[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 192 (Friday, October 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62278-62279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21874]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Minority Business Development Agency


President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific 
Islanders

AGENCY: Minority Business Development Agency, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and 
Pacific Islanders (AAPI Commission) will convene an open meeting to 
discuss issues related to the draft Commission report to the President. 
This meeting is open to the public and interested persons may listen to 
the teleconference by using the call-in number and pass code provided 
below (see ADDRESSES).

DATES: This meeting will be held on Thursday, October 8, 2020, from 
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Eastern Time (ET).

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held by teleconference on Thursday, 
October 8, 2020. Advance registration is required to access the 
teleconference. Interested persons may register at URL: https://www.mbda.gov/page/third-open-meeting-presidents-advisory-commission-aapis. Access to the teleconference will be shared the day prior to the 
open meeting; participants can sign on beginning at 3:45 p.m., ET.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding the 
teleconference, please contact Ms. Tina Wei Smith, Executive Director, 
Office of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific 
Islanders; telephone (202) 482-1375; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background. The President, through Executive Order 13872 (May 13, 
2019), re-established the President's Advisory Commission on Asian 
Americans and Pacific Islanders to advise the President, through the 
Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Transportation. The AAPI 
Advisory Commission provides advice to the President on executive 
branch efforts to broaden access of AAPI communities, families and 
businesses to economic resources and opportunities that empower AAPIs 
to improve the quality of their lives, raise the standard of living in 
their communities and families, and more fully participate in the U.S. 
economy.
    Public Participation. In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), this notice 
is the public announcement of the Commission's intent to hold a 
teleconference on

[[Page 62279]]

October 8, 2020. This meeting is open to the public and interested 
persons may listen to the teleconference by registering using the link 
provided above and using the call-in number and passcode to be sent to 
each registrant the day prior to the meeting (see ADDRESSES). 
Prospective agenda items for the meeting include a deliberation of the 
draft Commission report to the President, discussion regarding 
ratification of the report, administrative tasks and such other 
Commission business as may arise during the meeting. The Commission 
welcomes interested persons to submit written comments at any time 
before or after the meeting to the Office of the White House Initiative 
on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT). To facilitate distribution of written comments to Commission 
members prior to the meeting, the Commission suggests that comments be 
submitted by facsimile or by email no later than October 5, 2020. The 
Commission will reserve a portion of the meeting to receive pertinent 
oral comments from members of the public.
    Copies of the Commission open meeting minutes will be made 
available to the public.

Josephine Arnold,
Chief Counsel, Minority Business Development Agency.
[FR Doc. 2020-21874 Filed 10-1-20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-21-P