Notice published on Feb. 24 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Annual Survey of Manufactures.

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 Feb. 24

Title
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; Adjustments to the 1999 Summer Flounder Commercial Quota; Commercial Quota Harvested for Delaware; Correction
Final List of Fisheries for 1999; Update of Regulations Authorizing Commercial Fisheries Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act
Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC)
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Japan: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Foreign-Trade Zone 26Atlanta, GA: Request for Manufacturing Authority; Matsushita Communication Industrial Corporation of U.S.A. (Automotive Audio/Electronics and Telecommunications Products)
Annual Survey of Manufactures
Foreign-Trade Zone 106Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Area; Application for Expansion
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings and Hearings
Census Advisory Committees
Economic Development Assistance ProgramsAvailability of Funds Under Pub. L. 105-393