[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 135 (Monday, July 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38815-38816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3452]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security


Deemed Export Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed 
Meeting

    The Deemed Export Advisory Committee (DEAC) will meet in an open 
session on Monday, July 30, 2007 from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the 
University of Chicago, The Donnelley Biological Sciences Learning 
Center (BSLC), 924 East 57th Street, Room 115, Chicago, IL 60637 
(located between Ellis Avenue and Drexel Avenue). Registration will 
begin at 8:30 a.m. A map of the campus can be found at the following 
Web site http://maps.uchicago.edu/pdfs/campus.pdf.
    The DEAC is a Federal Advisory Committee established in accordance 
with the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended, 5 U.S.C. app. 2. It advises the Secretary of Commerce on 
deemed export licensing policy. A tentative agenda of topics for 
discussion is listed below. While these topics will likely be 
discussed, this list is not exhaustive and there may be discussion of 
other related items during the public session.

July 30, 2007

Public Session

    1. Introductory Remarks.
    2. Current Deemed Export Control Policy Issues.
    3. Technology Transfer Issues.
    4. U.S. Industry Competitiveness.
    5. U.S. Academic and Government Research Communities.
    6. Industry, Academia and other Stakeholder Comments.
    A limited number of seats will be available for the public session. 
Reservations will not be accepted. To the extent time permits, members 
of the general public may present oral statements to the DEAC. The 
general public may submit written statements at any time before or 
after the meeting. However, to facilitate distribution to DEAC members, 
BIS suggests that general public presentation materials or comments be 
forwarded before the meeting to Ms. Yvette Springer at 
[email protected].

July 31, 2007

Closed Session

    The DEAC will also meet in a closed session on Monday, July 30, 
2007, from approximately 8 a.m.-9 a.m. and from approximately 1:30 
p.m.-5 p.m. In addition, the DEAC will meet in a closed session on 
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 from approximately 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. During the 
closed session, there will be discussion of matters determined to be 
exempt from the provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 
U.S.C. app. 2 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The Assistant Secretary for 
Administration formally determined on July 2, 2007, pursuant to Section 
10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. app. 
2 (10)(d)), that the portion of the meeting concerning trade secrets 
and commercial or financial information deemed privileged or 
confidential as described in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), the portion of the 
meeting concerning

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matters the premature disclosure of which would be likely to 
significantly frustrate implementation of an agency action as described 
in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), and the portion of the meeting dealing with 
matters that are (A) specifically authorized under criteria established 
by an Executive Order to be kept secret in the interests of national 
defense or foreign policy and (B) in fact properly classified pursuant 
to such Executive Order (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1)(A) and (1)(B)), shall be 
exempt from the provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 
U.S.C. app. 2 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). All other portions of the DEAC 
meeting will be open to the public.
    For more information, please call Yvette Springer at (202) 482-
2813.

    Dated: July 10, 2007.
Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-3452 Filed 7-13-07; 8:45 am]
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