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Vol. 82, No. 173 

Friday, September 8, 2017 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

National Construction Safety Team 

Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Construction 

Safety Team (NCST) Advisory 

Committee (Committee) will meet in 

person and via teleconference on 

Thursday, September 28, 2017 from 8:30 

a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The 

primary purpose of this meeting is to 

update the Committee on the progress of 

the implementation of the 

recommendations made as a result of 

the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST) Joplin tornado 

investigation, provide the Committee an 

overview of ongoing work focused on 

enhancing the readiness and 

effectiveness of future National 

Construction Safety Teams in the field, 

and provide NIST’s response to the 

Committee’s 2016 Annual Report and 

recommendations. The agenda may 

change to accommodate Committee 

business. The final agenda will be 

posted on the NIST Web site at https:// 

www.nist.gov/topics/disaster-failurestudies/national-construction-safetyteam-ncst/advisory-committee. 

DATES: The NCST Advisory Committee 

will meet on Thursday, September 28, 

2017 from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time. The meeting will be open 

to the public. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Heritage Room of Building 101, 

NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, 

Maryland 20899. For instructions on 

how to participate in the meeting, 

please see the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Benjamin Davis, Management and 

Program Analyst, Community Resilience 

Program, Engineering Laboratory, NIST, 

100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8615, 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899–8604. 

Mr. Davis’ email address is 

Benjamin.Davis@nist.gov; and his phone 

number is (301) 975–6071. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee was established pursuant to 

Section 11 of the NCST Act (Pub. L. 

107–231, codified at 15 U.S.C. 7301 et 

seq). The Committee is currently 

composed of four members, appointed 

by the Director of NIST, who were 

selected on the basis of established 

records of distinguished service in their 

professional community and their 

knowledge of issues affecting the 

National Construction Safety Teams. 

The Committee advises the Director of 

NIST on carrying out the NCST Act; 

reviews the procedures developed for 

conducting investigations; and reviews 

the reports issued documenting 

investigations. Background information 

on the NCST Act and information on the 

NCST Advisory Committee is available 

at https://www.nist.gov/topics/disasterfailure-studies/national-constructionsafety-team-ncst/advisory-committee. 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 

App., notice is hereby given that the 

NCST Advisory Committee will meet on 

Thursday, September 28, 2017, from 

8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. 

The meeting will be open to the public. 

The meeting will be held in the Heritage 

Room of Building 101, NIST, 100 

Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 

20899. The primary purpose of this 

meeting is to update the Committee on 

the progress of the implementation of 

the NIST Joplin Tornado Investigation 

Report’s recommendations, available at 

http://www.nist.gov/el/disasterstudies/ 

upload/Recommendations_Joplin.pdf, 

and receive NIST’s response to the 

Committee’s 2016 Annual Report 

recommendations which can be found 

at https://www.nist.gov/topics/disasterfailure-studies/national-constructionsafety-team-ncst/advisory-committee. 

The agenda may change to 

accommodate Committee business. The 

final agenda will be posted on the NIST 

Web site at https://www.nist.gov/topics/ 

disaster-failure-studies/nationalconstruction-safety-team-ncst/advisorycommittee-meetings. 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions related to 

items on the Committee’s agenda for 

this meeting are invited to request a 

place on the agenda. On September 28, 

2017, approximately fifteen minutes 

will be reserved from 1:05 p.m. to 1:20 

p.m. Eastern Time for public comments. 

Speaking times will be assigned on a 

first-come, first-served basis. The 

amount of time per speaker will be 

determined by the number of requests 

received, but is likely to be three 

minutes each. Questions from the public 

will not be considered during this 

period. All those wishing to speak must 

submit their request by email to the 

attention of Mr. Benjamin Davis, 

Benjamin.Davis@nist.gov, by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time, Friday, September 8, 

2017. 

Speakers who wish to expand upon 

their oral statements, those who had 

wished to speak but could not be 

accommodated on the agenda, and those 

who were unable to attend are invited 

to submit written statements to the 

NCST, National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, MS 

8604, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899– 

8604, or electronically by email to 

Benjamin.Davis@nist.gov. 

To participate in the teleconference, 

please submit your first and last name, 

email address, and phone number to 

Benjamin Davis at Benjamin.Davis@

nist.gov or (301) 975–6071. After preregistering, participants will be 

provided with detailed instructions on 

how to join the teleconference remotely. 

All visitors to the NIST site are required 

to pre-register to be admitted. Anyone 

wishing to attend this meeting must 

register by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Friday, September 8, 2017, in order to 

attend. Please submit your full name, 

email address, and phone number to 

Benjamin Davis at Benjamin.Davis@

nist.gov; his phone number is (301) 975– 

6071. Non-U.S. citizens must submit 

additional information; please contact 

Mr. Davis. For participants attending in 

person, please note that federal 

agencies, including NIST, can only 

accept a state-issued driver’s license or 

identification card for access to federal 

facilities if such license or identification 

card is issued by a state that is 

compliant with the REAL ID Act of 2005 

(Pub. L. 109–13), or by a state that has 

an extension for REAL ID compliance. 


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1https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/ 

whitehouse.gov/files/images/Quantum_Info_Sci_

Report_2016_07_22%20final.pdf. 

NIST currently accepts other forms of 

federal-issued identification in lieu of a 

state-issued driver’s license. For 

detailed information please contact 

Benjamin Davis or visit: http://

www.nist.gov/public_affairs/visitor/. 

Kevin Kimball, 

NIST Chief of Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19080 Filed 9–7–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

[Docket No. 170804731–7731–01] 

Building the Foundations for Quantum 

Industry 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for information 

(RFI). 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) 

requests information about the broader 

needs of the industrial community in 

the area of quantum information science 

(QIS). NIST seeks input from 

stakeholders regarding opportunities for 

research and development, means and 

methods of inducing interaction and 

collaboration, providing support for 

emerging market areas, identifying 

barriers to near-term and future 

applications, and understanding 

workforce needs. As part of this effort, 

NIST will hold a workshop on 

Thursday, October 5, 2017. The 

information received in response to this 

RFI and during the workshop will 

inform recommendations for the 

development and coordination of U.S. 

Government policies, programs, and 

budgets to advance U.S. 

competitiveness in QIS. 

DATES:

For Comments: Comments must be 

received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 

October 10, 2017. Written comments in 

response to the RFI should be submitted 

according to the instructions in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below. 

For Workshop: The Workshop on 

Building the Foundations for Quantum 

Industry will be held on Thursday, 

October 5, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m. Eastern Time. Attendees must 

register by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 

September 29, 2017. 

ADDRESSES:

For Comments: Written comments 

may be submitted only by email to Dr. 

Jacob Taylor at qid@nist.gov in any of 

the following formats: ASCII; Word; 

RTF; or PDF. Please include your name, 

organization’s name (if any), and cite 

‘‘Building the Foundations for Quantum 

Industry RFI’’ in the subject line of all 

correspondence. All comments will be 

made publicly available at https://

www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2017/ 

10/quantum-industry-day as submitted. 

Accordingly, proprietary or confidential 

information should not be included in 

any comments, as they will be posted 

without change. 

For Workshop: The workshop will be 

held at NIST, 100 Bureau Dr., 

Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Please note 

admittance instructions under the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. To register, go to: https://

www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2017/ 

10/quantum-industry-day. Additional 

information about the workshop will be 

available at this web address as the 

workshop approaches. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kimberly Emswiler, Jacob Taylor, or 

Carl Williams by email at qid@nist.gov, 

or Kimberly Emswiler by phone at (301) 

975–4208. Please direct media inquiries 

to NIST’s Office of Public Affairs at 

(301) 975–2762. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background: Twenty five years of 

research and development work in QIS 

is producing dramatic new commercial 

opportunities domestically, including 

the first niche applications. There is 

also an increasing level of international 

activity and investment in the field. 

NIST is requesting this information and 

holding the workshop in support of the 

Interagency Working Group (IWG) on 

QIS of the National Science and 

Technology Council, Committee on 

Science, Subcommittee on Physical 

Sciences. The IWG was chartered in 

October 2014 to develop and coordinate 

policies, programs, and budgets for QIS 

research and development, and to 

further develop the scientific basis, 

infrastructure, future technical 

workforce, and intellectual property that 

will be required to address agency 

missions and secure future U.S. 

competitiveness in QIS. The IWG 

includes participants from the 

Departments of Commerce, Defense, and 

Energy; the Office of the Director of 

National Intelligence; and the National 

Science Foundation. In 2016, the IWG 

published an initial report identifying 

key challenges for emerging quantum 

industry, including: Institutional 

boundaries, education and training, 

technology development, and levels and 

stability of funding. 

Request for Information 

NIST seeks input from stakeholders 

regarding opportunities for research and 

development, emerging market areas, 

barriers to near-term and future 

applications, and workforce needs. The 

objective of this RFI is to gather facts 

that will assist the IWG’s formation of 

recommendations for the development 

and coordination of U.S. Government 

policies, programs, and budgets to 

advance U.S. competitiveness in QIS. 

The questions below are intended to 

assist in the formulation of comments 

and should not be construed as a 

limitation on the number of comments 

that interested persons may submit or 

the issues that may be addressed in such 

comments. Comments containing 

references, studies, research, and other 

empirical data that are not widely 

published should include copies of the 

referenced materials. As noted above, all 

comments will be made publicly 

available as submitted; therefore 

proprietary or confidential information 

should not be included. NIST is 

specifically interested in receiving input 

pertaining to one or more of the 

following questions: 

(1) Identification of Opportunities 

QIS includes, for example, quantum 

computing and processing, quantum 

algorithms and programming languages, 

quantum communications, quantum 

sensors, quantum devices, single photon 

sources, and detectors. What areas of 

pre-competitive QIS research and 

development appear most promising? 

What areas should be the highest 

priorities for Federal investment? What 

are the emerging frontiers? What 

methods of monitoring new 

developments are most effective? What 

market areas are well-positioned to 

benefit from new developments in QIS? 

Where will a technology perspective 

study help most? Where are roadmaps 

useful for coordination? 

(2) Surmounting Challenges 

The 2016 report ‘‘Advancing 

Quantum Information Science: National 

Challenges and Opportunities’’ 1

identified institutional boundaries and 

knowledge transfer challenges, as well 

as workforce needs across the emerging 

quantum industry. To what extent are 

these challenges addressable by the 

formation of consortia? May they be 

addressed with structured academiccommercial or commercialgovernmental interactions? What 

potential collaborative structures might 


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