23 January 2009

[Federal Register: January 23, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 14)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security

 
Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee; Notice of 
Partially Closed Meeting

    The Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee (ETRAC) 
will meet on February 10, 2009, 1:15 p.m., Room 4830, in the Herbert C. 
Hoover Building, 14th Street between Pennsylvania and Constitution 
Avenues, NW., Washington, DC. The Committee advises the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on emerging technology 
and research activities, including those related to deemed exports.
    Agenda:

Open Session

    1. BIS Export Enforcement (EE)--deemed export rules for dual-use 
technologies subject to EAR over 5 years.
     Describe the levels of violations; prime reasons for 
violations; prime reasons for violations.
     Typical EE responses
     Frequency of prosecution
     Real life examples
    2. ISTAC, MTAC briefings
     Approaches BIS/TACs use in identifying, ranking, or 
prioritizing technologies in terms of importance, sensitivity, 
availability, etc.
     Describe decision trees, process models, systematic 
processes individual TACs.
     Discuss methods TACs use to identify, rank, or 
prioritize technologies that might be subject to deemed export 
regulations.
     Describe types of guidance and tools BIS provides to 
TACs to enable sound decision making on imposition or relaxation of 
deemed export regulations.
    3. Public Comments and Questions.

Closed Session

    4. Discussion of matters determined to be exempt from the 
provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 
Sec. Sec.  10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3).

    The open session will be accessible via teleconference to 20 
participants on a first come, first served basis. To join the 
conference, submit inquiries to Ms. Yvette Springer at 
Yspringer@bis.doc.gov no later than February 3, 2009.
    A limited number of seats will be available for the public session. 
Reservations are not accepted. To the extent that time permits, members 
of the public may present oral statements to the Committee. The public 
may submit written statements at any time before or after the meeting. 
However, to facilitate the distribution of public presentation 
materials to the Committee members, the Committee suggests that 
presenters forward the public presentation materials prior to the 
meeting to Ms. Springer via email.
    The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of 
the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on January 14, 
2009, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 
as amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2 Sec. Sec.  (10)(d)), that the portion of 
the meeting dealing with matters the disclosure of which would be 
likely to frustrate significantly implementation of an agency action as 
described in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) shall be exempt from the provisions 
relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 Sec. Sec.  10(a)1 
and 10(a)(3). The remaining portions of the meeting will be open to the 
public. For more information, call Yvette Springer at (202) 482-2813.

     Dated: January 15, 2009.
Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison Officer.
 [FR Doc. E9-1253 Filed 1-22-09; 8:45 am]

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