What did Commerce Department publish on Jan. 8?

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Bureau of Export Administration Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting.

The Department includes the Census Bureau, which is used to determine many factors about American life. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department is involved in misguided foreign trade policies and is home to many unneeded programs.

Notices are required documents detailing rules and regulations being proposed by each federal department. This allows the public to see what issues legislators and federal departments are focusing on.

Any person or organization can comment on the proposed rules. Departments and agencies must then address “significant issues raised in comments and discuss any changes made,” the Federal Register says.

Notices published by the Commerce Department on Jan. 8

Title
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; 1999 Specifications
Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations; Exports and Reexports to Specially Designated Terrorists and Foreign Terrorist Organizations
Marine Mammals; File No. P595
Bureau of Export Administration Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting
Science Advisory Board; Notice of Open Meeting
Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Tribal Allocation of Whiting for 1999