The United States-Greek Initiative for Technology Cooperation with the Balkans; Joint Science and Technology Cooperation Council; Cooperation Between the Technology Administration of the United States Department of Commerce and the Industrial Research and Technology Unit of the Northern Ireland Department of Economic Development Joint Board on Scientific and Technological Cooperation

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Technology Administration

[Docket No. 980529139-9025-02]

The United States-Greek Initiative for Technology Cooperation

with the Balkans; Joint Science and Technology Cooperation Council;

Cooperation Between the Technology Administration of the United States

Department of Commerce and the Industrial Research and Technology Unit

of the Northern Ireland Department of Economic Development Joint Board

on Scientific and Technological Cooperation

AGENCY: Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice: Re-opening of time for requests for nominations for the

Joint Council and the Joint Board.

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SUMMARY: The Technology Administration invites nominations of

individuals to appointment to the Joint Science and Technology

Cooperation Council established under a Memorandum of Understanding on

technology cooperation between the United States Department of Commerce

and the Greek Ministry of National Economy concerning technology

cooperation with the Balkans and the appointment to the Joint Board on

Scientific and Technological Cooperation established under a Memorandum

of Understanding on technology cooperation between the Technology

Administration of the Department of Commerce and the Northern Ireland

Industrial Research and Technology Unit. The Technology Administration

will consider all nominations received in response to this notice of

appointment to the two joint bodies.

DATES: Please submit nominations on or before February 26, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations for the United States-Greece Joint

Council and the United States-Northern Ireland Joint Board to Cathy

Campbell, Director, Office of International Technology Policy and

Programs, Office of Technology Policy, Technology Administration,

Department of Commerce, Room 4821, Washington, DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy Campbell, telephone 202-482-

6351; fax 202-501-6849; e-mail Cathy__C[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 12, 1998, the Department of

Commerce published two notices in the Federal Register requesting

nominations for two joint bodies created under various memorandums of

understanding or other agreements with Greece and Northern Ireland.

This Federal Register notice was published on November 12, 1998 (63 FR

63294). The notices provide additional information on the goals of the

agreements, the scope of the activities contemplated under them, and

relevant information on the joint bodies, including the functions of

the members of the bodies and membership criteria and requirements.

Nominations were requested on or before January 8, 1998. Because the

notices were published shortly before a major U.S. holiday and extended

through other holidays, the time for submission of nominations is being

extended through February 26, 1999 to allow for further public

dissemination and consideration.

Kelly H. Carnes,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy.

[FR Doc. 99-2764 Filed 2-5-99; 8:45 am]

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