83_FR_17721 83 FR 17643 - Sunshine Act Meetings; In the Name of Hate: Examining the Federal Government's Role in Responding to Hate Crimes

83 FR 17643 - Sunshine Act Meetings; In the Name of Hate: Examining the Federal Government's Role in Responding to Hate Crimes

CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 78 (April 23, 2018)

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FR Document2018-08535

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 78 (Monday, April 23, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 78 (Monday, April 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17643-17644]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08535]


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CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meetings; In the Name of Hate: Examining the Federal 
Government's Role in Responding to Hate Crimes

AGENCY: United States Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Notice of Commission public briefing.

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DATES: Friday, May 11, 2018, 9:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m. EST. See detailed 
agenda below.

ADDRESSES: National Place Building, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 
1150, Washington, DC 20425. Entrance is via F St. NW, between 13th and 
14th Streets NW.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Walch, (202) 376-8371; TTY: 
(202) 376-8116; publicaffairs@usccr.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission will hold a public briefing, 
``In the Name of Hate: Examining the Federal Government's Role in 
Responding to Hate Crimes.'' This meeting is open to the public. The 
Commission will examine best practices for local law enforcement on 
collecting and reporting data, and the role of the Education and 
Justice Departments in prosecution and prevention of these heinous 
acts. Commissioners will hear from local law enforcement and federal 
government officials, experts, academics, advocates, and survivors of 
hate. Testimony from this briefing will form an integral basis for the 
Commission's subsequent report to Congress, the President, and the 
American people regarding the state of hate crimes and bias-related 
incidents across the nation.
    Members of the public who wish to address the Commission will have 
an opportunity to do so during an open comment session that will take 
place between 5:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. EST. Individuals will be able to 
register for speaking slots, both online and at the briefing (in-
person). Full details regarding registration for the open comment 
session will be available on the Commission's website (www.usccr.gov) 
five (5) business days prior to the briefing. Thirty (30) spots will be 
available during the one and one-half hour period. Each individual

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will have up to three (3) minutes to speak, with spots allotted on a 
first-come, first-serve basis. The Commission will also accept written 
materials for consideration as we prepare our report. Please submit to 
HateCrimes@usccr.gov no later than June 11, 2018.
    The event will live-stream at https://www.youtube.com/user/USCCR/videos. (Please note that streaming information is subject to change.) 
If attending in person, we ask that you RSVP to 
publicaffairs@usccr.gov. Persons with disabilities who need 
accommodation should contact Pamela Dunston at 202-376-8105, or at 
access@usccr.gov, at least seven (7) business days before the date of 
the meeting. The Commission will post panelists' submitted written 
testimony on our website in advance of the briefing; we will not be 
providing printed copies. Individuals with disabilities who would be in 
need of printed copies should contact publicaffairs@usccr.gov at least 
three (3) days prior to the briefing. You can stay abreast of updates 
and additional information on our website (www.usccr.gov), Twitter 
(https://twitter.com/USCCRgov) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/USCCRgov/ gov/).

Meeting Agenda

I. Introductory Remarks: Chair Catherine E. Lhamon: 9:00 a.m.-9:10 a.m.
II. Panel One: Local Law Enforcement: 9:10 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
III. Break: 10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
IV. Panel Two: Community Stakeholders: 10:40 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
IV. Break: 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
V. Panel Three: Legal Scholars and Experts: 1:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
VI. Break: 2:20 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
VII. Panel Four: Federal Officials: 2:30 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
VIII. Break: 3:50 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
IX. Open Public Comment Session: 5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
    See Supplementary Information section above for full details.
X. Adjourn Briefing: 6:30 p.m.

    Dated: April 19, 2018.
Brian Walch,
Director, Communications and Public Engagement.
[FR Doc. 2018-08535 Filed 4-19-18; 4:15 pm]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 78 / Monday, April 23, 2018 / Notices 17643 • Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. contact to non-respondents via mail to Signed at Washington, DC, April 9, 2018. Include docket number above in the encourage response either by mail or on Kevin L. Barnes, subject line of the message. the web. Due to budget and time Associate Administrator. • E-fax: (855) 838–6382. limitations, contacting all non- [FR Doc. 2018–08387 Filed 4–20–18; 8:45 am] • Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD– respondents for interviews is not BILLING CODE 3410–20–P ROM submissions to: David Hancock, possible; therefore, NASS will randomly NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. select respondents for increased efforts Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 to obtain responses, prioritizing certain CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION South Building, 1400 Independence geographic areas and sub-populations. Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250– This involves a modification of the non- Sunshine Act Meetings; In the Name of 2024. response follow-up procedures Hate: Examining the Federal • Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand identified in the original supporting Government’s Role in Responding to deliver to: David Hancock, NASS statements NASS submitted for this Hate Crimes Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of information collection (OMB Control Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building, Number 0535–0226). AGENCY: United States Commission on 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Civil Rights. NASS will use historical data to Washington, DC 20250–2024. ACTION: Notice of Commission public prioritize which non-respondents to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: briefing. contact. Priority will be given to non- Kevin L. Barnes, Associate respondents: In low-response counties; DATES: Friday, May 11, 2018, 9:00 a.m.– Administrator, National Agricultural those believed to produce commodities 6:30 p.m. EST. See detailed agenda Statistics Service, U.S. Department of with low-coverage in past censuses of below. Agriculture, (202)720–2707. Copies of agriculture; those believed to produce this information collection and related ADDRESSES: National Place Building, commodities or perform production instructions can be obtained without practices NASS will target in future 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite charge from David Hancock, NASS— Census of Agriculture follow-on studies; 1150, Washington, DC 20425. Entrance OMB Clearance Officer, at (202) 690– or those believed to be members of is via F St. NW, between 13th and 14th 2388 or at ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. minority groups, which are also known Streets NW. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: to have lower coverage in previous FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Title: The 2017 Census of Agriculture. censuses of agriculture. Priority will Brian Walch, (202) 376–8371; TTY: OMB Control Number: 0535–0226. also be given to those with a higher (202) 376–8116; publicaffairs@ Expiration Date of Previous Approval: response likelihood based on previous usccr.gov. October 31, 2019. contact for NASS censuses and surveys. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Type of Request: Notice and request NASS will use well-established Commission will hold a public briefing, for comment on non-response follow-up statistical weighting and calibration ‘‘In the Name of Hate: Examining the for the 2017 Census of Agriculture. techniques to ensure the results from Federal Government’s Role in Abstract: The National Agricultural the 2017 Census of Agriculture properly Responding to Hate Crimes.’’ This Statistics Service (NASS) is currently represent the intended population of meeting is open to the public. The conducting the 2017 Census of inference. Commission will examine best practices Agriculture. The Census of Agriculture for local law enforcement on collecting Individually identifiable information provides the only basis of consistent, and reporting data, and the role of the collected by the Census of Agriculture is comparable farm data for each county, Education and Justice Departments in governed by Section 1770 of the Food county equivalent, and State in the prosecution and prevention of these Security Act of 1985 as amended, 7 United States. A farm is any place that heinous acts. Commissioners will hear U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to produced and sold, or normally would from local law enforcement and federal afford strict confidentiality to non- produce and sell, $1,000 or more of government officials, experts, aggregated data provided by agricultural products during the census academics, advocates, and survivors of respondents. This Notice is submitted in reference year. hate. Testimony from this briefing will accordance with the Paperwork The Census of Agriculture is required form an integral basis for the Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– by law under the ‘‘Census of Agriculture Commission’s subsequent report to 13 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) and Office Act of 1997,’’ Public Law 105–113, 7 Congress, the President, and the of Management and Budget regulations U.S.C. 2204(g). American people regarding the state of at 5 CFR part 1320. NASS also complies The original due date for reporting to hate crimes and bias-related incidents with OMB Implementation Guidance, the 2017 Census of Agriculture was across the nation. ‘‘Implementation Guidance for Title V February 5, 2018. Despite receiving up Members of the public who wish to of the E-Government Act, Confidential to three paper questionnaires in the mail address the Commission will have an Information Protection and Statistical and being provided opportunities to opportunity to do so during an open Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA),’’ report on the web, NASS has not comment session that will take place Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 115, June received responses from over one-third between 5:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. EST. 15, 2007, p. 33362. The law guarantees of the initial Census of Agriculture mail Individuals will be able to register for farm operators’ individual information list. Low response rates threaten the speaking slots, both online and at the will be kept confidential. NASS uses the quality of the results and the usefulness briefing (in-person). Full details information only for statistical purposes amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with NOTICES of the information collected. To ensure regarding registration for the open and publishes only tabulated total data. proper representation of various comment session will be available on geographic areas and sub-populations in Comments: Comments are invited on the Commission’s website the results, NASS will begin contacting NASS’s follow-up process for 2017 (www.usccr.gov) five (5) business days non-respondents by using both Census of Agriculture non-respondents. prior to the briefing. Thirty (30) spots telephone and in-person interviews. All responses to this notice will will be available during the one and NASS will also make an additional become a matter of public record. one-half hour period. Each individual VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:09 Apr 20, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\23APN1.SGM 23APN1

17644 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 78 / Monday, April 23, 2018 / Notices will have up to three (3) minutes to DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Dated: April 16, 2018. speak, with spots allotted on a first- Andrew McGilvray, come, first-serve basis. The Commission Foreign Trade Zones Board Executive Secretary. will also accept written materials for [FR Doc. 2018–08393 Filed 4–20–18; 8:45 am] consideration as we prepare our report. [B–27–2018] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P Please submit to HateCrimes@usccr.gov Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 81— no later than June 11, 2018. Portsmouth, New Hampshire, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE The event will live-stream at https:// Notification of Proposed Production www.youtube.com/user/USCCR/videos. Activity; Albany Safran Composites Bureau of Industry and Security (Please note that streaming information LLC (Carbon Fiber Composite Aircraft is subject to change.) If attending in Engine Parts) Rochester, New In the Matter of: Zhongxing person, we ask that you RSVP to Hampshire Telecommunications Equipment publicaffairs@usccr.gov. Persons with Corporation ZTE Plaza, Keji Road Albany Safran Composites LLC (ASC) disabilities who need accommodation South Hi-Tech Industrial Park Nanshan submitted a notification of proposed should contact Pamela Dunston at 202– District, Shenzhen China; ZTE production activity to the FTZ Board for 376–8105, or at access@usccr.gov, at Kangxun Telecommunications Ltd. 2/3 its facility located in Rochester, New least seven (7) business days before the Floor, Suite A, Zte Communication Hampshire. The notification conforming date of the meeting. The Commission Mansion Keji (S) Road Hi-New to the requirements of the regulations of will post panelists’ submitted written Shenzhen, 518057 China Respondent’; the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was testimony on our website in advance of Order Activating Suspended Denial received on April 6, 2018. the briefing; we will not be providing Order Relating to Zhongxing The company indicates that it will be Telecommunications Equipment printed copies. Individuals with submitting a separate application for Corporation and Zte Kangxun disabilities who would be in need of FTZ designation at the ASC facility Telecommunications Ltd. printed copies should contact under FTZ 81. The facility is used for publicaffairs@usccr.gov at least three (3) the manufacture of carbon fiber Background days prior to the briefing. You can stay composite aircraft engine parts. On March 23, 2017, I signed an Order abreast of updates and additional Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ approving the terms of the Settlement information on our website activity would be limited to the specific Agreement entered into in early March (www.usccr.gov), Twitter (https:// foreign-status material (epoxide resin) 2017, between the Bureau of Industry twitter.com/USCCRgov) and Facebook and specific finished products described and Security, U.S. Department of (https://www.facebook.com/USCCR in the submitted notification (as Commerce (‘‘BIS’’) and Zhongxing gov/). described below) and subsequently Telecommunications Equipment authorized by the FTZ Board. Corporation, of Shenzhen, China (‘‘ZTE Meeting Agenda Production under FTZ procedures Corporation’’) and ZTE Kangxun could exempt ASC from customs duty Telecommunications Ltd. of Hi-New I. Introductory Remarks: Chair Catherine payments on the epoxide resin used in Shenzhen, China (‘‘ZTE Kangxun’’) E. Lhamon: 9:00 a.m.–9:10 a.m. export production. On its domestic (collectively, ‘‘ZTE’’), hereinafter the II. Panel One: Local Law Enforcement: sales, ASC would be able to choose the ‘‘March 23, 2017 Order.’’ Under the 9:10 a.m.–10:30 a.m. duty rates during customs entry terms of the settlement, ZTE agreed to procedures that apply to carbon fiber a record-high combined civil and III. Break: 10:30 a.m.–10:40 a.m. composite aircraft engine fan blades, criminal penalty of $1.19 billion, after IV. Panel Two: Community cases and spacers (duty-free) for the engaging in a multi-year conspiracy to Stakeholders: 10:40 a.m.–12:00 p.m. foreign-status epoxide resin (duty rate— violate the U.S. trade embargo against IV. Break: 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. 6.1%). ASC would be able to avoid duty Iran to obtain contracts to supply, build, on foreign-status resin which become operate, and maintain V. Panel Three: Legal Scholars and scrap/waste. Customs duties also could Experts: 1:00 p.m.–2:20 p.m. telecommunications networks in Iran possibly be deferred or reduced on using U.S.-origin equipment, and also VI. Break: 2:20 p.m.–2:30 p.m. foreign-status production equipment. illegally shipping telecommunications VII. Panel Four: Federal Officials: 2:30 Public comment is invited from equipment to North Korea in violation p.m.–3:50 p.m. interested parties. Submissions shall be of the Export Administration addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive Regulations (15 CFR parts 730–774 VIII. Break: 3:50 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Secretary at the address below. The (2017)) (‘‘EAR’’ or the ‘‘Regulations’’). IX. Open Public Comment Session: 5:00 closing period for their receipt is June ZTE also admitted to engaging in an p.m.–6:30 p.m. 4, 2018. elaborate scheme to hide the unlicensed See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION A copy of the notification will be transactions from the U.S. Government, section above for full details. available for public inspection at the by deleting, destroying, removing, or Office of the Executive Secretary, sanitizing materials and information. X. Adjourn Briefing: 6:30 p.m. Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room Under the terms of the Settlement Dated: April 19, 2018. 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, Agreement and the March 23, 2017 Brian Walch, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Order, BIS imposed against ZTE a civil amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with NOTICES Director, Communications and Public Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the penalty totaling $661,000,000, with Engagement. ‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the FTZ $300,000,000 of that amount suspended [FR Doc. 2018–08535 Filed 4–19–18; 4:15 pm] Board’s website, which is accessible via for a probationary period of seven years www.trade.gov/ftz. from the date of the Order.1 This BILLING CODE 6335–01–P For further information, contact Diane Finver at Diane.Finver@trade.gov or 1 In addition to the BIS–ZTE settlement, ZTE (202) 482–1367. 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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of Commission public briefing.
DatesFriday, May 11, 2018, 9:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m. EST. See detailed agenda below.
ContactBrian Walch, (202) 376-8371; TTY: (202) 376-8116; [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 17643 
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