[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 18367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9908]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Opportunity to Apply for Membership on the U.S.-Korea Committee
on Business Cooperation
AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Opportunity to Apply for Membership on the U.S.-Korea
Committee on Business Cooperation.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is currently seeking applications
for membership on the U.S. side of the U.S.-Korea Committee on Business
Cooperation (CBC). The purpose of the CBC is to facilitate stronger
commercial ties between U.S. and Korean private sector businesses. The
CBC is chaired by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and the Korean
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy. Its activities are
coordinated by an equal number of private sector representatives from
the United States and Korea. The work of the CBC is currently focused
through eight sector-specific subgroups: (1) Government procurement,
(2) environmental technologies, (3) venture capital, (4) automobiles,
(5) filmed entertainment, (6) electronic commerce, (7) a business
opportunity network on the Internet, and (8) telecommunications.
Additional subgroups can be formed if members desire.
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Private sector representatives will be
members until the CBC goes out of existence on October 1, 1999. If the
CBC is extended by mutual consent of the U.S. Department of Commerce
and the Korean Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, a new
recruitment process for CBC members will be initiated. Applications are
now being sought for private sector members to serve beginning
immediately. Private sector members will serve at the discretion of the
Secretary. They are expected to participate fully in defining and
implementing in CBC work programs. It is expected that private sector
individuals chosen for the CBC will attend at least 75% of CBC meetings
which will be held in the U.S. and Korea. The next full CBC meeting is
expected to be held in Korea in the fall of 1998.
Private sector members are fully responsible for travel, living and
personal expenses associated with their participation in the CBC. The
private sector members will serve in a representative capacity
presenting the views and interests of the particular business sector in
which they operate; private sector members are not special government
employees.
The goals of the CBC are as follows:
Identifying commercial opportunities, impediments, and
issues of concern to the respective business communities;
Improving the dissemination of appropriate commercial
information on both markets;
Adopting sectoral or project-oriented approaches to expand
business opportunities, addressing specific problems, and making
recommendations to decision-makers where appropriate;
Promoting trade/business development and promotion
programs to assist the respective business communities in accessing
each market, including trade missions, exhibits, seminars, and other
events;
Facilitating appropriate technical cooperation; and
Considering other steps that may be taken to foster growth
and enhance commercial relations.
Selection: This notice is seeking applications for private sector
members.
Eligibility criteria. Applicants must be:
A U.S. citizen residing in the United States; and
Not a registered foreign agent under the Foreign Agents
Registration Act of 1938 (FARA).
In reviewing eligible applicants, the Commerce Department will
consider:
Expertise in one of the business sectors noted above in
which the CBC will be active;
Readiness to initiate and be responsible for activities in
one or more of the business sectors in which the CBC will be active;
and
Prospective member contributes to membership diversity of
company size, type, location, demographics and/or traditional under-
representation in business.
To be considered for membership, please provide the following: name
and title of the individual requesting consideration; name and address
of the company or organization sponsoring each individual; company's
product or service line; size of the company; export experience and
major markets; a brief statement of why each candidate should be
considered for membership on the CBC; the particular segment of the
business community each candidate would represent; a personal resume;
and a statement that the applicant is a U.S. citizen and not a
registered foreign agent under FARA.
DEADLINE: In order to receive full consideration, requests must be
received no later than: June 1, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Please send your requests for consideration to Susan M.
Blackman, Director, Office of Korea and Southeast Asia, U.S. Department
of Commerce, Room 3203, 14th St. and Constitution Ave., NW, Washington,
DC 20230, fax (202) 482-4760.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan M. Blackman, Director, Office of Korea and Southeast Asia, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Room 3203, 14th St. and Constitution Ave., NW,
Washington, DC 20230, telephone (202) 482-1695, fax (202) 482-4760.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1512.
Dated: April 9, 1998.
Peter B. Hale,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia and the Pacific.
[FR Doc. 98-9908 Filed 4-14-98; 8:45 am]
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