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Report_2016_07_22%20final.pdf. 

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detailed information please contact 

Benjamin Davis or visit: http://

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Kevin Kimball, 

NIST Chief of Staff. 

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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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industry adopt to best address these 

challenges? 

(3) Funding and Knowledge 

Considerations 

Uncertain market needs, imperfect 

investment levels and mechanisms, 

undeveloped technology, challenges in 

dissemination of information, and 

technology transfer are some of the 

potential barriers to adoption of QIS 

technology. What are the greatest 

technical and organizational barriers to 

advancing important near-term and 

future applications of QIS and what 

should be done to address these 

barriers? What methods might be 

adopted to encourage both small and 

large efforts to provide a healthy 

industrial base? Which areas are 

underfunded, inconsistently funded, or 

need better funding clarity from the 

government for progress of the industry 

as a whole? At what level of knowledge 

or development should intellectual 

property move from being freely 

available to exclusive? How can 

industry or government address these 

concerns? 

Workshop 

The purpose of the workshop is to 

convene stakeholders in the 

development and commercialization of 

quantum technologies to address the 

identified key challenges via industrial, 

academic, and governmental means. 

Topics to be discussed include 

opportunities for research and 

development and means and methods of 

facilitating interaction and collaboration 

such as creation of consortia, providing 

support for emerging market areas, 

identifying barriers to near-term and 

future applications, and understanding 

workforce needs. Information gathered 

at this workshop will be used in the 

development and coordination of U.S. 

Government policies, programs, and 

budgets to advance U.S. 

competitiveness in QIS. Furthermore, 

this workshop will provide a discussion 

place for industry to consider methods 

of collaboration in a neutral setting, 

including the potential benefits of 

developing a technology perspective 

study as well as other helpful organizing 

elements, including consortia and future 

roadmap development for subfields. 

This workshop will focus on 

addressing the key challenges described 

above under ‘‘Request for Information.’’ 

It will include invited presentations by 

leading experts from academia, 

industry, and government; time for 

group discussion; and breakout sessions 

for discussing subfields, potential 

consortia frameworks, and the role of 

technology perspective studies. 

There is no cost for participating in 

the workshop. No proprietary 

information will be accepted, presented 

or discussed as part of the workshop, 

and all information accepted, presented 

or discussed at the workshop will be in 

the public domain. 

All workshop participants must preregister at the following web address to 

be admitted: https://www.nist.gov/newsevents/events/2017/10/quantumindustry-day. Anyone wishing to attend 

this meeting must register by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on September 29, 2017, in 

order to attend. Also, 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. NIST currently accepts 

other forms of federally-issued 

identification in lieu of a state-issued 

driver’s license. For detailed 

information please contact Kimberly 

Emswiler at (301) 975–4208 or visit: 

http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/ 

visitor/. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272(b)(1), (4), (11) & 

15 U.S.C. 272(c)(12). 

Kevin Kimball, 

NIST Chief of Staff. 

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Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council, NEFMC) 

will hold a three-day meeting to 

consider actions affecting New England 

fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 

(EEZ). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 

September 26, 27, and 28, 2017, 

beginning at 9 a.m. on September 26, 

8:30 a.m. on September 27, and 8:30 

a.m. on September 28. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held at the Beauport Hotel, 55 

Commercial Street, Gloucester, MA 

01930; telephone (978) 282–0008; 

online at www.beauporthotel.com. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950; 

telephone (978) 465–0492; 

www.nefmc.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492, ext. 

113. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

Tuesday, September 26, 2017 

After introductions and brief 

announcements, the meeting will begin 

with the swearing-in of reappointed 

Council members, followed by the 

election of 2017–2018 officers. The 

Council then will hear reports from the 

Council Chairman and Executive 

Director, NMFS’s Regional 

Administrator for the Greater Atlantic 

Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO), 

liaisons from the Northeast Fisheries 

Science Center (NEFSC) and MidAtlantic Fishery Management Council, 

representatives from NOAA General 

Counsel and the Office of Law 

Enforcement, and staff from the Atlantic 

States Marine Fisheries Commission 

and U.S. Coast Guard. In addition, the 

Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel will 

provide a report. Next, the Council will 

hear from its Whiting Committee, which 

will cover three items of business. The 

first involves Amendment 22 to the 

Northeast Multispecies Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP). The 

amendment is being developed to 

potentially limit access to the smallmesh multispecies fishery, which 

includes red, silver, and offshore hakes. 

The Council is expected to select 

limited access, permitting, and 

possession limit preferred alternatives 

for Amendment 22 to send to public 

hearing. Next, the Whiting Plan 

Development Team (PDT) will present 

the Annual Monitoring Report, which 

summarizes 2016 fishing year activity 

and contains an assessment update and 

specification recommendations. Finally, 

the Council will initiate an action to 

develop 2018–20 specifications for the 

small-mesh multispecies fishery. 

Following the lunch break, the 

Council will resume the whiting 

discussion if necessary. Otherwise, it 

will move on to the Atlantic Herring 

Committee report and address three 

items related to Draft Amendment 8 to 

the Atlantic Herring FMP. First, the 


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