[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 219-220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-33154]


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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 virtual meetings to be held by the following Commerce Data 
Advisory Council (CDAC) Working Groups (WG): Data Governance, Data 
Usability, and Commerce Data Advisory Council (CDAC). Each CDAC WG will 
hold a separate meeting, through virtual means, to discuss perspective 
WG matters. Agendas for each CDAC WG meeting will be posted the ESA.gov 
Web site at: http://esa.gov/content/upcoming-past-meetings. Each CDAC 
WG will meet for approximately two hours for discussion on January 14, 
2016. Last-minute changes to the schedule are possible, which could 
prevent giving advance public notice of schedule adjustments.

DATES: January 14, 2016. Each CDAC WG's meeting time and agenda will be 
posted to the ESA.gov Web site three days prior to the meeting.

ADDRESSES: Meeting access information will be posted the esa.gov Web 
site at: http://esa.gov/content/upcoming-past-meetings.

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: Charters for each CDAC WG is available on 
the ESA.gov Web site at: http://esa.gov/content/federal-advisory-committee-documentation. The CDAC comprises as many as 20 members. The 
Council

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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. Individuals questions or 
statements must submit them in writing to: [email protected] 
(subject line ``January 2016 CDAC Working Group 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 Monday, January 11, 2016.

    Dated: December 29, 2015.
Burton Reist,
Director for External Affairs, Economics and Statistics Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-33154 Filed 12-30-15; 4:15 pm]
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