[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 218 (Thursday, November 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 63294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30187]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Technology Administration
[Docket No. 9805-29140-8140-01]
Cooperation Between the Technology Administration of the United
States Department of Commerce and the Science and Technology Commission
of The People's Republic of China; Civil Indistrial Technology
Coordinating Committee
AGENCY: Technology Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for nominations for the coordinating committee.
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SUMMARY: The Technology Administration invites nominations of
individuals to appointment to the Civil Industrial Technology
Coordinating Committee established under the Implementing Arrangement
Concerning Cooperation in Civil Industrial Technology. The Technology
Administration will consider all nominations received in response to
this notice of appointment to the Coordinating Committee.
DATES: Please submit nominations on or before January 8, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations to Phyllis Yoshida, Office of
Technology Policy, Technology Administration, Department of Commerce,
Room 4411, Washington, D.C. 20230. Nominations may also be submitted by
fax to 202-219-3310.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phyllis Yoshida, telephone 202-482-
1287; fax 202-219-3310; e-mail Phyllis__Yoshida@ta.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Goals of the Implementing Arrangement
On October 24, 1996, the United States Department of Commerce and
the State Science and Technology Commission of the People's Republic of
China (hereinafter referred to as the ``Participants'') signed the
Implementing Arrangement Concerning Cooperation in Civil Industrial
Technology. It establishes a framework and goals for cooperation in
science and technology, and requires the creation of a joint Civil
Industrial Technology Coordinating Committee (``CIT Coordinating
Committee''). The Technology Administration is the executive
secretariat for this initiative.
The goal of the Participants is to promote mutually beneficial
cooperation among public and private entities in both nations, to
strengthen technological capabilities of the Participants, and to
broaden and intensify relations between their technological
communities.
Cooperative Activities
Cooperative activities under this Implementing Arrangement may
include, among others, joint research and technology projects, studies,
and investigations; joint technological courses, workshops,
conferences, and symposia; exchange of scientific and technical
information in the context of cooperative activities; and other forms
of scientific and technological cooperation as may be deemed
appropriate. Cooperative activities should reflect technological
strengths in China and the United States, and should be structured to
provide an appropriate role for the private sector and academic
organizations.
Information on the CIT Coordinating Committee
The Participants intend to jointly establish a CIT Coordinating
Committee, consisting of 12 members, six to be designated by the
Department of Commerce, and six to be designated by the State Science
and Technology Commission. The Committee also includes the Executive
Secretariat and Secretariat, two government officials designated by
each of the Participants. The Coordinating Committee members will be
drawn from the private sector, representing private industry, academia,
or non-governmental organizations in the Participants'countries.
The members of the Coordinating Committee will be expected to carry
out the following functions:
1. Identify fields and forms of cooperation in accordance with the
goals and objectives of the Implementing Arrangement;
2. Review, assess, and make specific recommendations concerning
cooperative activities; and
3. Undertake other appropriate functions as may be approved by the
Participants.
Meetings of the Coordinating Committee
The CIT Coordinating Committee meets twice a year, alternating
between China and the United States to meet the objectives of the
Implementing Arrangement.
Length of Service
The Participants intend to maximize public participation through
regular rotation of CIT Coordinating Committee members. Committee
members will serve a three year term, with staggered term ends to
ensure that at least one-third of the membership is replaced annually.
Membership Criteria and Requirements
The U.S. members of the CIT Coordinating Committee shall be eminent
leaders from industry, academia, or government who have experience in
technology development, technology diffusion, or international
technology collaboration. The CIT Coordinating Committee members should
be familiar with the business climate, status of technology, and
economic development of China. They should be U.S. citizens. Members of
the CIT Coordinating Committee shall serve without compensation.
The Department of Commerce is committed to equal opportunity in the
workplace, and seeks a broad-based and diverse CIT Coordinating
Committee membership.
Conflict of Interest
Nominees will be evaluated for their ability to contribute to the
goals and objectives of the Implementing Arrangement. Nominees will be
vetted in accordance with processes established by the Department of
Commerce in February 1997, as soon as possible following tentative
selection. The vetting has three components: (1) an internal review for
possible appearance of conflict problems; (2) an external review for
possible appearance of problems; and (3) a recusal/ethics agreement
review.
Dated: November 4, 1998.
Kelly H. Carnes,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy.
[FR Doc. 98-30187 Filed 11-10-98; 8:45 am]
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