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Dated: September 9, 2010.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics
Administration
Establishment of the Federal
Economic Statistics Advisory
Committee and Intention To Recruit
New Members
Economics and Statistics
Administration, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of the Establishment of
the Federal Economic Statistics
Advisory Committee and Intention to
Recruit New Members.
AGENCY:
The Secretary of Commerce is
announcing the establishment of and
intention to recruit new members of a
Federal Advisory Committee. 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 101–6.1001, the Secretary of
Commerce has determined that the
establishment of the Federal Economic
Statistics Advisory Committee (the
‘‘Committee’) within the Economics and
Statistics Administration (ESA), is in
the public interest in connection with
the performance of duties imposed on
the Department by law.
The Committee will advise the
Directors of ESA’s two statistical
agencies, the Bureau of Economic
Analysis (BEA) and the U.S. Census
Bureau (Census), and the Commissioner
of the Department of Labor’s Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS) on statistical
methodology and other technical
matters related to the collection,
tabulation, and analysis of Federal
economic statistics.
The Committee will function solely as
an advisory committee to the senior
officials of BEA, Census and BLS (the
Agencies) in consultation with the
Committee chairperson. Important
aspects of the Committee’s
responsibilities include, but are not
limited to:
a. Recommending research to address
important technical problems arising in
Federal economic statistics.
b. Identifying areas in which better
coordination of the Agencies’ activities
would be beneficial.
c. Establishing relationships with
professional associations with an
interest in Federal economic statistics.
d. Coordinating, in its identification
of agenda items, with other existing
academic advisory committees
chartered to provide agency-specific
advice, for the purpose of avoiding
duplication of effort.
SUMMARY:
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The Committee will report to the
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs
who, as head of ESA, will coordinate
and collaborate with the Agencies.
The Committee will consist of
approximately fourteen members who
serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of
Commerce. Members shall be
nominated by the Department of
Commerce, in consultation with the
Agencies, under the coordination of the
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
and appointed by the Secretary of
Commerce. Committee members shall
be economists, statisticians, survey
methodologists, and behavioral
scientists and will be chosen to achieve
a balanced membership across those
disciplines. Members shall be
prominent experts in their fields, and
recognized for their scientific and
professional achievements and
objectivity.
The Department intends to recruit
new members of the Committee that
meet these membership criteria through
a separate Federal Register notice and
application process in the near future.
The Committee will function solely as
an advisory body, in compliance with
the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act. The Charter will be
filed under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Atrostic, Center for Economic
Studies, U.S. Census Bureau, 4600
Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland,
telephone: 301–763–6442, e-mail:
barbara.kathryn.atrostic@census.gov.
Rebecca M. Blank,
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–890]
Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the
People’s Republic of China: Extension
of the Time Limit for the Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: September 15, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Pedersen, AD/CVD Operations, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230,
telephone: (202) 482–2769.
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AGENCY:
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On March
4, 2010, the Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) published a notice of
initiation of an administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on wooden
bedroom furniture from the People’s
Republic of China. See Initiation of
Administrative Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Wooden
Bedroom Furniture From the People’s
Republic of China, 75 FR 9869 (March
4, 2010). The period of review is January
1, 2009, through December 31, 2009.
The preliminary results of the
administrative review are currently due
no later than October 4, 2010.
September 9, 2010.
Susan H. Kuhbach,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary
Results
AGENCY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
‘‘Act’’), the Department shall make a
preliminary determination in an
administrative review of an
antidumping duty order within 245
days after the last day of the anniversary
month of the date of publication of the
order. However, if it is not practicable
to complete the review within this time
period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act
allows the Department to extend the
time period to a maximum of 365 days.
Completion of the preliminary results of
this review within the 245-day period is
not practicable because the Department
needs additional time to analyze
information pertaining to the
respondents’ sales practices, factors of
production, and corporate relationships,
and to issue and review responses to
supplemental questionnaires. Therefore,
in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A)
of the Act, the Department is fully
extending the time period for
completing the preliminary results of
the instant administrative review until
January 30, 2011. However, January 30,
2011, falls on a Sunday, and it is the
Department’s long-standing practice to
issue a determination on the next
business day when the statutory
deadline falls on a weekend. See Notice
of Clarification: Application of ‘‘Next
Business Day’’ Rule for Administrative
Determination Deadlines Pursuant to
the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70
FR 24533 (May 10, 2005). Accordingly,
the deadline for completion of the
preliminary results of the review is now
no later than January 31, 2011. The final
results continue to be due 120 days after
the publication of the preliminary
results.
This notice is published pursuant to
sections 751(a) and 777(i) of the Act.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark
Office
[Docket No. PTO–P–2010–0061]
Patent Examiner Technical Training
Program
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking
public assistance in providing technical
training to patent examiners within all
technology centers. The Patent
Examiner Technical Training Program
(PETTP) is intended to provide
scientists and experts as lecturers to
patent examiners in order to update
them on technical developments, the
state of the art, emerging trends,
maturing technologies, and recent
innovations in their fields. Such guest
lecturers must have relevant technical
knowledge, as well as familiarity with
prior art and industry practices/
standards in areas of technology where
such lectures would be beneficial.
DATES: Effective Date: September 15,
2010.
SUMMARY:
Raul
Tamayo, Legal Advisor, Office of Patent
Legal Administration, Office of the
Associate Commissioner for Patent
Examination Policy, at (571) 272–7728.
Wynn Coggins, Director of
Technology Center (TC) 3600, available
at (571) 272–5350, will provide
oversight of the Patent Examiner
Technical Training Program.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
USPTO is seeking public assistance in
providing technical training to patent
examiners within all technology centers.
The Patent Examiner Technical Training
Program is intended to provide
scientists and experts as lecturers to
patent examiners in order to update
them on technical developments, the
state of the art, emerging trends,
maturing technologies, and recent
innovations in their fields. Such guest
lecturers must have relevant technical
knowledge, as well as familiarity with
prior art and industry practices/
standards in areas of technology where
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics Administration
Establishment of the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory
Committee and Intention To Recruit New Members
AGENCY: Economics and Statistics Administration, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of the Establishment of the Federal Economic Statistics
Advisory Committee and Intention to Recruit New Members.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce is announcing the establishment of
and intention to recruit new members of a Federal Advisory Committee.
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 101-6.1001, the
Secretary of Commerce has determined that the establishment of the
Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee (the ``Committee')
within the Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA), is in the
public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on
the Department by law.
The Committee will advise the Directors of ESA's two statistical
agencies, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and the U.S. Census
Bureau (Census), and the Commissioner of the Department of Labor's
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on statistical methodology and other
technical matters related to the collection, tabulation, and analysis
of Federal economic statistics.
The Committee will function solely as an advisory committee to the
senior officials of BEA, Census and BLS (the Agencies) in consultation
with the Committee chairperson. Important aspects of the Committee's
responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
a. Recommending research to address important technical problems
arising in Federal economic statistics.
b. Identifying areas in which better coordination of the Agencies'
activities would be beneficial.
c. Establishing relationships with professional associations with
an interest in Federal economic statistics.
d. Coordinating, in its identification of agenda items, with other
existing academic advisory committees chartered to provide agency-
specific advice, for the purpose of avoiding duplication of effort.
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The Committee will report to the Under Secretary for Economic
Affairs who, as head of ESA, will coordinate and collaborate with the
Agencies.
The Committee will consist of approximately fourteen members who
serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of Commerce. Members shall be
nominated by the Department of Commerce, in consultation with the
Agencies, under the coordination of the Under Secretary for Economic
Affairs, and appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. Committee members
shall be economists, statisticians, survey methodologists, and
behavioral scientists and will be chosen to achieve a balanced
membership across those disciplines. Members shall be prominent experts
in their fields, and recognized for their scientific and professional
achievements and objectivity.
The Department intends to recruit new members of the Committee that
meet these membership criteria through a separate Federal Register
notice and application process in the near future.
The Committee will function solely as an advisory body, in
compliance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
The Charter will be filed under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Atrostic, Center for Economic
Studies, U.S. Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland,
telephone: 301-763-6442, e-mail: barbara.kathryn.atrostic@census.gov.
Rebecca M. Blank,
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs.
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