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Working Group is open to all interested 

parties. 

DATES: An initial teleconference will 

take place on Thursday, August 31, 

2017, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The 

goal for completion of the work is June 

30, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Bohn, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 

Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899– 

4800, telephone number 301–975–4731, 

email: robert.bohn@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NCCP 

announces the reconstitution of its 

Federated Cloud Public Working Group 

(Working Group). The Working Group 

was formed to address Requirement #5 

of NIST’s US Government Cloud 

Computing Technology Roadmap (NIST 

SP 500–293) (Cloud Computing 

Roadmap), ‘‘Frameworks to Support 

Federated Community Clouds.’’ This 

requirement calls for ‘‘frameworks to 

support seamless implementation of 

federated community cloud 

environments.’’ The Working Group’s 

activities will resume and initiate work 

to try and fully understand and describe 

the elements of federated cloud 

computing. Assorted topics include 

developing and gaining consensus on a 

common federated cloud computing 

vocabulary, as well as developing an 

underlying conceptual model of what 

federated cloud computing is, its major 

components, and users/stakeholders. 

An initial teleconference will take 

place on Thursday, August 31, 2017, at 

10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The dial-in 

number is 1–877–953–0273, and the 

passcode is 456–4979. Members of the 

public who wish to participate in the 

teleconference should provide their 

name and email address to fedcloud@

nist.gov, no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on Thursday, August 24, 2017. 

Responses received after the deadline 

will also be added to the group’s 

mailing list, but they may not receive 

initial documentation prior to the first 

meeting. Members of the public who 

provide their email addresses but who 

cannot participate in the initial 

teleconference will still be notified 

about subsequent meetings. It is 

anticipated that there will be 

subsequent monthly meetings by 

teleconference on the fourth Thursday 

of every month from either 11:00 a.m. to 

1:00 p.m. Eastern Time or 1:30 p.m. to 

3:00 p.m. Eastern Time. A schedule of 

meeting times will be provided to all 

participants who submit their name and 

email address as provided above. 

Participation in the Working Group is 

open to all interested parties; there is no 

fee to participate. Standing Rules 

Documents explaining how the group 

will be run will be made available at the 

first meeting to all Working Group 

members. Final technical 

recommendations from the Working 

Group will be made publicly accessible 

on the NIST Cloud Computing Portal, 

and NIST may make the results of this 

Working Group available to Standards 

Developing Organizations and other 

interested parties. 

Background 

The Cloud Computing Roadmap is 

being used industry-wide to advance the 

rapid adoption of cloud computing. 

Two of the 10 requirements (numbers 5 

and 8) in the Cloud Computing 

Roadmap point to the next generation of 

cloud computing which will be focused 

on the concept of federated clouds. 

Federated clouds represent a future 

where there is seamless integration 

between multiple cloud service 

providers. Fulfilling this vision of the 

future of cloud computing will require 

a foundational effort to understand all 

the technological and standards-based 

obstacles that will need to be addressed 

to build the necessary underlying 

architecture. 

Scope 

The scope of the project is to fully 

understand and describe the elements of 

federated cloud computing. This will 

involve developing and gaining 

consensus on a common federated cloud 

computing vocabulary, as well as 

developing an underlying conceptual 

model of what federated cloud 

computing is, its major components, 

and users/stakeholders. The Working 

Group will then use that conceptual 

model to map out an implementation 

strategy including a gap analysis to 

identify the missing technologies and 

standards needed to cultivate a seamless 

system of systems. The anticipated 

results are: 

• Federated Cloud Computing 

Vocabulary; 

• Conceptual Model of Federated 

Clouds; and 

• Technology Gap Analysis. 

The Working Group will also 

investigate and identify the needed 

technologies, tools, and standards to 

enable these environments. They will 

use material from NIST’s Cloud 

Computing Reference Architecture 

(NIST SP 500–292) and materials 

located at the group’s public twiki site: 

http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-cloudcomputing/bin/view/CloudComputing/ 

RATax_FedCommunity. 

The Working Group will work in a 

coordinated effort with the IEEE ICWG/ 

2302 WG—Intercloud Working Group to 

produce an implementation of this 

reference material and create a 

compliant technical standard. A list of 

NIST’s Cloud Computing Working 

Groups can be found at http://

collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-cloudcomputing/bin/view/CloudComputing/ 

WebHome#Working_Groups_of_NIST_

Cloud_Com. The work of the NIST 

Cloud Computing Working Groups is 

interrelated, and this Working Group 

will also liaise with other working 

groups as needed. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272(b)(3) & (c)(12). 

Kevin Kimball, 

NIST Chief of Staff. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

[Docket No.: 170717677–7677–01] 

Request for Information on the 

Development of the Organization of 

Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for 

Forensic Science 2.0 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for information. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) and 

the Department of Justice (DOJ) 

established the Organization of 

Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for 

Forensic Science in 2013 as part of a 

larger effort to strengthen forensic 

science in the United States. NIST has 

primary responsibility to support the 

OSAC and has publicly announced its 

intention to transition the 

administration of the OSAC to another 

host within five to ten years. NIST made 

a commitment to the forensic science 

community (community) that OSAC 2.0 

will ensure the continued scientific 

integrity and stability of the 

organization. NIST publishes this notice 

to request information for consideration 

in the development of a comprehensive 

transition plan for the OSAC that meets 

the needs of the community and ensures 

that transition is conducted in a manner 

that safeguards the efficiency and 

effectiveness of the OSAC. 

DATES: NIST will accept written 

responses to this request for information 

until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on 

October 30, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Responses to this request 

for information must be made 

electronically through the Federal 

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eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Please include your name, 

organization’s name (if any) and cite 

‘‘Response to OSAC Request for 

Information’’ in all correspondence. 

All responses, including attachments, 

will be posted to the docket at https:// 

www.regulations.gov/ without change or 

redaction. Accordingly, respondents 

should not include information they do 

not wish to be posted (e.g., personal or 

confidential business information). 

Responses that contain profanity, 

vulgarity, threats, or other inappropriate 

language will not be posted or 

considered. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Grace Hao, (301) 975–4752 or 

Grace.Hao@NIST.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

February 2013, DOJ and NIST 

announced a partnership that included 

the formation of the OSAC. As is stated 

in the OSAC Charter, the purpose of the 

OSAC is to strengthen the Nation’s use 

of forensic science by: Providing 

technical leadership necessary to 

facilitate the development and 

promulgation of consensus-based 

documentary standards and guidelines 

for forensic science; promoting 

standards and guidelines that are fit-forpurpose and based on sound scientific 

principles; promoting the use of OSAC 

standards and guidelines by 

accreditation and certification bodies; 

and establishing and maintaining 

working relationships with other similar 

organizations. The OSAC Charter and 

Bylaws are available online at: https:// 

www.nist.gov/topics/forensic-science/ 

about-osac. 

These purposes of the OSAC are 

achieved through the OSAC Registry, 

the repository for all standards and 

guidelines. A standard or guideline is 

posted on the OSAC Registry only after 

the validity of any methods it contains 

has been assessed by forensic 

practitioners, academic researchers, 

measurement scientists, and 

statisticians through a consensus 

development process that allows 

participation and comment from all 

relevant stakeholders. NIST retains 

ultimate authority over posting of 

standards and responsibility for support 

of the OSAC Registry. 

The OSAC Charter states that the aims 

of the OSAC are to: Populate the OSAC 

Registry; develop and maintain the 

Principles of Professional Practice; 

compile and update the forensic science 

catalog of standards and related 

documents; maintain Priority Action 

Plan documents on OSAC strategic 

objectives and associated goals and 

intended actions; promote and improve 

the communication, dissemination and 

use of forensic science standards, 

accreditation, and personnel 

competencies; encourage forensic 

science service providers in the United 

States to implement guidelines and 

standards (e.g., ISO/IEC 17025, etc.) for 

quality and competency; provide insight 

on each forensic science discipline’s 

research and measurement standard 

needs; and enlist stakeholder 

involvement from a broad community to 

provide public comment on OSAC 

outputs. 

Under the OSAC Charter, NIST has 

primary responsibility to coordinate 

development of a quality infrastructure 

for forensic science standards 

development and to support the OSAC. 

NIST envisioned the OSAC as a multilevel organization consisting of five 

Scientific Area Committees (SACs) that 

report to a Forensic Science Standards 

Board (FSSB). Each of the five SACs 

oversees discipline-specific 

subcommittees. In addition, there are 

three Resource Committees that provide 

input to the FSSB, SACs, and SAC 

Subcommittees. DOJ funds the OSAC 

through appropriated funds that are 

transferred to NIST. While DOJ 

personnel participate as members of 

OSAC committees and subcommittees, 

DOJ itself does not review or approve 

OSAC standards prior to posting on the 

Registry. 

Both NIST and DOJ recognized from 

the outset that the OSAC would be 

realigned over time to ensure 

continuous improvement and better 

realize its purpose and objectives. NIST 

has publicly announced its intention to 

transition the administration of the 

OSAC to another host within five to ten 

years. NIST’s goals in this transition 

process are to establish the next 

generation of OSAC (OSAC 2.0) that 

strengthens forensics science, follows 

American National Standards Institute 

principles for standards development, 

and promotes a collaborative process 

that actively involves practitioners and 

researchers. NIST notes that, as a nonregulatory research and development 

agency, it does not contemplate 

undertaking any a regulatory or quasiregulatory function in connection with 

OSAC 2.0. NIST is open to maintaining 

elements of the current OSAC structure, 

to modifications to the structure, as well 

as to substantially different structural 

concepts, including several examples of 

concepts at: https://www.nist.gov/ 

topics/forensic-science/potentialconcepts-osac-20. NIST notes its 

continuing commitment to the forensic 

science community, that OSAC 2.0 will 

promote the continued scientific 

integrity and stability of the 

organization. 

NIST is now in the process of 

developing a process for the transition 

of OSAC 1.0 to an OSAC 2.0 structure 

that will accomplish these goals and 

safeguard the efficiency and 

effectiveness of the organization. To 

ensure that the transition plan is 

comprehensive and meets the needs of 

the community, NIST, in collaboration 

with DOJ, requests from the public, 

comments on the questions below, 

which will inform the approach to an 

OSAC 2.0 in the following six areas: (A) 

Purpose, (B) oversight and 

independence, (C) work product and 

aims, (D) structure, (E) participation, 

and (F) funding. 

(A) Purpose: As stated above, the 

OSAC charter identifies four purposes. 

(See section 1.1: https://www.nist.gov/ 

sites/default/files/documents/2017/03/ 

16/fssb_osac_charter_and_bylaws_v_

1.3.pdf). What is your opinion regarding 

whether the OSAC is fulfilling these 

purposes under the current structure? 

What is your opinion regarding whether 

these purposes/functions are 

appropriate for the OSAC and whether 

the purposes should be modified in any 

way? What is your opinion regarding 

what role, if any, the OSAC should be 

playing in addressing the 

recommendations of the 2009 National 

Academies of Sciences report, 

‘‘Strengthening Forensic Science in the 

United States: A Path Forward’’ (https:// 

www.nap.edu/read/12589/chapter/1)? 

(B) Oversight and independence: 

Please provide your views regarding 

what type of entity should host the 

OSAC (e.g., governmental, professional 

association, etc.). What is your opinion 

about the preferred characteristics of a 

host organization for an effective OSAC? 

What are your views as to the type of 

organization that should provide 

oversight to the OSAC? Do you believe 

that the OSAC should have more/less 

independence from a host organization? 

(C) Work products and aims: As stated 

above, the OSAC Charter identifies eight 

aims. (See section 1.2: https://

www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/ 

documents/2017/03/16/fssb_osac_

charter_and_bylaws_v_1.3.pdf.) What is 

your opinion regarding whether the 

OSAC is fulfilling these aims as 

structured? Do you believe that the 

OSAC is addressing the correct aims? 

What are your views as to the type of 

work products the OSAC should 

produce? What do you believe are the 

essential elements of work products? 

Please provide your opinion as to 

whether there should be 

implementation/enforcement of the 

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work products. Do you believe that the 

OSAC should develop ‘‘best practices’’ 

and other materials that are not formal 

‘‘standards’’? 

(D) Structure: What are your views as 

to whether the current the OSAC 

structure works efficiently? Do you 

believe that another structure should be 

utilized? Please provide your opinion 

about whether there are any issues in 

the current work product development 

process that should be addressed 

structurally. In your view, does the 

reliance on standards development 

organizations function as intended 

(please include the reasons for your 

opinion)? 

(E) Participation: What are your views 

as to the community the OSAC should 

serve? In your opinion, what 

stakeholders must be a part of the OSAC 

(e.g., practitioners, researchers, forensic 

science societies, accreditation bodies, 

scientific societies, human factors 

experts, metrologists, standards 

development organizations, legal 

practitioners)? If you think that any of 

these entities should be excluded, 

please explain why and identify other 

venues for the views of the excluded 

entities to be incorporated into forensic 

practice, if appropriate. In your view, 

should some stakeholders serve more 

limited roles and, if so, how and why? 

(F) Funding: What is your opinion as 

to the funding model that the OSAC 

should employ—Entirely funded by the 

Federal government, by non-Federal 

funds, or a combination of funding 

sources? (Please include your thoughts 

on the role of funding sources such as 

membership fees, certification fees, and 

meeting registration fees.) What are your 

views about the implications of funding 

models for the other traits, particularly 

oversight and independence? 

Response to this request for 

information (RFI) is voluntary, and 

comments are not limited to the specific 

questions posed. Respondents need not 

reply to all questions; however, it is 

requested that they clearly indicate the 

letter of each question to which they are 

responding. All responses to this RFI 

must be submitted electronically 

through www.regulations.gov. 

All responses received will be posted 

on www.regulations.gov without making 

any changes to the responses or 

redacting any information, including 

any personally identifiable information 

provided. It is the responsibility of the 

respondent to safeguard personally 

identifiable information. You are not 

required to submit personally 

identifying information in order to 

respond and it is recommended that 

respondents’ personally identifiable 

information not be included. Responses 

may be provided anonymously, but 

those respondents who do share contact 

information are requested to include 

brief background information regarding 

the respondent’s subject-matter 

experience and expertise. Responses 

submitted through www.regulations.gov 

will not include the email address of the 

respondent unless the respondent 

chooses to include that information as 

part of the response. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272(b)(10). 

Kevin Kimball, 

NIST Chief of Staff. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Southeast Region 

IFQ Programs 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before October 30, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at pracomments@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Adam Bailey, National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 

Southeast Regional Office, 263 13th 

Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, 

(727) 824–5303, or adam.bailey@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for an extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection under the Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

Control Number 0648–0551, Southeast 

Region IFQ (individual fishing quota) 

Programs. The NMFS Southeast 

Regional Office manages three 

commercial IFQ and individual 

transferable quota (ITQ) programs in the 

Southeast Region under the authority of 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C. 1801 

et seq. The IFQ programs for red 

snapper, and grouper and tilefish occur 

in Federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico, 

and the ITQ program for wreckfish 

occurs in Federal waters of the South 

Atlantic. 

This collection of information tracks 

the transfer and use of IFQ and ITQ 

shares, and IFQ allocation and landings 

necessary to operate, administer, and 

review management of the IFQ and ITQ 

programs. Regulations for the IFQ and 

ITQ programs are located at 50 CFR part 

622. 

The NMFS Southeast Regional Office 

also proposes to revise parts of the 

information collection approved under 

OMB Control Number 0648–0551 to 

account for updates to burden time and 

cost estimates, as well as administrative 

updates to online and paper forms. 

NMFS intends the revisions would 

make instructions and data collection 

requirements clearer and easier to 

understand, resulting in more accurate 

and efficient information available for 

use by fishery managers. 

II. Method of Collection 

Information for the Gulf red snapper, 

and grouper and tilefish IFQ programs 

is collected electronically via a webbased system, through satellite-linked 

vessel monitoring systems, through a 

24-hour call line, and with paper form 

submission for landing corrections, 

closing an account, and account 

applications, as well as landing 

transactions under catastrophic 

circumstances. 

The share transfer process in the 

wreckfish ITQ program requires the 

signatures of witnesses on paper forms. 

The ITQ program remains paper based 

until the South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council and NMFS 

consider whether to implement an 

electronic system. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0551. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension and revision of a currently 

approved information collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,059. 

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