4411577 Public Oversight Roundtable Notice on (Revised) "Review of Activities and Events Commemorating the 151st Anniversary Observance of Emancipation Day Held on April 16, 2013"

Council of the District of Columbia

Committee on Small and Local Business Development

Notice of Public Oversight Roundtable

 

John A. Wilson Building   1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite G-6    Washington, DC 20004                                           

REVISED

 

Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr., Chairperson

Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs

Announces a Public Oversight Roundtable

 

Review of Activities and Events Commemorating the 151^st Anniversary Observance of Emancipation Day

April 16, 2013

 

TUESDAY, July 9, 2013, 10 A.M.

JOHN A. WILSON BUILDING, ROOM 412

1350 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W.

Washington, DC 20004

 

 

Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr. announces the scheduling of a public oversight roundtable by the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs to review the District of Columbia’s activities and events for commemorating the 151^st Anniversary Observance of Emancipation Day held on April 16, 2013.  This notice has been revised to announce a change in the public roundtable date from July 10 to July 9 to accommodate the scheduling of a Council Legislative Meeting.

 

The public oversight roundtable is scheduled for Tuesday, July 9, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.  The purpose of the public oversight roundtable is to review the activities and events that were planned and organized to showcase the 151^st anniversary observance of the signing of the D.C. Compensated Emancipation Act on April 16, 1862.

 

Individuals and representatives of organizations who wish to testify at the public oversight roundtable are asked to contact Ms. Faye Caldwell, Administrative Assistant to the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs, at [phone], or via e-mail at [e-mail] and furnish their names, addresses, telephone numbers, and organizational affiliation, if any, by the close of business Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Each witness is requested to bring 20 copies of his/her written testimony. Representatives of organizations and government agencies will be limited to 5 minutes in order to permit each witness an opportunity to be heard. Individual witnesses will be limited to 3 minutes.

 

If you are unable to testify at the hearing, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record.  The official record will remain open until close of business Monday, July 22, 2013.  Copies of written statements should be submitted to the Committee on Small and Local Business Development, Council of the District of Columbia, Suite G-6 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004.