[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 14 (Friday, January 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3713-3714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1207]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security

[Docket No.: 100111018-0020-01]


Meeting With Interested Public on Offsets in Defense Trade

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) publishes this 
notice to announce that the agency will hold a meeting on February 3, 
2010 for organizations interested in learning about the changes in the 
reporting requirement for U.S. firms engaged in offsets in defense 
trade, pursuant to Title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 
701, as provided under the rule BIS published in the Federal Register 
on December 23, 2009. U.S. Government officials will provide 
information at this meeting on the changes in the reporting 
requirements for offset agreements and transactions. This meeting is 
open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on February 3, 2010, 1:30 p.m. e.s.t.

ADDRESSES: If you wish to attend the meeting, please provide your name 
and company or organizational affiliation to fax number (202) 482-5650, 
Attn: Offset Briefing, or call (202) 482-3755. If you are a foreign 
national wishing to attend the meeting, you are required to provide 
additional information for entry to the U.S. Department of Commerce 
facility. Please contact Ron DeMarines at (202) 482-3755 in advance of 
the meeting for more information on the entry requirements for foreign 
nationals. The

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meeting will be held at the Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street 
between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues, NW., Room 4830, 
Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, please 
contact Ronald DeMarines at BIS on (202) 482-3755 or (202) 482-4506.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 23, 2009, BIS published a Final 
Rule in the Federal Register that updates and provides clarification 
with regard to the information U.S. firms are required to submit each 
year to BIS to support BIS's preparation of its annual report to 
Congress on offsets in defense trade. As set forth in the December 23, 
2009 rule, the revised amendments will provide more consistency and 
less ambiguity in defining the scope of the offset-related activities 
that respondents report to BIS. Further, the rule responded to a 
recommendation made by the Government Accountability Office to BIS 
regarding the collection of more precise information on the industry 
sectors in which offset activity occurs. The full text of the rule is 
available at 74 FR 68136. In order to provide more information on the 
changes to the offset-related reporting requirement, BIS will hold a 
meeting on February 3, 2010. This meeting is open to the public. In 
order to prepare for those who plan to attend the meeting, please 
submit your name and company or organizational affiliation to BIS via 
fax or phone number provided in the ADDRESSES section.

    Dated: January 19, 2010.
Karen H. Nies-Vogel,
Acting Director, Office of Strategic Industry and Economic Security.
[FR Doc. 2010-1207 Filed 1-21-10; 8:45 am]
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