Commerce Department publishes notice on Feb. 25

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Materials Processing Equipment 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 Feb. 25

Title
Reporting on Offsets Agreements in Sales of Weapon Systems or Defense-Related Items to Foreign Countries or Foreign Firms for Calendar Year 2008
Notice and Call for Applications for the Environmental and Clean Energy Technologies Trade Mission to Croatia, Italy, and Greece, March 30 to April 4, 2009
Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
Materials Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting
Foreign-Trade Zone 38 Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Termination of Review of Application for Subzone, Leiner Health Products LLC (Ibuprofen Products), Fort Mill, South Carolina
Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review and Determination to Revoke Order in Part
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Bottom Longline Petition
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Non-American Fisheries Act Crab Vessels Catching Pacific Cod for Processing by the Inshore Component in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Stock Assessment of Alaska Sablefish; Peer Review Meeting
Building for the Future: U.S. Building Products Trade Mission to Asia
Mission Statement; European Port Infrastructure and Security Trade Mission to Germany, Belgium and Italy May 4-8, 2009