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Vol. 89, No. 14 

Monday, January 22, 2024 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Notice of Advisory Committee Public 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Agency for International 

Development (USAID). 

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee 

Public Meeting and request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), notice 

is hereby given of Advisory Committee 

on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA) 

public meeting on February 7th, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: To view additional 

information related to ACVFA please 

visit http://www.usaid.gov/who-we-are/ 

organization/advisory-committee. 

This event will feature a conversation 

between the USAID Administrator and 

the ACVFA Chair, as well as two 

discussion panels featuring ACVFA 

members on key Agency priorities such 

as democratic governance, food security, 

climate change, private sector 

engagement, and inclusive 

development. 

You may submit comments regarding 

the work of ACVFA to acvfa@usaid.gov 

or the committee’s public comment 

form at: https://www.usaid.gov/who-weare/organization/advisory-committee/ 

acvfa-contact-us. Include ‘‘Public 

Comment, ACVFA Meeting, February 7, 

2023’’ in the subject line. All public 

comments and questions will be 

included in the official record of the 

meeting and posted publicly on the 

USAID website. 

American Sign Language 

interpretation will be provided during 

the public meeting. If you require a 

reasonable accommodation, please 

email reasonableaccommodations@

usaid.gov. Include ‘‘Request for 

Reasonable Accommodation, ACVFA 

Meeting, February 7, 2024’’ in the 

subject line. 

The entirety of this meeting is open to 

the public. You may register to watch 

the live public meeting at this link: 

https://usaid.zoomgov.com/webinar/ 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sophia Lajaunie, Designated Federal 

Officer for ACVFA, at slajaunie@

usaid.gov or 202–531–9819. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ACVFA is 

USAID’s external advisory committee, 

bringing together representatives from 

private voluntary organizations, 

nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), 

academia, civil society, and the private 

sector. Its membership of internationally 

recognized leaders represent a broad 

range of sectors who support the 

Agency’s mission and goals by advising 

on key development challenges and 

priorities. 

Pursuant to its charter, ACVFA is 

holding an annual public meeting on 

February 7, 2024, from 10:30 a.m. to 

12:00 p.m. ET. This meeting is free and 

open to the public. The Committee 

welcomes public participation and 

comment before, during, and after the 

meeting via the web and/or email 

addresses provided above. 

Sophia Lajaunie, 

ACVFA Designated Federal Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01083 Filed 1–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6116–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Annual Business Survey 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed, and continuing 

information collections, which helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on September 

22, 2023 during a 60-day comment 

period. This notice allows for an 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, 

Department of Commerce. 

Title: Annual Business Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–1004. 

Form Number(s): ABS–1. 

Type of Request: Regular submission, 

Request for a Revision of a Currently 

Approved Collection. 

Number of Respondents: 338,000. 

Average Hours per Response: 58 

minutes. 

Burden Hours: 325,200. 

Needs and Uses: In an effort to 

improve the measurement of business 

dynamics in the United States, the 

Census Bureau is conducting the 2024 

Annual Business Survey (ABS), 

covering reference year 2023. The ABS 

combines Census Bureau firm-level 

collections to reduce respondent 

burden, increase data quality, reduce 

operational costs, and operate more 

efficiently. The ABS provides 

information on selected economic and 

demographic characteristics for 

businesses and business owners by sex, 

ethnicity, race, and veteran status. 

Further, the survey measures research 

and development for microbusinesses, 

new business topics such as innovation 

and technology, as well as other 

business characteristics. The 2024 ABS 

is co-sponsored by the National Center 

for Science and Engineering Statistics 

(NCSES) within the National Science 

Foundation (NSF) and conducted by the 

Census Bureau. 

The ABS includes all nonfarm 

employer businesses filing Internal 

Revenue Service (IRS) tax forms as 

individual proprietorships, 

partnerships, or any other type of 

corporation, with receipts of $1,000 or 

more. While the 2023 ABS sampled 

approximately 850,000 employer 

businesses to produce detailed statistics 

by owner demographics, the 2024 ABS 

sample is reduced to approximately 

330,000 employer businesses. Starting 

with survey year 2024 (reference year 

2023), the sample is reduced to 

approximately 330,000 employer 

businesses annually (survey years 2024– 

2027) to reduce the burden on the 

respondents. The reduced sample size 

will yield summary-level estimates for 

women-owned, minority-owned, and 

veteran-owned businesses at the 4-digit 


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