[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 243 (Thursday, December 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66341-66342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33053]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Notice of Opportunity to Apply to Serve on the Board
AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Opportunity to Apply to Serve on the Board of the
United States-India Commercial Alliance.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is currently seeking applications
for three individuals to serve on the U.S. section of the Board of the
United States-India Commercial Alliance (USICA). On January 16, 1995,
Ronald H. Brown, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, and Pranab Mukherjee,
India's Minister of Commerce, signed terms of reference creating USICA.
On October 17, 1996, Michael Kantor, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, and
B.B. Ramaiah, India's Minister of Commerce, signed an agreement
extending USICA for two years, until January 15, 1999. The purpose of
USICA is to facilitate the further development of commercial relations,
trade, and investment between U.S. and Indian private sector
businesses. USICA is administered and its activities are coordinated by
a Board composed of an equal number of private sector representatives
from the United States and India. U.S. and Indian Board members are
selected by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Indian Minister of
Commerce, respectively. The work of the USICA, which includes trade
missions, conferences, and roundtables bringing together business
persons from the United States and India, currently is focused on four
economic sectors: information technology, transportation and
infrastructure, food processing and packaging (``agribusiness''), and
power. Individual Board members generally concentrate their efforts on
one of these sectors.
Further Information: Private sector representatives will be
appointed to the Board for a two year term, or until January 15, 1999,
if USICA is not extended beyond its current expiration date.
Applications are now being sought for private sector members to serve
for a term beginning February 9, 1998. Private sector members will
serve at the discretion of the Secretary. They are expected to
participate fully in defining the agenda for USICA and in implementing
its work program. It is expected that private sector individuals chosen
for the USICA Board will attend at least 75% of USICA meetings which
will be held in the U.S. and India.
Private sector Board members are fully responsible for travel,
living and personal expenses associated with their participation in
USICA. The private sector Board members will serve in a representative
capacity presenting the views and interests of the particular business
sector in which they operate; private sector Board members are not
special government employees.
USICA works on issues of common interest to encourage bilateral
trade and investment, including, but not limited to, the following:
--Implementing trade/business development and promotion programs
including trade missions, conferences, exhibits, seminars and other
events, and
--Adopting sectoral or project oriented approaches to expand business
opportunities and discussing concerns relating to expanding commercial
opportunities
Selection: There are ten positions on the U.S. side of the USICA
Board, of which three are currently vacant. This notice is seeking
applications for those three positions.
Eligibility requirements. Applicants must be:
A U.S. citizen residing in the United States or a
permanent United States resident;
A CEO or other top management level employee of a U.S.
company or organization involved in commercial activities between the
United States and India;
A member of a leading business association; and
Not a registered foreign agent under the Foreign Agents
Registration Act of 1938 (FARA).
In reviewing eligible applicants, the Commerce Department will
consider:
The applicant's expertise in one of the following business
sectors in which USICA is active: transportation and infrastructure,
and food processing and packaging (agribusiness);
Readiness to initiate and be responsible for USICA
activities in the business sectors in which USICA is active;
Ability to contribute in light of overall Board
composition (for example, to ensure balance in representation of
industry sectors):
Diversity of company size, type, location, demographics or
additional under-representation in business.
To be considered for membership, please provide the following: name
and title of the individual requesting consideration; name and address
of the company or organization sponsoring each individual; company's
product or service line; size of the company; export experience and
major markets; a brief statement of why each candidate should be
considered for membership on the USICA Board; the particular segment of
the business community each candidate would represent; a personal
resume; and a statement that the applicant is not a registered foreign
agent under FARA.
Deadline: In order to receive full consideration, requests must be
received no later than: January 20, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Please send your requests for consideration to Richard D.
Harding, Director, Office of South Asia and Oceania, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Room 2308, 14th St. and Constitution
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Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230, fax (202) 482-5330.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard D. Harding, Director, Office
of South Asia and Oceania, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 2308, 14th
St. and Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone
(202) 482-2955, fax (202) 482-5330.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1512.
Dated: December 12, 1997.
Peter Hale,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia and the Pacific.
[FR Doc. 97-33053 Filed 12-17-97; 8:45 am]
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