[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80105-80106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31996]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 6826]


Meeting of Advisory Committee on International Communications and 
Information Policy

    The Department of State's Advisory Committee on International 
Communications and Information Policy (ACICIP) will hold a public 
meeting on January 13, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Loy Henderson 
Auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Building of the U.S. Department of 
State. The Truman Building is located at 2201 C Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20520.
    The committee provides a formal channel for regular consultation 
and coordination on major economic, social and legal issues and 
problems in international communications and information policy, 
especially as these issues and problems involve users of information 
and communications services, providers of such services, technology 
research and development, foreign industrial and regulatory policy,

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the activities of international organizations with regard to 
communications and information, and developing country issues.
    The meeting will be led by ACICIP Chair Mr. Thomas Wheeler of Core 
Capital Partners and Ambassador Philip L. Verveer, U.S. Coordinator for 
International Communications and Information Policy. The meeting's 
agenda will include discussions pertaining to various upcoming 
international telecommunications meetings and conferences, as well as 
bilateral and multilateral meetings that have taken place recently. In 
addition, the Committee will discuss key issues of importance to U.S. 
communications policy interests including privacy, cyber-security, 
cyber-crime, and recent events efforts focused on the information and 
communications technology (ICT) aspects of private sector international 
disaster response.
    Members of the public may submit suggestions and comments to the 
ACICIP. Submissions regarding an event, consultation, meeting, etc. 
listed in the agenda above should be received by the ACICIP Executive 
Secretary (contact information below) at least ten working days prior 
to the date of that listed event. All comments must be submitted in 
written form and should not exceed one page for each country (for 
comments on consultations) or for each subject area (for other 
comments). Resource limitations preclude acknowledging or replying to 
submissions.
    While the meeting is open to the public, admittance to the 
Department of State building is only by means of a pre-clearance. For 
placement on the pre-clearance list, please submit the following 
information no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, January 10, 2011. (Please 
note that this information is not retained by the ACICIP Executive 
Secretary and must therefore be re-submitted for each ACICIP meeting):

I. State That You Are Requesting Pre-Clearance to a Meeting
II. Provide the Following Information
    1. Name of meeting and its date and time
    2. Visitor's full name
    3. Date of birth
    4. Citizenship
    5. Acceptable forms of identification for entry into the U.S. 
Department of State include:
     U.S. driver's license with photo
     Passport
     U.S. government agency ID
    8. ID number on the form of ID that the visitor will show upon 
entry
    9. Whether the visitor has a need for reasonable accommodation. 
Such requests received after January 3rd might not be possible to 
fulfill.

    Send the above information to Joseph Burton by fax (202) 647-7407 
or e-mail [email protected].
    All visitors for this meeting must use the 23rd Street entrance. 
The valid ID bearing the number provided with your pre-clearance 
request will be required for admittance. Non-U.S. government attendees 
must be escorted by Department of State personnel at all times when in 
the building.
    Personal data is requested pursuant to Public Law 99-399 (Omnibus 
Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986), as amended; Public 
Law 107-56 (USA PATRIOT Act); and Executive Order 13356. The purpose of 
the collection is to validate the identity of individuals who enter 
Department facilities. The data will be entered into the Visitor Access 
Control System (VACS-D) database. Please see the Privacy Impact 
Assessment for VACS-D at http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/100305.pdf for additional information.
    For further information, please contact Joseph Burton, Executive 
Secretary of the Committee, at (202) 647-5231 or [email protected].
    General information about ACICIP and the mission of International 
Communications and Information Policy is available at: http://www.state.gov/e/eeb/adcom/c667.htm

    Dated: December 14, 2010.
Joseph Burton,
ACICIP Executive Secretary, Department of State.
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