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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Office of the Secretary
Notice of an Opportunity To Serve on
the Board of Directors of the
Corporation for Travel Promotion
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
is inviting expressions of interest to
serve on the initial Board of Directors of
the Corporation for Travel Promotion
(Board) from leaders with knowledge of
international travel promotion and
marketing and who have expertise and
experience in specific sectors of the
travel and tourism industry. The
purpose of the initial Board is to, among
other things, serve as incorporators and
establish the Corporation for Travel
Promotion.
DATES: All information must be received
by the Office of the Secretary at the
email or postal address below by close
of business (EDT) on May 10, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Please submit relevant
information via e-mail to
TPABoard@doc.gov or by mail to John
Connor, Office of the Secretary, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Room 5835,
1401 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Travel Promotion Act of 2009
(TPA) was passed on February 25, 2010
and signed into law on March 4, 2010.
The TPA establishes the Corporation for
Travel Promotion (Corporation), a nonprofit corporation that will
communicate United States entry
policies and otherwise promote leisure,
business, and scholarly travel to the
United States.
The TPA states that the Corporation
shall develop and execute a plan to (A)
provide useful information to those
interested in traveling to the United
States; (B) identify and address
perceptions regarding U.S. entry
policies; (C) maximize economic and
diplomatic benefits of travel to the
United States through the use of various
promotional tools; and (D) ensure that
international travel benefits all States
and the District of Columbia, and
identify opportunities to promote
tourism to rural and urban areas
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equally, including areas not
traditionally visited by international
travelers.
The Corporation will be governed by
a board of directors of eleven members
with knowledge of international travel
promotion and marketing and with
appropriate expertise and experience in
specific sectors of the travel and tourism
industry. These members will broadly
represent various regions of the United
States.
Selection Criteria
The TPA directs the Secretary of
Commerce (after consultation with the
Secretary of Homeland Security and the
Secretary of State) to appoint the board
of directors for the Corporation for
Travel Promotion. Thus, in accordance
with the TPA, the Department of
Commerce will be selecting individuals
with the appropriate expertise and
experience from specific sectors of the
travel and tourism industry to serve on
the Board as follows:
(A) 1 shall have appropriate expertise
and experience in the hotel
accommodations sector;
(B) 1 shall have appropriate expertise
and experience in the restaurant sector;
(C) 1 shall have appropriate expertise
and experience in the small business or
retail sector or in associations
representing that sector;
(D) 1 shall have appropriate expertise
and experience in the travel distribution
services sector;
(E) 1 shall have appropriate expertise
and experience in the attractions or
recreations sector;
(F) 1 shall have appropriate expertise
and experience as officials of a city
convention and visitors’ bureau;
(G) 2 shall have appropriate expertise
and experience as officials of a State
tourism office;
(H) 1 shall have appropriate expertise
and experience in the passenger air
sector;
(I) 1 shall have appropriate expertise
and experience in immigration law and
policy, including visa requirements and
United States entry procedures; and
(J) 1 shall have appropriate expertise
in the intercity passenger railroad
business.
To be eligible for Board membership,
one must have international travel and
tourism marketing experience and must
also be a U.S. citizen. In addition,
individuals cannot be federally
registered lobbyists or registered as a
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foreign agent under the Foreign Agents
Registration Act of 1938, as amended.
Those selected for the initial Board
must be able to meet the time and effort
commitments of the Board to establish
the new Corporation.
Priority may be given to individuals
with experience as a Chief Executive
Officer or President (or comparable level
of responsibility) of an organization or
entity in the travel and tourism sector in
the United States.
Board members will serve at the
discretion of the Secretary of Commerce
(who may remove any member of the
Board for good cause).
The term of office of each member of
the Board will be 3 years, except that,
of the members first appointed: (A) 3
shall be appointed for terms of 1 year;
(B) 4 shall be appointed for terms of 2
years; and (C) 4 shall be appointed for
terms of 3 years. Board members can
serve a maximum of two consecutive
full three-year terms.
Board members are not considered
Federal government employees by
virtue of their service as a member of
the Board and will receive no
compensation from the Federal
government for their participation in
Board activities. Members participating
in Board meetings and events will be
paid actual travel expenses and per
diem when away from their usual places
of residence.
To be considered for membership,
please provide the following:
1. Name, title, and personal resume of
the individual requesting consideration;
and
2. A brief statement of why the person
should be considered for membership
on the Board. This statement should
also address the individual’s relevant
international travel and tourism
marketing experience and indicate
clearly the sector or sectors enumerated
above in which the individual has the
requisite expertise and experience.
Individuals who have the requisite
expertise and experience in more than
one sector can be appointed from only
one of those sectors.
Appointments of members to the
Board will be made by the Secretary of
Commerce.
Dated: April 13, 2010.
John Connor,
Director, Office of the Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
[Docket No. 100407180–0181–01]
Technology Innovation Program (TIP)
Notice of Availability of Funds and
Announcement of Public Meetings
(Proposers’ Conferences)
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST), Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The National Institute of
Standards and Technology’s (NIST)
Technology Innovation Program (TIP)
announces that it will hold a single
fiscal year 2010 competition and is
soliciting high-risk, high-reward
research and development (R&D)
proposals for financial assistance. TIP
also announces that it will hold three
public meetings (Proposers’
Conferences) for all interested parties.
TIP is soliciting proposals under this
fiscal year 2010 competition in the area
of critical national need entitled
‘‘Manufacturing’’ as described in the
Program Description section below.
DATES: The due date for submission of
proposals is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time,
Thursday, July 15, 2010. This deadline
applies to any mode of proposal
submission, including paper and
electronic. Do not wait until the last
minute to submit a proposal. TIP will
not make any allowances for late
submissions, including incomplete
Grants.gov registration or delays by
guaranteed overnight couriers. To avoid
any potential processing backlogs due to
last minute registrations, proposers are
strongly encouraged to start their
Grants.gov registration process at least
four weeks prior to the proposal
submission due date. Review, selection,
and award processing is expected to be
completed by the end of November
2010.
Proposals must be
submitted to TIP as follows:
Paper submission: Send to National
Institute of Standards and Technology,
Technology Innovation Program, 100
Bureau Drive, Stop 4750, Gaithersburg,
MD 20899–4750. Please note that the
NIST site is closed to the general public,
and applicant personnel and couriers
will not be permitted onto the NIST site
in order to deliver proposals. Also note
that the NIST Visitors Center is not
permitted to accept proposals on behalf
of the Technology Innovation Program.
Paper submissions will be accepted
from the U.S. Mail or similar
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commercial carrier that routinely
delivers mail to NIST.
Electronic submission: https://
www.grants.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Wiggins at 301–975–5416 or by
e-mail at thomas.wiggins@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Additional Information: The full
Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO)
announcement for this request for
proposals contains detailed information
and requirements for the program.
Proposers are strongly encouraged to
read the FFO in developing proposals.
The full FFO announcement text is
available at https://www.grants.gov and
on the TIP Web site at https://
www.nist.gov/tip/helpful-resources.cfm.
In addition, proposers are directed to
review the April 2010 Technology
Innovation Program Proposal
Preparation Kit available at https://
www.nist.gov/tip/helpful-resources.cfm.
The TIP Proposal Preparation Kit must
be used to prepare a TIP proposal. The
TIP implementing regulations are
published at 15 CFR Part 296, and
included in the TIP Proposal
Preparation Kit as Appendix B.
Public Meetings (Proposers’
Conferences): TIP will hold three public
meetings (Proposers’ Conferences) to
provide general information regarding
TIP, to offer guidance on preparing
proposals, and to answer questions.
Proprietary technical discussions about
specific project ideas with NIST staff are
not permitted at these conferences or at
any time before submitting the proposal
to TIP. Therefore, proposers should not
expect to have proprietary issues
addressed at the Proposers’ Conferences.
Also, NIST/TIP staff will not critique or
provide feedback on project ideas while
they are being developed by a proposer.
However, NIST/TIP staff will answer
questions about the TIP eligibility and
cost-sharing requirements, evaluation
and award criteria, selection process,
and the general characteristics of a
competitive TIP proposal at the
Proposers’ Conferences and by phone
and e-mail. Attendance at the TIP
Proposers’ Conferences is not required.
The TIP Proposers’ Conferences will
be held on the following dates, times,
and at the following locations:
(1) April 28, 2010, 9 a.m.–2 p.m.
Eastern Time: NIST Red Auditorium,
100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD.
Pre-registration is required by 5 p.m.
Eastern Time on April 23, 2010, for the
Proposers’ Conference being held at
NIST Gaithersburg, MD. Due to
increased security at NIST, NO on-site
registrations will be accepted and all
attendees MUST be pre-registered.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Office of the Secretary
Notice of an Opportunity To Serve on the Board of Directors of
the Corporation for Travel Promotion
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is inviting expressions of interest
to serve on the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation for
Travel Promotion (Board) from leaders with knowledge of international
travel promotion and marketing and who have expertise and experience in
specific sectors of the travel and tourism industry. The purpose of the
initial Board is to, among other things, serve as incorporators and
establish the Corporation for Travel Promotion.
DATES: All information must be received by the Office of the Secretary
at the email or postal address below by close of business (EDT) on May
10, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Please submit relevant information via e-mail to
TPABoard@doc.gov or by mail to John Connor, Office of the Secretary,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 5835, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (TPA) was passed on February 25,
2010 and signed into law on March 4, 2010. The TPA establishes the
Corporation for Travel Promotion (Corporation), a non-profit
corporation that will communicate United States entry policies and
otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the United
States.
The TPA states that the Corporation shall develop and execute a
plan to (A) provide useful information to those interested in traveling
to the United States; (B) identify and address perceptions regarding
U.S. entry policies; (C) maximize economic and diplomatic benefits of
travel to the United States through the use of various promotional
tools; and (D) ensure that international travel benefits all States and
the District of Columbia, and identify opportunities to promote tourism
to rural and urban areas equally, including areas not traditionally
visited by international travelers.
The Corporation will be governed by a board of directors of eleven
members with knowledge of international travel promotion and marketing
and with appropriate expertise and experience in specific sectors of
the travel and tourism industry. These members will broadly represent
various regions of the United States.
Selection Criteria
The TPA directs the Secretary of Commerce (after consultation with
the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State) to
appoint the board of directors for the Corporation for Travel
Promotion. Thus, in accordance with the TPA, the Department of Commerce
will be selecting individuals with the appropriate expertise and
experience from specific sectors of the travel and tourism industry to
serve on the Board as follows:
(A) 1 shall have appropriate expertise and experience in the hotel
accommodations sector;
(B) 1 shall have appropriate expertise and experience in the
restaurant sector;
(C) 1 shall have appropriate expertise and experience in the small
business or retail sector or in associations representing that sector;
(D) 1 shall have appropriate expertise and experience in the travel
distribution services sector;
(E) 1 shall have appropriate expertise and experience in the
attractions or recreations sector;
(F) 1 shall have appropriate expertise and experience as officials
of a city convention and visitors' bureau;
(G) 2 shall have appropriate expertise and experience as officials
of a State tourism office;
(H) 1 shall have appropriate expertise and experience in the
passenger air sector;
(I) 1 shall have appropriate expertise and experience in
immigration law and policy, including visa requirements and United
States entry procedures; and
(J) 1 shall have appropriate expertise in the intercity passenger
railroad business.
To be eligible for Board membership, one must have international
travel and tourism marketing experience and must also be a U.S.
citizen. In addition, individuals cannot be federally registered
lobbyists or registered as a
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foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as
amended.
Those selected for the initial Board must be able to meet the time
and effort commitments of the Board to establish the new Corporation.
Priority may be given to individuals with experience as a Chief
Executive Officer or President (or comparable level of responsibility)
of an organization or entity in the travel and tourism sector in the
United States.
Board members will serve at the discretion of the Secretary of
Commerce (who may remove any member of the Board for good cause).
The term of office of each member of the Board will be 3 years,
except that, of the members first appointed: (A) 3 shall be appointed
for terms of 1 year; (B) 4 shall be appointed for terms of 2 years; and
(C) 4 shall be appointed for terms of 3 years. Board members can serve
a maximum of two consecutive full three-year terms.
Board members are not considered Federal government employees by
virtue of their service as a member of the Board and will receive no
compensation from the Federal government for their participation in
Board activities. Members participating in Board meetings and events
will be paid actual travel expenses and per diem when away from their
usual places of residence.
To be considered for membership, please provide the following:
1. Name, title, and personal resume of the individual requesting
consideration; and
2. A brief statement of why the person should be considered for
membership on the Board. This statement should also address the
individual's relevant international travel and tourism marketing
experience and indicate clearly the sector or sectors enumerated above
in which the individual has the requisite expertise and experience.
Individuals who have the requisite expertise and experience in more
than one sector can be appointed from only one of those sectors.
Appointments of members to the Board will be made by the Secretary
of Commerce.
Dated: April 13, 2010.
John Connor,
Director, Office of the Secretary.
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