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well as U.S. companies seeking to enter
this market for the first time are
encouraged to apply.
Fees and Expenses:
After a company has been selected to
participate in the mission, a payment to
the U.S. Department of Commerce in the
form of a participation fee is required.
The participation fee is $4,800 for a
single participant for a small- or
medium-sized enterprise (SME) 1 and
$5,245 for a single participant for a large
firm. Participants per company will be
limited due to space constraints. The fee
for each additional participant is $1,500.
Applicants are encouraged to provide a
clear business purpose and clarification
of role of any additional participants
proposed to participate in the mission.
Interpretation services for official
activities are included in the fee.
Expenses for travel, lodging, meals, and
incidentals will be the responsibility of
each mission participant. Lodging and
meals for each participant will cost
approximately $150 USD per day.
Conditions for Participation:
• An applicant must submit a
completed and signed mission
application and supplemental
application materials, including
information on the company’s products
and/or services, primary market
objectives, and goals for participation. If
the U.S. Department of Commerce
receives an incomplete application, the
Department may reject the application,
request additional information, or take
the lack of information into account
when evaluating the application.
• Each applicant must also certify
that the products and services it seeks
to export through the mission are either
produced in the United States, or, if not,
marketed under the name of a U.S. firm
and have at least fifty-one percent U.S.
content.
Selection Criteria for Participation:
Selection will be based on the
following criteria:
• Suitability of the company’s
products or services to the mission
goals.
• Applicant’s potential for business
in Afghanistan.
• Consistency of the applicant’s goals
and objectives with the stated scope of
the mission.
(Additional factors, such as diversity
of company, size, type and location,
1 An SME is defined as a firm with 500 or fewer
employees or that otherwise qualifies as a small
business under SBA regulations. See https://www.
sba.gov/contractingopportunities/owners/basics/
whatismallbusiness/. Parent companies,
affiliates, and subsidiaries will be considered when
determining business size. The dual pricing reflects
the Commercial Service’s user fee schedule that
became effective May 1, 2008. See https://www.
export.gov/newsletter/march2008/initiatives.html.
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may be considered during the selection
process)
Referrals from political organizations
and any documents containing
references to partisan political activities
(including political contributions) will
be removed from an applicant’s
submission and will not be considered
during the selection process.
Timeframe for Recruitment and
Applications
Mission recruitment will be
conducted in an open and public
manner, including posting on the U.S.
Department of Commerce trade missions
calendar—https://www.trade.gov/trademissions/—and other Internet Web sites,
publication in domestic trade
publications and association
newsletters, direct outreach to the
Department’s clients and distribution
lists, publication in the Federal
Register, and announcements at
industry meetings, symposia,
conferences, and trade shows.
Recruitment for the mission will
begin immediately and conclude no
later than January 3, 2012, by the close
of business. Applications received after
January 3, 2012, will be considered only
if space and scheduling constraints
permit.
Disclaimer, Security, and
Transportation
Business development mission
members participate in the mission and
undertake related travel at their own
risk and are advised to obtain insurance
accordingly. Any question regarding
insurance coverage must be resolved by
the participant. The U.S. Government
does not make any representations or
guarantees as to the safety or security of
participants. Companies should consult
the State Department’s travel warning
for Afghanistan: https://travel.state.gov/
travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_2121.html;
https://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/
tw/tw_2121.html.
ITA will coordinate with the U.S.
Embassy in Kabul to arrange for
transportation of the mission
participants to and from the airport and
lodging facilities. The primary venue for
the mission has security measures in
place.
Contact: Ariana Monti Marshall,
Afghanistan Reconstruction and
Investment Task Force—DC, Market
Access and Compliance, Tel: (202) 482–
3754, Email: afghanmission2011@
;trade.gov.
Elnora Moye,
Trade Program Assistant.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
President’s Export Council: Meeting of
the President’s Export Council
International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of an open meeting.
AGENCY:
The President’s Export
Council will hold a meeting to discuss
topics related to the National Export
Initiative, and to provide advice
regarding how to promote U.S. exports,
jobs, and growth.
DATES: November 16, 2011 at 9:30 a.m.
(ET)
ADDRESSES: The President’s Export
Council will convene its next meeting
via live webcast on the Internet at
https://whitehouse.gov/live.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Masserman, President’s Export
Council, Room 4043, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230,
telephone: (202) 482–4501, email:
Michael.Masserman@trade.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The President’s Export
Council was first established by
Executive Order on December 20, 1973
to advise the President on matters
relating to U.S. export trade and report
to the President on its activities and on
its recommendations for expanding U.S.
exports. The President’s Export Council
was renewed most recently by Executive
Order 13585 of September 30, 2011, for
the two-year period October 1, 2011 and
ending September 30, 2013. This
Committee is established in accordance
with the provisions of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as
amended, 5 U.S.C. App.
Public Submissions: The public is
invited to submit written statements to
the President’s Export Council by C.O.B.
November 1, 2011 by either of the
following methods:
SUMMARY:
Electronic Statements
Submit electronic statements via the
President’s Export Council Web site at
https://trade.gov/pec/peccomments.asp;
or
Paper Statements
Send paper statements to Michael
Masserman, President’s Export Council,
Room 4043, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230.
All statements will be posted on the
President’s Export Council Web site
(https://trade.gov/pec/peccomments.asp)
without change, including any business
or personal information provided such
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as names, addresses, email addresses, or
telephone numbers. All statements
received, including attachments and
other supporting materials, are part of
the public record and subject to public
disclosure. You should submit only
information that you wish to make
available publicly.
Meeting minutes: Copies of the
Council’s meeting minutes will be
available within 90 days of the meeting
and the meeting will be available for
replay at https://www.trade.gov/pec.
Dated: October 24, 2011.
Michael Masserman,
President’s Export Council.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
[Docket No. 110727437–1613–02]
Extension of the Due Date for
Submitting Comments on Research
and Development Priorities for
Desirable Features of a Nationwide
Public Safety Broadband Network
National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST), Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Request for Comments;
extension.
AGENCY:
On September 12, 2011, NIST
published a Request for Comment in the
Federal Register, inviting interested
parties to submit written comments on
various possible features of a new
nationwide interoperable public safety
broadband network. The comments will
be used by NIST to help determine
research and development priorities in
anticipation of the President’s Wireless
Innovation (WIN) Fund to help drive
innovation of next-generation network
technologies. NIST is publishing this
notice to extend the deadline for the
submission of comments pertaining to
the September 12, 2011 notice until 5
p.m., Eastern Time, on Wednesday,
October 26, 2011. No other changes are
being made to the originally published
Request for Comment.
DATES: Comments are due on or before
5 p.m., Eastern Time, on Wednesday,
October 26, 2011. Comments received
between 5 p.m. on October 12, 2011,
and the publication date of this notice
are deemed to be timely.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to
Dereck Orr, dereck.orr@nist.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dereck Orr, Office of Law Enforcement
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Standards, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, 325
Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305,
telephone number (303) 497–5400.
Mr. Orr’s e-mail address is
dereck.orr@nist.gov.
Dated: October 13, 2011.
Willie E. May,
Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
The
Obama Administration has announced
its support for legislation that would
create a not-for-profit Public Safety
Broadband Corporation to oversee the
deployment of a nationwide network
that meets the needs of local, state,
Tribal, and Federal public safety
communities.1 The Administration has
also proposed a $3 billion WIN Fund to
help drive innovation through research,
experimentation, testbeds, and applied
development. Of the $3 billion, $500
million will be devoted to research and
development (R&D) for the new public
safety broadband network.2 The Public
Safety Innovation Fund (PSIF), NIST’s
component of the proposed WIN Fund,
helps spur the development of cuttingedge wireless technologies.
On September 12, 2011, NIST
published a Request for Comment in the
Federal Register (76 FR 56165), inviting
interested parties to provide written
comments on proposed features of a
nationwide interoperable public safety
broadband network for this R&D, which
were identified by the NIST Visiting
Committee on Advanced Technology
with the input of public safety and their
identified operational requirements. The
due date for the submission of
comments as set forth in the original
Request for Comment was 5 p.m.,
Eastern Time, on October 12, 2011.
NIST is extending the due date for
submission of comments until 5 p.m.,
Eastern Time, on Wednesday, October
26, 2011 in order to provide interested
parties additional time to submit their
comments. Comments received between
5 p.m. on October 12, 2011, and the
publication date of this notice are
deemed to be timely. No other changes
are being made to the originally
published Request for Comment.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1 Comments of the National Telecommunications
and Information Administration before the Federal
Communications Commission in the matter of
Service Rules for the 698–747, 747–762 and 777–
792 Band (WT Docket No. 06–150); Implementing
a Nationwide, Broadband, Interoperable Public
Safety Network in the 700 MHz Band (PS Docket
No. 06–229); Amendment of Part 90 of the
Commission’s Rules (WP Docket No. 07–100).
https://www.ntia.doc.gov/filings/2011/NTIA_Public
_Safety_Network_Comments_06102011.pdf.
2 President Obama Details Plan to Win the Future
through Expanded Wireless Access. https://
www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/02/10/
president-obama-details-plan-win-futurethroughexpanded-wireless-access.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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New England Fishery Management
Council (NEFMC); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold a three-day meeting on November
15–17, 2011 to consider actions
affecting New England fisheries in the
exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
November 15–17, starting at 9 a.m. on
Tuesday, and at 8:30 a.m. on
Wednesday and Thursday.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Newport Marriott Hotel, 25
America’s Cup Avenue, Newport, Rhode
Island 02840; telephone: (401) 849–
1000; fax: (401) 849–3422.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Following introductions and any
announcements, brief reports will be
presented by the NEFMC Chairman and
Executive Director, NOAA Fisheries
Regional Administrator (Northeast
Region), Northeast Fisheries Science
Center and Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council liaisons, NOAA
General Counsel, representatives of the
U.S. Coast Guard and the Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission, and staff
from the Vessel Monitoring Systems
Operations and Law Enforcement
offices. A Coast Guard representative
also will provide the Council with a
report on the implementation of the
Coast Guard Authorization Act. That
discussion will be followed by a review
of any experimental fishery permit
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
President's Export Council: Meeting of the President's Export
Council
AGENCY: International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of an open meeting.
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SUMMARY: The President's Export Council will hold a meeting to discuss
topics related to the National Export Initiative, and to provide advice
regarding how to promote U.S. exports, jobs, and growth.
DATES: November 16, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. (ET)
ADDRESSES: The President's Export Council will convene its next meeting
via live webcast on the Internet at https://whitehouse.gov/live.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Masserman, President's Export
Council, Room 4043, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230,
telephone: (202) 482-4501, email: Michael.Masserman@trade.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The President's Export Council was first established by
Executive Order on December 20, 1973 to advise the President on matters
relating to U.S. export trade and report to the President on its
activities and on its recommendations for expanding U.S. exports. The
President's Export Council was renewed most recently by Executive Order
13585 of September 30, 2011, for the two-year period October 1, 2011
and ending September 30, 2013. This Committee is established in
accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. App.
Public Submissions: The public is invited to submit written
statements to the President's Export Council by C.O.B. November 1, 2011
by either of the following methods:
Electronic Statements
Submit electronic statements via the President's Export Council Web
site at https://trade.gov/pec/peccomments.asp; or
Paper Statements
Send paper statements to Michael Masserman, President's Export
Council, Room 4043, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.
All statements will be posted on the President's Export Council Web
site (https://trade.gov/pec/peccomments.asp) without change, including
any business or personal information provided such
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as names, addresses, email addresses, or telephone numbers. All
statements received, including attachments and other supporting
materials, are part of the public record and subject to public
disclosure. You should submit only information that you wish to make
available publicly.
Meeting minutes: Copies of the Council's meeting minutes will be
available within 90 days of the meeting and the meeting will be
available for replay at https://www.trade.gov/pec.
Dated: October 24, 2011.
Michael Masserman,
President's Export Council.
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