[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 218 (Thursday, November 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 63294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30187]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Technology Administration
[Docket No. 9805-29140-8140-01]


Cooperation Between the Technology Administration of the United 
States Department of Commerce and the Science and Technology Commission 
of The People's Republic of China; Civil Indistrial Technology 
Coordinating Committee

AGENCY: Technology Administration, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; request for nominations for the coordinating committee.

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SUMMARY: The Technology Administration invites nominations of 
individuals to appointment to the Civil Industrial Technology 
Coordinating Committee established under the Implementing Arrangement 
Concerning Cooperation in Civil Industrial Technology. The Technology 
Administration will consider all nominations received in response to 
this notice of appointment to the Coordinating Committee.

DATES: Please submit nominations on or before January 8, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations to Phyllis Yoshida, Office of 
Technology Policy, Technology Administration, Department of Commerce, 
Room 4411, Washington, D.C. 20230. Nominations may also be submitted by 
fax to 202-219-3310.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phyllis Yoshida, telephone 202-482-
1287; fax 202-219-3310; e-mail Phyllis__Y[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Goals of the Implementing Arrangement

    On October 24, 1996, the United States Department of Commerce and 
the State Science and Technology Commission of the People's Republic of 
China (hereinafter referred to as the ``Participants'') signed the 
Implementing Arrangement Concerning Cooperation in Civil Industrial 
Technology. It establishes a framework and goals for cooperation in 
science and technology, and requires the creation of a joint Civil 
Industrial Technology Coordinating Committee (``CIT Coordinating 
Committee''). The Technology Administration is the executive 
secretariat for this initiative.
    The goal of the Participants is to promote mutually beneficial 
cooperation among public and private entities in both nations, to 
strengthen technological capabilities of the Participants, and to 
broaden and intensify relations between their technological 
communities.

Cooperative Activities

    Cooperative activities under this Implementing Arrangement may 
include, among others, joint research and technology projects, studies, 
and investigations; joint technological courses, workshops, 
conferences, and symposia; exchange of scientific and technical 
information in the context of cooperative activities; and other forms 
of scientific and technological cooperation as may be deemed 
appropriate. Cooperative activities should reflect technological 
strengths in China and the United States, and should be structured to 
provide an appropriate role for the private sector and academic 
organizations.

Information on the CIT Coordinating Committee

    The Participants intend to jointly establish a CIT Coordinating 
Committee, consisting of 12 members, six to be designated by the 
Department of Commerce, and six to be designated by the State Science 
and Technology Commission. The Committee also includes the Executive 
Secretariat and Secretariat, two government officials designated by 
each of the Participants. The Coordinating Committee members will be 
drawn from the private sector, representing private industry, academia, 
or non-governmental organizations in the Participants'countries.
    The members of the Coordinating Committee will be expected to carry 
out the following functions:
    1. Identify fields and forms of cooperation in accordance with the 
goals and objectives of the Implementing Arrangement;
    2. Review, assess, and make specific recommendations concerning 
cooperative activities; and
    3. Undertake other appropriate functions as may be approved by the 
Participants.

Meetings of the Coordinating Committee

    The CIT Coordinating Committee meets twice a year, alternating 
between China and the United States to meet the objectives of the 
Implementing Arrangement.

Length of Service

    The Participants intend to maximize public participation through 
regular rotation of CIT Coordinating Committee members. Committee 
members will serve a three year term, with staggered term ends to 
ensure that at least one-third of the membership is replaced annually.

Membership Criteria and Requirements

    The U.S. members of the CIT Coordinating Committee shall be eminent 
leaders from industry, academia, or government who have experience in 
technology development, technology diffusion, or international 
technology collaboration. The CIT Coordinating Committee members should 
be familiar with the business climate, status of technology, and 
economic development of China. They should be U.S. citizens. Members of 
the CIT Coordinating Committee shall serve without compensation.
    The Department of Commerce is committed to equal opportunity in the 
workplace, and seeks a broad-based and diverse CIT Coordinating 
Committee membership.

Conflict of Interest

    Nominees will be evaluated for their ability to contribute to the 
goals and objectives of the Implementing Arrangement. Nominees will be 
vetted in accordance with processes established by the Department of 
Commerce in February 1997, as soon as possible following tentative 
selection. The vetting has three components: (1) an internal review for 
possible appearance of conflict problems; (2) an external review for 
possible appearance of problems; and (3) a recusal/ethics agreement 
review.

    Dated: November 4, 1998.
Kelly H. Carnes,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy.
[FR Doc. 98-30187 Filed 11-10-98; 8:45 am]
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