[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 28 (Monday, February 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10466-10467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02956]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Notice of Open Meeting of the President's Advisory Council on 
Doing Business in Africa

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of an Open Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The President's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa 
(Council) will hold a meeting via teleconference to deliberate and vote 
on the adoption of a letter outlining the Council's priority 
recommendations to the President. The final agenda will be posted at 
least one week in advance of the meeting on the Council's Web site at 
http://trade.gov/pac-dbia.

DATES: This teleconference will be held on February 28, 2017 at 9:00 
a.m. (EST). The deadline for members of the public to register to 
participate in or listen to the meeting is 5:00 p.m. (EST), February 
20, 2017.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held by conference call. The call-in 
number and passcode will be provided by email to registrants. Requests 
to register (including for auxiliary aids) and any written comments 
should be submitted to: President's Advisory Council on Doing Business 
in Africa, U.S. Department of Commerce, M-800, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230, [email protected]. Members of the public are 
encouraged to submit registration requests and written comments via 
email to ensure timely receipt.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Holecko, Executive Secretary, 
President's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa, Ronald Reagan 
International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 800M 
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC, 20004 telephone: 202-482-4783, 
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background: President Barack Obama directed the Secretary of 
Commerce to establish the President's Advisory Council on Doing 
Business in Africa by Executive Order No. 13675 dated August 5, 2014. 
The Council was established by charter on November 4, 2014, to advise 
the President, through the Secretary of Commerce, on strengthening 
commercial engagement between the United States and Africa, with a 
focus on advancing the President's Doing Business in Africa Campaign as 
described in the U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa of June 14, 
2012. The Council's charter was renewed in September 2016. This Council 
is established in accordance with the provisions of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. App.
    Public Submissions: The public is invited to submit written 
statements to the Council. Statements must be received by 5:00 p.m. 
February 21, 2017 by either of the following methods:

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a. Electronic Submissions

    Submit statements electronically to Joe Holecko, Executive 
Secretary, President's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa, 
via email: [email protected].

b. Paper Submissions

    Send paper statements to Joe Holecko, Executive Secretary, 
President's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa, Ronald Reagan 
International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 800M 
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC, 20004.

Statements will be provided to the members in advance of the meeting 
for consideration and also will be posted on the President's Advisory 
Council on Doing Business in Africa Web site (http://trade.gov/pac-dbia) without change, including any business or personal information 
provided such as names, addresses, email addresses, or telephone 
numbers. All statements received, including attachments and other 
supporting materials, are part of the public record and subject to 
public disclosure. You should submit only information that you wish to 
make publicly available.
    Meeting minutes: Copies of the Council's meeting minutes will be 
available within ninety (90) days of the meeting on the Council's Web 
site at http://trade.gov/pac-dbia.

     Dated: February 8, 2017.
Joe Holecko,
Executive Secretary President's Advisory Council on Doing Business in 
Africa.
[FR Doc. 2017-02956 Filed 2-10-17; 8:45 am]
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