[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44106-44107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14605]


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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 Tuesday, 
July 27, 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 discuss 
workforce, capital, entrepreneurship, and diversity, equity, inclusion, 
and accessibility in the technology and innovation economies in 
furtherance of NACIE's development of a national strategy to strengthen 
technology- and innovation-centric entrepreneurship.

DATES: Tuesday, July 27, 2023, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Eastern Time (ET).

ADDRESSES: Herbert Clark Hoover Building (HCHB), 1401 Constitution Ave. 
NW, Washington, DC 20230. Visitors to HCHB must comply with and adhere 
to the Department of Commerce's COVID-19 policies and protocols in 
effect at the time of the meeting, which can be found at the 
Department's COVID-19 Information Hub at https://www.commerce.gov/covid-19-information-hub. Please note that pre-clearance is required 
both to attend the meeting in person and to make a statement during the 
public comment portion of the meeting. Please limit comments to five 
minutes or less and submit a brief statement summarizing your comments 
to Eric Smith (see contact information below) no later than 11:59 p.m. 
ET on Thursday, July 20, 2023. 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 the Assistant 
Secretary, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Room 78018, Washington, DC 
20230; email: [email protected]; telephone: +1 202 482 8001. Please 
reference ``NACIE July 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)), 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. 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

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conference (see above). Copies of the meeting minutes will be available 
by request within 90 days of the meeting date.

    Dated: July 6, 2023.
Eric Smith,
Tech Hubs Program Director.
[FR Doc. 2023-14605 Filed 7-10-23; 8:45 am]
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