[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 21734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8445]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Office of the Secretary


Strengthening America's Communities Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Strengthening America's Communities Advisory Committee 
(the ``Committee'') will hold its second public meeting on Friday, May 
13, 2005 in Kansas City, Missouri. At this meeting, the Committee will 
discuss policy issues relating to the President's Strengthening 
America's Communities Initiative (the ``Initiative''). During the 
Committee's first meeting in Fresno, California on April 15, 2005, the 
Committee received its charge to undertake a high-level examination of 
key policy issues pertaining to the Initiative. The second meeting will 
feature preliminary presentations to and deliberation by the Committee 
of work by the Committee's subcommittees on the policy issues presented 
to them.

DATES: Friday, May 13, 2005; beginning at approximately 8:30 a.m. 
(c.s.t.) and ending at approximately 12 p.m. (c.s.t.).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Ewing Marion Kauffman 
Foundation Conference Center, 4801 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, Missouri 
64110.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert E. Olson, Designated 
Federal Officer of the Committee, Economic Development Administration, 
Department of Commerce, Room 7015, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4495; facsimile (202) 482-
2838; e-mail: [email protected]. Please note that any correspondence 
sent by regular mail may be substantially delayed or suspended in 
delivery, since all regular mail sent to the Department of Commerce 
(the ``Department'') is subject to extensive security screening. For 
information about the Initiative, please visit the Department's Web 
site at http://www.commerce.gov/SACI/index.htm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will be open to the public and 
seating will be available, but may be limited. Reservations are not 
accepted. Requests for sign language interpretation and other auxiliary 
aids must be transmitted by facsimile or e-mail to the contact person 
listed above no later than May 5, 2005.
    The prospective agenda for the Committee meeting is as follows:
    (1) Presentation of expert witnesses selected by the Committee;
    (2) Presentation and deliberation of subcommittee reports to the 
Committee; and
    (3) Public comment.
    Members of the public will have the opportunity to present oral 
comments to the Committee at this meeting. The Committee values most 
those public comments that bear upon issues under direct examination by 
the Committee, rather than issues unrelated to the Committee's current 
scope of discussion. Members of the public may also submit written 
statements to the contact person listed above at any time before or 
after the meeting. However, to facilitate distribution of written 
statements to Committee members, the Committee suggests that written 
statements be submitted to the Designated Federal Officer listed above 
by facsimile or e-mail no later than May 5, 2005.
    This agenda is subject to change. A more detailed agenda (including 
details on the public comment portion of the meeting) will be posted on 
the Department's Web site at http://www.commerce.gov/SACI/index.htm, 
and a final agenda will be made available to the public the morning of 
the Committee meeting.

    Dated: April 22, 2005.
David Bearden,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development.
[FR Doc. 05-8445 Filed 4-26-05; 8:45 am]
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