[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 38 (Monday, February 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12309-12310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03935]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economic Development Administration


Notice of National Advisory Council on Innovation and 
Entrepreneurship Meeting

AGENCY: Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Advisory Council on Innovation and 
Entrepreneurship (NACIE) will hold a virtual public meeting on 
Thursday, March 16, 2023. In 2022, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. 
Raimondo appointed a cohort of 33 members to NACIE, and this will be 
this cohort's fourth meeting. During this meeting, NACIE expects to 
finalize and vote on a recommendation related to the regional 
technology and innovation hubs program recently enacted and funded by 
Congress.

DATES: Thursday, March 16, 2023, 3 p.m.-4 p.m. ET.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held virtually with no in-person 
component or option. Teleconference or web conference connection 
information will be published prior to the meeting along with the 
agenda on the NACIE website at https://www.eda.gov/oie/nacie/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Smith, Office of Innovation and 
Entrepreneurship, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Room 78018, Washington, 
DC 20230; email: [email protected]; telephone: +1 202 482 8001. Please 
reference ``NACIE March 2023 Meeting'' in the subject line of your 
correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NACIE, established pursuant to Section 25(c) 
of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980, as amended 
(15 U.S.C. 3720(c)), and managed by EDA's Office of Innovation and 
Entrepreneurship, is a Federal Advisory Committee Act committee that 
provides advice directly to the Secretary of Commerce.
    NACIE has been charged with developing a national entrepreneurship 
strategy that strengthens America's ability to compete and win as the 
world's leading startup nation and as the world's leading innovator in 
critical emerging technologies. NACIE also has been charged with 
identifying and recommending solutions to drive the innovation economy, 
including growing a skilled STEM workforce and removing barriers for 
entrepreneurs ushering innovative technologies into the market.

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The Council facilitates federal dialogue with the innovation, 
entrepreneurship, and workforce development communities. Throughout its 
history, NACIE has presented recommendations to the Secretary of 
Commerce along the research-to-jobs continuum, such as increasing 
access to capital, growing and connecting entrepreneurial communities, 
fostering small business-driven research and development, supporting 
the commercialization of key technologies, and developing the workforce 
of the future.
    The final agenda for the meeting will be posted on the NACIE 
website at https://www.eda.gov/strategic-initiatives/national-advisory-council-on-innovation-and-entrepreneurship/meetings prior to the 
meeting. Any member of the public may submit pertinent questions and 
comments concerning NACIE's affairs at any time before or after the 
meeting. Comments may be submitted to Eric Smith (see contact 
information above). Those wishing to listen to the proceedings can do 
so via teleconference or web conference (see above). Copies of the 
meeting minutes will be available by request within 90 days of the 
meeting date.

    Dated: February 22, 2023.
Eric Smith,
Director, Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
[FR Doc. 2023-03935 Filed 2-24-23; 8:45 am]
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