Notice published on April 9 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Patents External Quality Survey (formerly Customer Panel Quality Survey).

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 April 9

Title
Patents External Quality Survey (formerly Customer Panel Quality Survey)
Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Lightweight Thermal Paper From Germany: Notice of Final Results of the 2009-2010 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, and Deferral of Administrative Review
Epson Portland, Inc.-Expansion of Manufacturing Authority; Reopening of Comment Period
Foreign-Trade Zones 140 and 78, Applications for Subzone Authority Dow Corning Corporation, Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation, and Hemlock Semiconductor, L.L.C.; Reopening of Rebuttal Periods
Bureau of Economic Analysis Advisory Committee
Foreign-Trade Zone 149-Freeport, TX, Application for Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries