[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 25 (Monday, February 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 6050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2763]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Technology Administration
[Docket No. 980529140-9024-02]


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

AGENCY: Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice: Re-opening of time for requests for nominations for the 
coordinating committee.

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SUMMARY: The Technology Administration invites nominations of 
individuals for appointment to the Civil Industrial Technology 
Coordinating Committee established under the Implementing Arrangement 
Concerning Cooperation in Civil Industrial Technology between the U.S. 
Department of Commerce and the Peoples' Republic of China's Ministry of 
Science and Technology. The Technology Administration will consider all 
nominations received in response to this notice of appointment to the 
Committee.

DATES: Please submit nominations on or before March 19, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations for the United States-China Civil 
Industrial Technology Coordinating Committee to Phyllis Yoshida, Office 
of Technology Policy, Technology Administration, Department of 
Commerce, Room 4411, Washington, DC 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: On November 12, 1998, the Department of 
Commerce published a notice in the Federal Register requesting 
nominations for Committee created under a memorandum of understanding 
with China. This Federal Register notice was published on November 12, 
1998 (63 FR 63294). The notice provides additional information on the 
goal of the agreement, the scope of the proposed activities, and 
relevant information on the Committee, including the functions of the 
members of the bodies and membership criteria and requirements. 
Nominations were requested on or before January 8, 1999. Because this 
notice was published shortly before a major U.S. holiday and extended 
through other holidays, the time for submission of nominations is being 
extended through March 19, 1999 to allow for further public 
dissemination and consideration.

Kelly H. Carnes,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy.
[FR Doc. 99-2763 Filed 2-5-99; 8:45 am]
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