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17. Date: August 9, 2022 

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Universities program, submitted to the 

Division of Education Programs. 

18. Date: August 9, 2022 

This video meeting will discuss 

applications for the Humanities 

Initiatives at Community Colleges 

program, submitted to the Division of 

Education Programs. 

19. Date: August 10, 2022 

This video meeting will discuss 

applications for the Humanities 

Initiatives at Hispanic-Serving 

Institutions program, submitted to the 

Division of Education Programs. 

20. Date: August 11, 2022 

This video meeting will discuss 

applications for the Humanities 

Initiatives at Hispanic-Serving 

Institutions program, submitted to the 

Division of Education Programs. 

21. Date: August 11, 2022 

This video meeting will discuss 

applications for the Humanities 

Initiatives at Colleges and Universities 

program, submitted to the Division of 

Education Programs. 

22. Date: August 12, 2022 

This video meeting will discuss 

applications for the Humanities 

Initiatives at Community Colleges 

program, submitted to the Division of 

Education Programs. 

23. Date: August 15, 2022 

This video meeting will discuss 

applications for the Humanities 

Initiatives at Colleges and Universities 

program, submitted to the Division of 

Education Programs. 

24. Date: August 17, 2022 

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and Development program, submitted to 

the Division of Preservation and Access. 

25. Date: August 24, 2022 

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the Research and Development program, 

submitted to the Division of 

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27. Date: August 25, 2022 

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applications on the topics of Arts and 

Media Studies, for the Digital 

Humanities Advancement Grants 

program, submitted to the Office of 

Digital Humanities. 

28. Date: August 29, 2022 

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applications on the topic of Pedagogy, 

for the Digital Humanities Advancement 

Grants program, submitted to the Office 

of Digital Humanities. 

29. Date: August 30, 2022 

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applications on the topic of Scholarly 

Communications, for the Digital 

Humanities Advancement Grants 

program, submitted to the Office of 

Digital Humanities. 

30. Date: August 30, 2022 

This video meeting will discuss 

applications on the topics of Arts and 

Culture, for the Digital Projects for the 

Public: Prototyping Grants program, 

submitted to the Division of Public 

Programs. 

31. Date: August 31, 2022 

This video meeting will discuss 

applications on the topic of US History, 

for the Digital Projects for the Public: 

Prototyping Grants program, submitted 

to the Division of Public Programs. 

32. Date: August 31, 2022 

This video meeting will discuss 

applications on the topics of Collections 

and Access, for the Digital Humanities 

Advancement Grants program, 

submitted to the Office of Digital 

Humanities. 

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review of personal and/or proprietary 

financial and commercial information 

given in confidence to the agency by 

grant applicants, the meetings will be 

closed to the public pursuant to sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) of Title 5, 

U.S.C., as amended. I have made this 

determination pursuant to the authority 

granted me by the Chair’s Delegation of 

Authority to Close Advisory Committee 

Meetings dated April 15, 2016. 

Dated: July 8, 2022. 

Samuel Roth, 

Attorney-Advisor, National Endowment for 

the Humanities. 

[FR Doc. 2022–14996 Filed 7–13–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7536–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Request for Information on Federal 

Video and Image Analytics Research 

and Development Action Plan 

AGENCY: The Networking and 

Information Technology Research and 

Development (NITRD) National 

Coordination Office (NCO), National 

Science Foundation (NSF). 

ACTION: Request for Information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The NITRD NCO and NSF, on 

behalf of the National Science and 

Technology Council’s (NSTC’s) 

Committee on Science & Technology 

Enterprise, request input from all 

interested parties on updating the 2020 

Federal Video and Image Analytics 

(VIA) Research and Development (R&D) 

Action Plan (VIA R&D Action Plan), 

Research and Development 

Opportunities in Video and Image 

Analytics. Through this RFI, the public 

can submit suggestions of revisions or 

improvements for the VIA R&D Action 

Plan, including comments on the six 

strategic goals and objectives regarding 

additions, removals, or modifications, as 

well as suggestions on implementation 

of strategic goals and objectives. Public 

input provided in response to this RFI 

will assist the VIA Team in updating the 

VIA R&D Action Plan. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 11:59pm 

(ET) on September 5, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice may be sent by 

any of the following methods: 

• Email, VIA-RFI@nitrd.gov: Email 

submissions should be machinereadable and not be copy-protected; 

submissions should include ‘‘RFI 

Response: Federal Video and Image 

Analytics Research and Development 

Action Plan’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail, Attn: Jacqueline Altamirano, 

NCO, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 

Alexandria, VA 22314, USA. 

Instructions: Response to this RFI is 

voluntary. Each individual or institution 

is requested to submit only one 

response. Submissions must not exceed 

10 pages in 12-point or larger font, with 

a page number provided on each page. 

Responses should include the name of 

the person(s) or organization(s) filing 

the comment. 

Please note, responses to this RFI may 

be posted for public access online at 

https://www.nitrd.gov. Therefore, we 

request that no business proprietary 

information, copyrighted information, 

personally identifiable information, or 

personal signatures be submitted in 

response to this RFI. 


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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: 

Jacqueline Altamirano at (202) 459– 

9677 or VIA-RFI@nitrd.gov, or by post 

mailing to 2415 Eisenhower Avenue 

Alexandria, VA 22314, USA. 

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. (ET), Monday 

through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: In 2018, thirty Federal 

organizations came together under the 

auspices of the NITRD VIA Team to 

develop an action plan for providing 

direction, coherence, and consensus 

across federal R&D efforts. 

Since publication of the VIA R&D 

Action Plan in 2020, government 

agencies have invested in computer 

vision research from foundational 

efforts to the development of systems 

that support agency missions and 

programs. As a reference, NITRD 

supplements to the President’s annual 

budget requests collect information on 

government spending in artificial 

intelligence (AI), part of which includes 

computer vision research, showing close 

to $800 million in FY 2020, close to $1 

billion in FY 2021, and over $1 billion 

in requests for FY 2022, as noted in 

Artificial Intelligence R&D Investments 

FYs 2018–2022. 

At the same time, private sector 

funding on R&D of applications for 

video and image analysis continues to 

dwarf government funding in almost 

every domain. Examples range from 

combining computer vision with 

robotics for increased automation in 

agriculture to increasing the use of 

biometrics to provide secure access to 

consumer devices. Government can take 

advantage of the results of private sector 

R&D through an open marketplace. Still, 

the need remains for Federal research 

investment, given that there is a strong 

public benefit but little to no 

opportunity for building a private sector 

business case. 

Along with the advances in research, 

development, and technology 

implementation over the past several 

years, there have also been changes in 

societal awareness of, expectations for, 

and the use of computer vision. For 

example, at the Federal level, Executive 

Order 13960, Promoting the Use of 

Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in 

the Federal Government, reflects the 

importance of human interaction with 

AI technologies, including video and 

image analytics. 

The VIA R&D Action Plan lists the 

following six strategic goals and 

objectives: 

• Invest in foundational research that 

applies to multiple domains 

• Develop new, agile, and effective R&D 

methodologies 

• Improve communication and 

coordination across government 

agencies 

• Improve outreach and knowledge 

sharing between the public and 

private sectors 

• Develop and sustain an effective and 

diverse technical workforce and a 

robust research community 

• Develop and promulgate standards 

and best practices that support 

integration of R&D 

Objectives: NITRD NCO seeks input 

on potential revisions to the VIA R&D 

Action Plan to reflect changes in 

technology and the socio-technical 

environment over the past four years. 

Responders are asked to answer the 

following questions in response to the 

RFI: 

1. What R&D has taken place relevant 

to each goal since the VIA R&D Action 

Plan was published in March 2020? 

How does R&D reduce or change the 

need for the Federal Government to 

continue to pursue each goal? 

2. What societal changes have taken 

place that would impact the need for the 

Federal Government to continue to 

pursue each goal? 

3. With R&D advances and changes in 

the socio-technical environment, what 

additional goal(s) should the Federal 

Government consider? 

References 

Federal Video and Image Analytics Research 

and Development Action Plan (March 

2020): https://www.nitrd.gov/pubs/RDOpportunities-in-Video-Image-Analytics2020.pdf. 

NITRD NAIIO Supplement to the President’s 

FY2022 Budget: https://www.nitrd.gov/ 

pubs/FY2022-NITRD-NAIIOSupplement.pdf. 

Executive Order 13960, Promoting the Use of 

Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in the 

Federal Government (December 2020): 

https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2020- 

27065. 

Submitted by the National Science 

Foundation in support of the NITRD NCO on 

July 8, 2022. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 2022–15011 Filed 7–13–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2021–0188] 

Information Collection: Exemptions 

and Continued Regulatory Authority in 

Agreement States and in Offshore 

Waters Under Section 274 of the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of submission to the 

Office of Management and Budget; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) has recently 

submitted a request for renewal of an 

existing collection of information to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review. The information 

collection is entitled, ‘‘Exemptions and 

Continued Regulatory Authority in 

Agreement States and in Offshore 

Waters Under Section 274 of the Atomic 

Energy Act of 1954.’’ 

DATES: Submit comments by August 15, 

2022. Comments received after this date 

will be considered if it is practical to do 

so, but the Commission is able to ensure 

consideration only for comments 

received on or before this date. 

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0001; telephone: 301–415–2084; email: 

Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov. 

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A. Obtaining Information 

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0188 when contacting the NRC about 

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