80 FR 18200 - Commerce Data Advisory Council Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 64 (April 3, 2015)

The Economic and Statistics Administration (ESA) is giving notice of a meeting of Commerce Data Advisory Council (CDAC). The CDAC will address areas such as data management practices; common, open data standards; policy issues related to privacy, latency, and consistency; effective models for public-private partnership; external uses of Commerce data; and, methods to build new feedback loops between the Department and data users. The CDAC will meet in a plenary session on April 23-24, 2015. Last-minute changes to the schedule are possible, which could prevent giving advance public notice of schedule adjustments.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 18200]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07773]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economics and Statistics Administration


Commerce Data Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Economic and Statistics Administration, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Economic and Statistics Administration (ESA) is giving 
notice of a meeting of Commerce Data Advisory Council (CDAC). The CDAC 
will address areas such as data management practices; common, open data 
standards; policy issues related to privacy, latency, and consistency; 
effective models for public-private partnership; external uses of 
Commerce data; and, methods to build new feedback loops between the 
Department and data users. The CDAC will meet in a plenary session on 
April 23-24, 2015. Last-minute changes to the schedule are possible, 
which could prevent giving advance public notice of schedule 
adjustments.

DATES: April 23-24, 2015. On April 23, the meeting will begin at 
approximately 12:00 p.m. and end at approximately 5:00 p.m. On April 
24, the meeting will begin at approximately 9:00 a.m. and end at 
approximately 1:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Google Washington, DC, 25 
Massachusetts Avenue NW., Suite 900, Washington, DC 20001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Burton Reist, [email protected] Director 
of External Communication and DFO, CDAC, Department of Commerce, 
Economics and Statistics Administration, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20230, telephone (202) 482-3331.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CDAC comprises as many as 20 members. 
The Committee provides an organized and continuing channel of 
communication between recognized experts in the data industry 
(collection, compilation, analysis, dissemination and privacy 
protection) and the Department of Commerce. The CDAC provides advice 
and recommendations, to include process and infrastructure 
improvements, to the Secretary, DOC and the DOC data-bureau leadership 
on ways to make Commerce data easier to find, access, use, combine and 
disseminate. The aim of this advice shall be to maximize the value of 
Commerce data to all users including governments, businesses, 
communities, academia, and individuals.
    The Committee meeting is in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Title 5, United States Code, Appendix 2, Section 
10(a)(b)).
    All meetings are open to the public. A brief period will be set 
aside at the meeting for public comment on April 24, 2015. However, 
individuals with extensive questions or statements must submit them in 
writing to: [email protected] (subject line ``APRIL 2015 CDAC 
Meeting Public Comment''), or by letter submission to the Director of 
External Communication and DFO, CDAC, Department of Commerce, Economics 
and Statistics Administration, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 
DC 20230. Such submissions will be included in the record for the 
meeting if received by Friday, April 17, 2015.
    The meeting is physically accessible to persons with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to the Director of External Communication as soon as 
possible, preferably two weeks prior to the meeting. If you plan to 
attend the meeting, please register by Monday, April 20, 2015. You may 
access the online registration from the following link: https://www.regonline.com/cdac_april_2015_meeting.
    Seating is available to the public on a first-come, first-served 
basis.

    Dated: March 30, 2015.
Austin Durrer,
Chief of Staff for Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Economics and 
Statistics Administration.
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