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###### Department of Commerce

###### Minority Business Development Agency

          - [Docket No.: 241217-0330]

# AGENCY:

Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), Department of Commerce.

# ACTION:

Notice of an open meeting.

# SUMMARY:

The Minority Business Enterprises Advisory Council (MBEAC) will hold a meeting to discuss the work of its four subcommittees as well as to have a topical discussion on issues pertinent to the MBEAC's mission.

# DATES:

The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. eastern time (ET).

# ADDRESSES:

This meeting will be held in a hybrid format at the Herbert Clark Hoover Building of the U.S. Department of Commerce, located at 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230. A virtual meeting link will be provided to attendees who wish to attend virtually and who register in advance by the registration deadline.

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Joann J. Hill, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), Minority Business Development Agency, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-4826; email:                         *Jhill@mbda.gov.*

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

*Additional Detail:*                     The Minority Business Enterprises Advisory Council (MBEAC) will hold a meeting to provide a briefing on policy recommendations from the four MBEAC Sub-Committees including Access to Contracts, Access to Capital, Access to Global Markets, and Data Repository. Additionally, the MBEAC will provide feedback on ideas and recommendations that relate to barriers to entrepreneurship, ways to overcome those barriers, and opportunities to expand access to resources to grow and scale MBEs.                

*Background:*                     The MBEAC is a non-discretionary advisory committee established pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 9571-73 and in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. chapter 10. The MBEAC's objective is to provide the Under Secretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development with consensus advice on a range of policy issues that affect socially or economically disadvantaged businesses, with duties including, but not limited to: identifying barriers to entrepreneurship and business growth; providing insight to relevant data, research, and policy alternatives; and serving as a source of knowledge and information on developments in areas of the economic and social life of the United States that affect socially or economically disadvantaged businesses.                

*Agenda:*                     The agenda for Tuesday, January 14, 2025, MBEAC meeting is as follows:                

1. Welcome and introduction of council members.

2. Discussion of MBEAC priorities.

3. Discussion and Vote by MBEAC of the Subcommittee Recommendations.

4. Public comment period.

                    The meeting is open to the public. Public seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Members of the public wishing to attend the meeting in-person must notify Nikia Young at                     *nyoung@mbda.gov*                     by 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, January 9, 2025, to preregister for clearance into the building. Members of the public who wish to attend virtually must also register by this date. A virtual meeting link will be shared by email to those attendees who have registered. Requests for reasonable accommodation should be made to Nikia Young at                     *nyoung@mbda.gov*                     at least five (5) business days in advance of the meeting. Last-minute requests will be accepted but may not be possible to fulfill. A designated amount of time, from 12 p.m.-12:30 p.m., will be available for pertinent brief oral comments from members of the public who are attending the meeting either in-person or virtually. Any member of the public may submit pertinent written comments concerning the MBEAC's activities at                     *http://www.mbda.gov/​main/​MBEAC-submit-comments.*                     Any written comments received by 5 p.m. ET on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, will be transmitted to the Council prior to the meeting. Comments received after that date will be distributed to the members on a rolling basis.                

                    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Joann J. Hill, at (202) 482-4826, or                     *Jhill@mbda.gov,*                     at least five (5) days before the meeting date. Copies of the MBEAC meeting minutes will be posted to the MBEAC website and are also available to the public upon request.                

Dated: December 17, 2024.

Eric J. Morrissette,

Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development, Performing the delegated duties of the Under Secretary, Minority Business Development Agency, U.S. Department of Commerce.

[FR Doc. 2024-30537 Filed 12-20-24; 8:45 am]

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