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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 24 (Thursday, February 6, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9088-9089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02305]

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Request for Information on the Development of an Artificial 
Intelligence (AI) Action Plan

AGENCY: Networking and Information Technology Research and Development 
(NITRD) National Coordination Office (NCO), National Science 
Foundation.

ACTION: Request for information.

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SUMMARY: On behalf of the Office of Science and Technology Policy 
(OSTP), the NITRD NCO requests input from all interested parties on the 
Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan (``Plan''). 
This Plan, as directed by a Presidential Executive Order on January 23, 
2025, will define the priority policy actions needed to sustain and 
enhance America's AI dominance, and to ensure that unnecessarily 
burdensome requirements do not hamper private sector AI innovation. 
Through this Request for Information (RFI), OSTP and NITRD NCO seek 
input from the public, including from academia, industry groups, 
private sector organizations, state, local, and tribal governments, and 
any other interested parties, on priority actions that should be 
included in the Plan.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
11:59 p.m. (ET) on March 15, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this RFI may be sent by 
any of the following methods:
     Email: [email protected]; Email submissions should be 
machine-readable and not be copy-protected. Submissions should include 
``AI Action Plan'' in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: AI Action Plan Attn: Faisal D'Souza, NCO, 2415 
Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA. Telephone: 202-459-9674.
    Instructions: Response to this RFI is voluntary. Each individual or 
institution is requested to submit only one response. Submissions must 
not exceed 15 pages in 12 point or larger font, with a page number 
provided on each page. Responses must include the name of the person(s) 
or organization(s) filing the comment and the following statement: 
``This document is approved for public dissemination. The document 
contains no business-proprietary or confidential information. Document 
contents may be

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reused by the government in developing the AI Action Plan and 
associated documents without attribution.'' Responses to this RFI are 
subject to release under the Freedom of Information Act and may be 
posted online at https://www.nitrd.gov/. Therefore, we request that no 
business proprietary information, copyrighted information, or sensitive 
personally identifiable information be submitted as part of your 
response to this RFI.
    In accordance with FAR 15.202(3), responses to this notice are not 
offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding 
contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated 
with responding to this RFI.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Faisal D'Souza at [email protected] or (202) 459-9674. 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, Monday through Friday, except for U.S. Federal 
Government holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 23, 2025, President Trump signed 
Executive Order 14179 (Removing Barriers to American Leadership in 
Artificial Intelligence) to establish U.S. policy for sustaining and 
enhancing America's AI dominance in order to promote human flourishing, 
economic competitiveness, and national security. This Order directs the 
development of an AI Action Plan to advance America's AI leadership, in 
a process led by the Assistant to the President for Science and 
Technology, the White House AI and Crypto Czar, and the National 
Security Advisor.
    This Order follows the President's January 20, 2025, Executive 
Order 14148, revocation of the Biden-Harris AI Executive Order 14110 of 
October 30, 2023 (Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of 
Artificial Intelligence), which hampered the private sector's ability 
to innovate in AI by imposing burdensome government requirements 
restricting private sector AI development and deployment. The Trump 
Administration recognizes that with the right government policies, the 
United States can solidify its position as the leader in AI and secure 
a brighter future for all Americans.
    OSTP seeks input on the highest priority policy actions that should 
be in the new AI Action Plan. Responses can address any relevant AI 
policy topic, including but not limited to: hardware and chips, data 
centers, energy consumption and efficiency, model development, open 
source development, application and use (either in the private sector 
or by government), explainability and assurance of AI model outputs, 
cybersecurity, data privacy and security throughout the lifecycle of AI 
system development and deployment (to include security against AI model 
attacks), risks, regulation and governance, technical and safety 
standards, national security and defense, research and development, 
education and workforce, innovation and competition, intellectual 
property, procurement, international collaboration, and export 
controls. Respondents are encouraged to suggest concrete AI policy 
actions needed to address the topics raised.
    Comments received will be taken into consideration in the 
development of the AI Action Plan.

References

1. 90 FR 8741 (January 23, 2025), Removing Barriers to American 
Leadership in Artificial Intelligence, https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/removing-barriers-to-american-leadership-in-artificial-intelligence/.
2. 90 FR 8237 (January 20, 2025), Initial Recissions of Harmful 
Executive Orders and Actions, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/28/2025-01901/initial-rescissions-of-harmful-executive-orders-and-actions.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1861, et seq.)

    Submitted by the National Science Foundation in support of the 
Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) 
National Coordination Office (NCO) on February 03, 2025.

Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2025-02305 Filed 2-5-25; 8:45 am]
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