[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 115 (Tuesday, June 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 34368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14796]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economics and Statistics Administration


Commerce Data Advisory Council

AGENCY: Economic and Statistics Administration, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Economic and Statistics Administration (ESA) is giving 
notice of a meeting of Commerce Data Advisory Council (CDAC). The CDAC 
will address areas such as data management practices; common, open data 
standards; policy issues related to privacy, latency, and consistency; 
effective models for public-private partnership; external uses of 
Commerce data; and, methods to build new feedback loops between the 
Department and data users. The CDAC will meet in a plenary session on 
July 30, 2015. Last-minute changes to the schedule are possible, which 
could prevent giving advance public notice of schedule adjustments.

DATES: July 30, 2015. The meeting will begin at approximately at 9:00 
a.m. and end at approximately 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Intel Corporation, Robert Noyce 
Building--Front Desk Lobby, 2200 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 
95054.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Burton Reist, [email protected], Director 
of External Communication and DFO, CDAC, Department of Commerce, 
Economics and Statistics Administration, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20230, telephone (202) 482-3331.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CDAC comprises as many as 20 members. 
The Committee provides an organized and continuing channel of 
communication between recognized experts in the data industry 
(collection, compilation, analysis, dissemination and privacy 
protection) and the Department of Commerce. The CDAC provides advice 
and recommendations, to include process and infrastructure 
improvements, to the Secretary, DOC and the DOC data-bureau leadership 
on ways to make Commerce data easier to find, access, use, combine and 
disseminate. The aim of this advice shall be to maximize the value of 
Commerce data to all users including governments, businesses, 
communities, academia, and individuals.
    The Committee is established in accordance with the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Title 5, United States Code, Appendix 2, 
Section 10(a)(b)).
    All meetings are open to the public. A brief period will be set 
aside at the meeting for public comment on July 30, 2015. However, 
individuals with extensive questions or statements must submit them in 
writing to: [email protected] (subject line ``July 2015 CDAC 
Meeting Public Comment''), or by letter submission to the Director of 
External Communication and DFO, CDAC, Department of Commerce, Economics 
and Statistics Administration, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 
DC 20230. Such submissions will be included in the record for the 
meeting if received by Wednesday, July 22, 2015.
    The meeting is physically accessible to persons with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to the Director of External Communication as soon as 
possible, preferably two weeks prior to the meeting. If you plan to 
attend the meeting, please register by Monday, July 27, 2015. You may 
access the online registration from the following link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/department-of-commerce-data-advisory-council-cdac-july-2015-meeting-tickets-17278450310.
    Seating is available to the public on a first-come, first-served 
basis.

    Dated: June 11, 2015.
Austin Durrer,
Chief of Staff for Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Economics and 
Statistics Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-14796 Filed 6-15-15; 8:45 am]
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