Commerce Department publishes notice on Dec. 4

The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on U.S. Trade Mission to Asia in Conjunction With Trade Winds-Asia, The Philippines, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan and Taiwan, May 9-17, 2013.

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 Dec. 4

Title
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Framework Adjustment 5
Trade Mission to Egypt and Kuwait
Certain Steel Threaded Rod From the People's Republic of China: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping Duty Order
Ohio University, et al.; Notice of Consolidated Decision on Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Electron Microscope
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; North Pacific Halibut and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Cost Recovery Programs
U.S. Trade Mission to Asia in Conjunction With Trade Winds-Asia, The Philippines, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan and Taiwan, May 9-17, 2013
U.S. Infrastructure Trade Mission to Colombia and Panama; Bogotá, Columbia and Panama City, Panama, May 13-16, 2012