products. Methods for 

testing and evaluating AI/ML-related 

technologies are important in 

determining whether these capabilities 

contribute to creating an unreasonable 

risk of injury to consumers. 

As AI/ML-related technologies 

dramatically change the nature of 

consumer products, their abilities to act 

and react automatically, and, in some 

cases, to learn and evolve, have brought 

to the forefront significant concerns for 

potential impacts to product safety. The 

inherent learning abilities of some ML 

presents unique product testing 

challenges. CPSC seeks to understand 

existing and future testing capabilities 

for evaluating AI/ML-related 

components, such as sensors, data, 

software, networks, and related 

hardware, as well as their integration for 

AI/ML-enabled products. CPSC seeks 

information on foreseeable interactions 

between these components and features 

with users and the environment in 

addition to information on testing how 

these features and components 

contribute to machine learning-based 

evolution of products. 

II. Forum Topics 

Manufacturers and test laboratories 

may already employ in-product 

development testing and evaluation 

capabilities to ensure safety is built into 

products with AI/ML-related 

technologies. There may also be test 

capabilities used to evaluate changes to 

products after purchase, to monitor and 

measure the potential impact on 

consumers, given the evolution of AI/ 

ML-related technologies within 

products. These evaluations may or may 

not use existing standards, which are 

evolving, but they are needed to 

determine whether AI/ML-related 

technologies are to contribute to 

consumer product hazards throughout 

their lifecycle and to inform standard 

development. This forum will focus on 

existing testing and evaluation 

capabilities and the need to establish an 

adequate methodology to determine if 

AI/ML-related technologies contribute 

to an unreasonable risk that could injure 

consumers. It will explore existing and 

future testing and evaluation 

capabilities related to the following four 

topics: 

• Components: Identify and test 

components of AI in isolation, including 

sensors/data, algorithms, connectivity 

(including communications and 

actuation), and computational 

capabilities. 

• Products: Evaluate AI-enabled 

consumer products as a system, by 

monitoring, measuring, and modeling 

their characteristics. 

• Assessment: Leverage current riskassessment methodologies to identify 

the potential for AI and ML to 

contribute to an unreasonable risk of 

harm in consumer products. 

• SYNOPSIS and Q&A: Round-table 

discussion with subject matter experts 

interacting with the participants 

regarding the previously presented 

panels. 

III. Forum Details 

A. Forum Time and Place 

CPSC staff will hold the forum via 

webinar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., EST on 

Thursday, March 31, 2022. 

B. Forum Registration 

If you would like to attend the forum, 

but you do not wish to make a 

presentation or participate on a panel, 

please register online by March 21, 

2022. (See the ADDRESSES portion of this 

document for the website link and 

instructions to register.) 

If you would like to present at the TE 

Forum, or you wish to be considered as 

a panel member for a specific topic or 

topics, please register by February 25, 

2022, and email an electronic version of 

your abstract to Nevin Taylor, ntaylor@

cpsc.gov, by February 28, 2022. (See the 

ADDRESSES portion of this document for 

the website link and instructions to 

register.) Abstracts should be relevant to 

the forum topic and no longer than two 

pages. Staff will select panelists and 

individuals to make presentations at the 

forum, based on considerations such as: 

• Submitted abstract information 

• Individual’s demonstrated familiarity 

or expertise with the topic to be 

discussed 

• Practical application of the 

information to be presented 


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• Individual’s viewpoint or ability to 

represent certain interests (such as 

large manufacturers, small 

manufacturers, consumer advocates, 

and consumers) 

Staff would like the presentations to 

represent and address a wide variety of 

stakeholders and interests. Staff will 

notify those who are selected to make a 

presentation or participate in a panel by 

March 2, 2022, so that you can prepare 

and provide your final presentation by 

March 14, 2022. 

Although staff will try to 

accommodate all persons who wish to 

make a presentation, the time allotted 

for presentations will depend on the 

agenda and the number of persons who 

wish to speak on a given topic. Staff 

recommends that individuals and 

organizations with common interests 

consolidate or coordinate their 

presentations, and request time for a 

joint presentation. If you have any 

questions regarding participating in the 

forum, please contact Nevin Taylor, by 

email at: ntaylor@cpsc.gov, or telephone 

at: 301–509–0264. 

Detailed instructions for the webinar 

participants and other interested parties 

will be made available on the CPSC’s 

Public Calendar: https://cpsc.gov/ 

newsroom/public-calendar. 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01721 Filed 1–27–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket Number DARS–2021–0022; OMB 

Control Number 0704–0231] 

Information Collection Requirement; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part 

237, Service Contracting, and Related 

Clauses and Forms 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System has submitted to 

OMB, for clearance, the following 

proposed revision and extension of a 

collection of information under the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by February 28, 

2022. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title, Associated Form, and OMB 

Number: Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part 

237, Service Contracting, associated 

DFARS Clauses at DFARS 252.237, DD 

Form 2062, and DD Form 2063; OMB 

Control Number 0704–0231. 

Affected Public: Businesses and other 

for-profit and not-for profit institutions. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Number of Respondents: 6,405. 

Responses per Respondent: 2.63, 

approximately. 

Annual Responses: 16,828. 

Average Burden per Response: 1.06, 

approximately. 

Annual Burden Hours: 17,847. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Needs and Uses: This information 

collection is used for the following 

purposes— 

a. DFARS 237.270(d)(1) prescribes the 

use of the provision at DFARS 252.237– 

7000, Notice of Special Standards, in 

solicitations for the acquisition of audit 

services. The provision requires the 

apparently successful offeror to submit 

evidence that it is properly licensed in 

the state or political jurisdiction it 

operates its professional practice. 

b. DFARS 237.7003(a)(8) prescribes 

the use of the clause at 252.237–7011, 

Preparation History, in all mortuary 

service solicitations and contracts. The 

information collected is used to verify 

that the remains have been properly 

cared for. The related DD Forms 2062 

and 2063 are generally used for this 

purpose. 

c. DFARS 237.7603(b) prescribes the 

use of the provision at 252.237–7024, 

Notice of Continuation of Essential 

Contractor Services, in solicitations for 

the acquisition of services that support 

mission-essential functions and that 

include the clause at 252.237–7023. The 

provision requires the offeror to submit 

a written plan demonstrating its 

capability to continue to provide the 

contractually required services to 

support a DoD component’s missionessential functions during crisis 

situations. 

d. DFARS 237.7603(a) prescribes the 

use of the clause at DFARS 252.237– 

7023, Continuation of Essential 

Contractor Services, in solicitations and 

contracts for services in support of 

mission-essential functions. The clause 

requires the contractor to maintain and 

update its written plan as necessary to 

ensure that it can continue to provide 

services to support the DoD 

component’s required mission-essential 

functions during crisis situations. 

Comments and recommendations on 

the proposed information collection 

should be sent to Ms. Susan Minson, 

DoD Desk Officer, at Oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. Please identify the 

proposed information collection by DoD 

Desk Officer and the Docket ID number 

and title of the information collection. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following method: Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela 

Duncan. Requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Duncan at whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil. 

Jennifer D. Johnson, 

Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01640 Filed 1–27–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–ep–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID DoD–2022–OS–0015] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Defense Media Activity, 

Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, the DoD is 

modifying the system of records 

entitled, AFNConnect (AFNC) and AFN 

Now, DPA 02. The American Forces 

Network (AFN) services consists of two 

web-based automated information 

systems. The systems are used to 

document the eligibility and continued 

validation of authorized individuals 

who register an AFN-capable satellite 

decoder and/or access AFN Over the 

Top (OTT) Live Streaming and Video on 

Demand (VOD) Services via the AFNC 

and AFN Now applications. The AFN 

provides U.S. military commanders 

worldwide with a means to 

communicate internal information to 

DoD and other Federal agency 

audiences stationed outside of the 

United States, its territories or 

possessions. Records may also be used 

as a management tool for statistical 

analysis, tracking, reporting, and 

evaluating program effectiveness. 

DATES: This system of records is 

effective upon publication; however, 

comments on the Routine Uses will be 


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