[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2640-2641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-00479]


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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.

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SUMMARY: The President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and 
Pacific Islanders (AAPI Commission) will convene the fourth open 
meeting to present the 2020 Commission Report and to discuss issues 
related to the upcoming survey of the AAPI small business community. 
This meeting is open to the public and interested persons may join the 
video and audio conference by using the call-in number or weblink by 
registering online (see ADDRESSES).

DATES: The meeting will be held via video and audio conference on 
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Eastern Time 
(ET).

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be broadcast virtually from the 
meeting at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20230. The meeting is open to the public via video and 
audio conference technology. Registration for access to the meeting 
will be prominently posted on the PAC-AAPI homepage at: https://www.commerce.gov/whiaapi/pac-aapi/public-meetings-and-events. Please 
note: The PAC-AAPI Commission website will maintain the most current 
information on the meeting agenda, registration, and location.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding the 
conference, 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 of 
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 video 
and audio conference on January 13, 2021. This meeting is open to the 
public and interested persons may attend the

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conference virtually by using the call-in number and pass code set 
forth above (see ADDRESSES). Prospective agenda items for the meeting 
the presentation of the Commission's 2020 report to the President, 
update on the survey of AAPI businesses, administrative tasks and such 
other Commission business as may arise during the meeting.
    The Commission welcomes interested persons to submit written 
comments to the Office of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans 
and Pacific Islanders. Please submit statements or questions via email 
address, [email protected] (please use the subject line ``January 2021 
PAC-AAPI Open Meeting Public Comment''), or by letter to Tina Wei 
Smith, c/o White House Initiative of Asian Americans and Pacific 
Islanders (MBDA), Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20230. If you wish the Commission to consider your 
statement or question during the meeting, we must receive your written 
statement or question no later than 5 p.m. (EDT) three business days 
prior to the meeting. We will provide all statements or questions 
received after the deadline to the members; however, they may not 
consider them during the meeting.
    Copies of the Commission open meeting minutes will be made 
available to the public.

Josephine Arnold,
Chief Counsel, Minority Business Development Agency.
[FR Doc. 2021-00479 Filed 1-12-21; 8:45 am]
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