Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 223 / Wednesday, November 19, 2014 / Notices 68913 

NW., Main Interior Building, 

Washington, DC 20240–0001. 

Special Assistance for Public Meetings 

If special assistance is required to 

participate in the public meeting, please 

contact Mr. Louis Moore at (916) 978– 

5106, or via email at wmoore@usbr.gov. 

Please contact Mr. Moore at least 10 

working days prior to the meeting. A 

telephone device for the hearing 

impaired (TDD) is available at (916) 

978–5608. 

Public Disclosure 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: October 28, 2014. 

Pablo Arroyave, 

Deputy Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27372 Filed 11–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4332–90–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Office of Justice Programs 

[OJP (NIJ) Docket No. 1678] 

Criminal Justice Restraints Standard, 

NIJ Standard-1001.00 

AGENCY: National Institute of Justice. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Justice (NIJ) announces publication of 

Criminal Justice Restraints Standard, 

NIJ Standard 1001.00. The document 

can be found here: https://ncjrs.gov/

pdffiles1/nij/247988.pdf. Conformity 

assessment organizations are invited to 

review the document and provide any 

feedback to the point of contact listed 

below. This standard is planned to 

supersede NIJ Standard for Metallic 

Handcuffs, NIJ Standard 0307.01, found 

here: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/

nij/082981.pdf. The effective date that 

this will occur will be given six months 

prior through a notice in the Federal 

Register. For more information about 

NIJ standards, please visit http://nij.gov/ 

standards. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Montgomery, by telephone at 

(202) 353–9786 [Note: this is not a tollfree telephone number], or by email at 

brian.montgomery@usdoj.gov. 

William Sabol, 

Acting Director, National Institute of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27367 Filed 11–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Office of Justice Programs 

[OJP (NIJ) Docket No. 1676] 

Request for Expressions of Interest 

From Manufacturers and Developers in 

Forthcoming Gun Safety Technology 

Challenge and Request for Information 

AGENCY: National Institute of Justice, 

DOJ. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Justice (NIJ) is requesting manufacturers 

and developers of firearms that 

incorporate advanced safety 

technologies or firearms accessories 

utilizing advanced safety technologies 

that are intended to modify firearms to 

submit an expression of interest in the 

forthcoming Gun Safety Technology 

Challenge (‘‘Challenge’’) and provide 

information about their products or 

technology. Through the Challenge, NIJ 

will seek an objective demonstration 

through testing and evaluation of the 

reliability of firearms and firearms 

accessories available today that are 

typically known by various terms such 

as smart guns, user-authorized 

handguns, childproof guns, and 

personalized firearms. These firearms or 

firearms accessories can be understood 

to utilize integrated components that 

exclusively permit an authorized user or 

set of users to operate or fire the gun 

and automatically deactivate it under a 

set of specific circumstances, reducing 

the chances of accidental or purposeful 

use by an unauthorized user. NIJ is 

interested in receiving information 

regarding which firearms and firearms 

accessories that incorporate advanced 

safety technologies that would be made 

available by industry for testing and 

evaluation in the Challenge. This 

information will help inform NIJ 

regarding the scope of the notional test 

methods and test procedures for 

firearms and firearms accessories 

required for the Challenge, as described 

below. 

DATES: Manufacturers or developers 

wishing to submit an expression of 

interest and information to the National 

Institute of Justice must do so by 5 p.m. 

Eastern Time January 5, 2015, as 

instructed below. 

ADDRESSES: How to Respond and What 

to Include: To submit an expression of 

interest and information, please send an 

email to gunsafetytechnology 

@usdoj.gov. Please provide the business 

contact information, including a point 

of contact name, company name (if 

applicable), mailing address, phone 

number, and email address. The 

minimum information requested about 

the firearm or firearm accessory 

responsive to the Challenge described in 

this notice is as follows: (1) A written 

description; (2) a photograph (or 

diagram); (3) the type of cartridge that 

would be used in the firearm; and (4) an 

estimate of the technological maturity. 

The information found in the report A 

Review of Gun Safety Technologies is 

suggested as a guide to assess the 

maturity of technologies. The report can 

be found here: https://www.ncjrs.gov/ 

pdffiles1/nij/242500.pdf. There is no 

limit to the amount of information that 

interested parties may submit. No 

materials will be returned. All materials 

submitted will be treated confidentially 

and discreetly and may be shared with 

U.S. Government staff or U.S. 

Government contractors for evaluation 

purposes. This notice is not a 

solicitation for funding and does not 

obligate the Government to fund any 

research and development. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Institute of Justice (NIJ) was 

tasked with supporting the President’s 

Plan to Reduce Gun Violence, 

specifically: 

‘‘The President is directing the 

Attorney General to work with 

technology experts to review existing 

and emerging gun safety technologies, 

and to issue a report on the availability 

and use of those technologies. In 

addition, the Administration will issue 

a challenge to the private sector to 

develop innovative and cost-effective 

gun safety technology and provide 

prizes for those technologies that are 

proven to be reliable and effective.’’ 

In support of this Executive action, 

NIJ has conducted a technology 

assessment and market survey of 

existing and emerging gun safety 

technologies that would be of interest to 

the law enforcement and criminal 

justice communities and others with an 

interest in gun safety and advanced 

firearm technology. A report published 

in June 2013 by NIJ entitled A Review 

of Gun Safety Technologies examined 

existing and emerging gun safety 

technologies, and their availability and 

use, to provide a comprehensive 

perspective on firearms with integrated 

advanced safety technologies. 

mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES