Notice2024-10667
Minority Business Enterprises Advisory Council Meeting
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Published
May 16, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentMinority Business Development Agency
Abstract
The Minority Business Enterprises Advisory Council (MBEAC) will hold its inaugural meeting to provide an orientation for new committee members and an overview of future work products to fulfill the MBEAC's charter and statutory mandates.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 96 (Thursday, May 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 42847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10667]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Minority Business Development Agency
[Docket No.: 240508-0134]
Minority Business Enterprises Advisory Council Meeting
AGENCY: Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of an open meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Minority Business Enterprises Advisory Council (MBEAC)
will hold its inaugural meeting to provide an orientation for new
committee members and an overview of future work products to fulfill
the MBEAC's charter and statutory mandates.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, May 31, 2024, from 9:30 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Herbert Clark Hoover
Building of the U.S. Department of Commerce, located at 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joann J. Hill, primary Designated
Federal Officer (DFO), Minority Business Development Agency, U.S.
Department of Commerce at (202) 482-4826; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#98d2f0f1f4f4d8f5fafcf9b6fff7ee"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b2f8dadbdedef2dfd0d6d39cd5ddc4">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The MBEAC is a non-discretionary advisory committee
established pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 9571-73 and in accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. chapter 10. The MBEAC's
objective is to provide the Under Secretary of Commerce for Minority
Business Development with consensus advice from the public and private
sector on a range of policy issues that affect socially or economically
disadvantaged businesses, with duties including, but not limited to:
identifying barriers to entrepreneurship and business growth; providing
insight to relevant data, research, and policy alternatives; and
serving as a source of knowledge and information on developments in
areas of the economic and social life of the United States that affect
socially or economically disadvantaged businesses.
Agenda: The agenda for the May 31, 2024, MBEAC meeting is as
follows:
1. Welcome and introduction of council members
2. Discussion of MBEAC priorities
3. Establish working groups
4. Public comment period
The meeting is open to the public. Public seating is limited and
available on a first-come, first-served basis. Members of the public
wishing to attend the meeting must notify Nikia Young at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#91ffe8fee4fff6d1fcf3f5f0bff6fee7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d9b7a0b6acb7be99b4bbbdb8f7beb6af">[email protected]</span></a> by 5 p.m. EDT on Friday, May 24, 2024, to preregister
for clearance into the building. Please specify any requests for
reasonable accommodation at least five (5) business days in advance of
the meeting. Last-minute requests will be accepted but may not be
possible to fulfill. A designated amount of time, from 4:15 p.m.-4:45
p.m., will be available for pertinent brief oral comments from members
of the public attending the meeting. Any member of the public may
submit pertinent written comments concerning the MBEAC's activities at
<a href="http://www.mbda.gov/main/MBEAC-submit-comments">http://www.mbda.gov/main/MBEAC-submit-comments</a>. Any written comments
received by 5 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May, 22, 2024 will be transmitted
to the Council prior to the meeting. Comments received after that date
will be distributed to the members on a rolling basis.
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Joann J. Hill, at (202) 482-4826, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#73391b1a1f1f331e1117125d141c05"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="753f1d1c191935181711145b121a03">[email protected]</span></a>, at least five (5) days before the meeting date. Copies
of the MBEAC meeting minutes will be available to the public upon
request.
Dated: May 9, 2024.
Eric Morrissette,
Acting Under Secretary, Minority Business Development Agency, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 2024-10667 Filed 5-15-24; 8:45 am]
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