Billing Code: 3510-JT
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting
The Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee (ISTAC) will meet on July 24, 2024,
9:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 3884, 1401
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D. C. (enter through Main Entrance on 14th Street
between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues). This meeting will be hybrid. The Committee
advises the Department of Commerce (Department) with respect to the following issues: (1)
technical specifications and policy issues relating to those specifications that are of concern to
the Department; (2) worldwide availability of products and systems, including quantity and
quality, and actual utilization of production technology; (3) licensing procedures that affect the
level of export controls applicable to any commodities, software, or technology; (4) revisions of
the Commerce Control List, including proposed revisions of multilateral controls in which the
United States participates; (5) the issuance of regulations; and (6) any other matters relating to
actions designed to carry out the policy set forth in section 1752 of Export Control Reform
Act. The purpose of the meeting is to have Committee members and U.S. Government
representatives mutually review updated technical data and policy-driving information that has
been gathered.
Agenda:
Open Session
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Working Group Reports
3. Public Comments
4. Open/Closed Business
5. Wassenaar Proposal Ideas for 2025

6. Industry Presentation: HPC & AI Benchmarks
Closed Session
7. Discussion of matters determined to be exempt from the open meeting and public participation
requirements found in sections 1009(a)(1) and 1009(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. 1001-1014). The exemption is authorized by section 1009(d) of the
FACA, which permits the closure of advisory committee meetings, or portions thereof, if the
head of the agency to which the advisory committee reports determines such meetings may be
closed to the public in accordance with subsection (c) of the Government in the Sunshine Act (5
U.S.C. 552b(c)). In this case, the applicable provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) are subsection
552b(c)(4), which permits closure to protect trade secrets and commercial or financial
information that is privileged or confidential, and subsection 552b(c)(9)(B), which permits
closure to protect information that would be likely to significantly frustrate implementation of a
proposed agency action were it to be disclosed prematurely. The closed session of the meeting
will involve committee discussions and guidance regarding U.S. Government strategies and
policies.
The open session will be accessible via teleconference. To join the conference, submit inquiries
to Ms. Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov, no later than July 17, 2024.
A limited number of seats will be available for members of the public to attend the open session
in person. Reservations are not accepted.
Special Accommodations: Individuals requiring special accommodations to access the public
meeting should contact Ms. Yvette Springer no later than Tuesday, July 17, 2024, so that
appropriate arrangements can be made.
To the extent time permits, members of the public may present oral statements to the Committee.
The public may submit written statements at any time before or after the meeting. However, to
facilitate distribution of materials to the Committee members, the Committee suggests that
members of the public forward their materials prior to the meeting to Ms. Springer via email.

Material submitted by the public will be made public and therefore should not contain
confidential information. Meeting materials from the public session will be accessible via the
Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) site at httpstac.bis.gov, within 30-days after the meeting.
The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration Performing the non-exclusive functions and
duties of the Chief Financial Officer, with the concurrence of the delegate of the General
Counsel, formally determined on February 15, 2024, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1009(d)), that the
portion of the meeting dealing with pre-decisional changes to the Commerce Control List and the
U.S. export control policies shall be exempt from the provisions relating to public meetings
found in 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(1) and 1009(a)(3). The remaining portions of the meeting will be open
to the public.
Meeting cancellation: If the meeting is cancelled, a cancellation notice will be posted on the
TAC website at https://tac.bis.doc.gov.
For more information, contact Ms. Springer via email.
Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 2024-15017 Filed: 7/8/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/9/2024]