[Federal Register: August 6, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 150)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics & Statistics Administration
Measuring Innovation in the 21st Century Economy Advisory
Committee; Notice of Public Meeting
AGENCY: Economics & Statistics Administration, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (DOC) is announcing the second
meeting of the Measuring Innovation in the 21st Century Economy
Advisory Committee. The meeting is open to the public. Seating at the
meeting will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Interested parties
may register on the Advisory Committee Web site: http://www.innovationmetrics.gov.
Pre-registration is encouraged but not
required.
DATES: The meeting will be held on September 12, 2007, from
approximately 9 a.m. to noon. On-site sign-in begins at 8:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Auditorium of the U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20230. Attendees should arrive at the main building entrance on 14th
Street, NW., between Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues. Attendees
must present a government-issued picture ID and pass through metal
detection equipment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth ``E.R.'' Anderson, Deputy
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: 202-482-
3727, facsimile: 202-482-0432; or Sabrina Montes, Room 4858, telephone:
202-482-6495, facsimile: 202-482-0325.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and the General
Services Administration rule on Federal Advisory Committee Management,
41 CFR part 101-6, the Secretary of Commerce determined that the
establishment of the Measuring
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Innovation in the 21st Century Economy Advisory Committee (the
``Committee'') was in the public interest in connection with the
performance of duties imposed on the Department by law.
The Committee will advise the Secretary on new or improved measures
of innovation to help explain how innovation occurs in different
sectors of the economy, how it is diffuses, and how it impacts economic
growth and productivity. The Committee consists of fifteen members from
business and academia appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. The
Committee functions solely as an advisory body, in compliance with the
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The Charter was filed
under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Additional information on the
Advisory Committee on Measuring Innovation in the 21st Century Economy
can be found online at: http://www.innovationmetrics.gov.
The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Individuals requiring special accommodations at this meeting including
sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should contact
Sabrina Montes at the address listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT at least 5 business days prior to the meeting so that
appropriate arrangements can be made. The meeting will be transcribed
and the transcription will be made public on the Committee Web site
within one month of the meeting date.
Elizabeth ``E.R.'' Anderson,
Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Affairs.
[FR Doc. E7-15167 Filed 8-3-07; 8:45 am]
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