What did Commerce Department publish on Sept. 16?

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Marine Technology and Services Enterprise Impact and Utilization Survey Sponsored by the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System.

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 Sept. 16

Title
Performance Review Board (PRB)
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; Scoping Process
Extension of the 2014 Application Deadline for Patents for Humanity Program
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Marine Technology and Services Enterprise Impact and Utilization Survey Sponsored by the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System
New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC); Public Meeting
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Alaska Region Logbook Family of Forms
Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From India: Notice of Correction to the Final Results of the 2012-2013 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Certain Activated Carbon From the People's Republic of China; 2013-2014; Partial Rescission of the Seventh Antidumping Duty Administrative Review