HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Border & International Affairs TIME & DATE: 10:00AM, Tuesday, August 22, 2006 PLACE: E2.026 CHAIR: Rep. Norma Chavez ___________________________________________________________________________ The House Committee on Border and International Affairs will meet to hear invited and public testimony on Interim Charges 1 and 3: 1. Review the domestic and international use of economic development and tourism resources to increase commerce in the border region, including the two border Regional Centers of Innovation and Commercialization that will be funded through the Emerging Technology Fund. 3. Examine the most efficient ways to coordinate the many border-related governmental entities and border-specific programs of state agencies, specifically the operations of the Borderlands Information Center and Border Activity Tracker and the possibility of combining and transforming them into a comprehensive border information clearinghouse. ___________________________________________________________________________