Notice2024-22727
Minority Business Enterprises Advisory Council Meeting
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Published
October 3, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentMinority Business Development Agency
Abstract
The Minority Business Enterprises Advisory Council (MBEAC) will hold a meeting to discuss the work of its four subcommittees as well as to have a topical discussion on issues pertinent to the MBEAC's mission.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 192 (Thursday, October 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80540-80541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22727]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Minority Business Development Agency
[Docket No.: 240913-0237]
Minority Business Enterprises Advisory Council Meeting
AGENCY: Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), Department of
Commerce.
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ACTION: Notice of an open meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Minority Business Enterprises Advisory Council (MBEAC)
will hold a meeting to discuss the work of its four subcommittees as
well as to have a topical discussion on issues pertinent to the MBEAC's
mission.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, from 9
a.m. to 3 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#3c76545550507c515e585d125b534a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a4eecccdc8c8e4c9c6c0c58ac3cbd2">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Additional Detail: The Minority Business Enterprises Advisory
Council (MBEAC) will hold a meeting to receive a briefing on
recommendations for policy and/or policy recommendations from the four
MBEAC subcommittees: Access to Contracts, Access to Capital, Access to
Global Markets, and Data Repository. Additionally, the MBEAC will
provide feedback on ideas and recommendations that relate to barriers
to entrepreneurship, ways to overcome those barriers, and opportunities
to expand access to resources to grow and scale socially or
economically disadvantaged businesses.
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 October 29, 2024, MBEAC meeting is as
follows:
1. Welcome and introduction of council members
2. Discussion of MBEAC subcommittee recommendations
3. Discussion of barriers to entrepreneurship and access to resources
4. Public comment period
5. Adjournment
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#650b1c0a100b0225080701044b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b0dec9dfc5ded7f0ddd2d4d19ed7dfc6">[email protected]</span></a> by 5 p.m. EDT on Thursday, October 24, 2024, to pre-
register 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 2:15 p.m.-2:45
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 Tuesday, October 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#450f2d2c292905282721246b222a33"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="db91b3b2b7b79bb6b9bfbaf5bcb4ad">[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: September 13, 2024.
Eric J. Morrissette,
Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development,
Performing the delegated duties of the Under Secretary Minority
Business Development Agency, U.S. Department of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 2024-22727 Filed 10-2-24; 8:45 am]
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