98-32049. Notice of Meeting of the Industry Sector Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business (ISAC-14)

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 231 (Wednesday, December 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66623-66624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32049]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Notice of Meeting of the Industry Sector Advisory Committee on 
Small and Minority Business (ISAC-14)

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Industry Sector Advisory Committee (ISAC-14) will hold an 
open meeting on December 7, 1998 from 9:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for December 7, 1998, unless otherwise 
notified.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Department of Commerce Room 
4830, located at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, 
D.C., unless otherwise notified.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Millie Sjoberg, Department of Commerce, 14th St. and Constitution Ave., 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230, [phone] or Bill Daley Jr., Office 
of the United States Trade Representative, 600 17th St. N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20508, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ISAC-14 will hold a open meeting on

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December 7, 1998 from 9:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Agenda topics to be 
addressed will be:
    1. An update by the Assistant Secretary for Trade Development on 
Trade Development's involvement in the recent APEC Ministerial and JCCT 
meeting.
    2. Advice from the ISAC on small and medium-size enterprise (SME) 
export issues such as how the government can encourage more SMEs to 
export, export to multiple markets, use intermediaries (if 
appropriate), use electronic commerce to increase exports, etc.
    3. A focus on electronic commerce including an overview of how 
electronic commerce can help SMEs export; a discussion of issues such 
as privacy, security, etc.; electronic commerce with respect to APEC/
FTAA/WTO; a discussion of the Y2K issue; a demonstration of AID's 
Global Technology Network.
    4. A briefing on ITA funding.
    5. Committee Business.
Pete Felts,
Assistant United States Trade Representative, Intergovernmental Affairs 
and Public Liaison.
[FR Doc. 98-32049 Filed 12-1-98; 8:45 am]
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