[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23352-23353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10074]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 7400]
U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy; Notice of Meeting
The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy will hold a public
meeting from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on May 12, 2011, in Conference Room 1107
of the State Department's Harry S Truman building at 2201 C Street, NW.
The Commission will hear an update on the ``strategic framework''
on public diplomacy released in March 2010 and discuss whether U.S.
Public diplomacy is striking the right balance when engaging youth,
elite, online or offline audiences. The Commission welcomes commentary
from the public on these and other topics relevant to its mission.
This meeting is open to the public, the State Department, Defense
Department, Congress, and other organizations. Seating is limited. To
attend or request further information, contact the Commission at (202)
203-7463 or [email protected] by 5 p.m. on May 9, 2011. Please
arrive for the meeting by 8:45 a.m.
As access to the Department of State is controlled, members of the
public wishing to attend the meeting must notify the Commission, no
later than 5 p.m., May 9, 2011, providing the information below. If
notified after this date, the Department's Bureau of Diplomatic
Security may not be able to complete the necessary processing required
to attend the meeting. Any person requesting reasonable accommodation
should notify the Commission by the same date.
Each member of the public wishing to attend the meeting should
provide: his/her name, company or organizational affiliation; phone
number; date of birth; and identifying data such as driver's license
number, U.S. Government ID, or U.S. Military ID, to the Commission. A
RSVP list will be provided to Diplomatic Security. One of the following
forms of valid photo identification will be required for admission to
the Department of State building: U.S. driver's license, passport, U.S.
Government ID or other valid photo ID. Personal data is requested
pursuant
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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.
The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy is charged with
appraising U.S. Government activities intended to understand, inform,
and influence foreign publics and submitting reports on the same to the
President, the Secretary of State, and the Congress. The Commission may
conduct studies, inquiries, and meetings, as it deems necessary. It may
assemble and disseminate information and issue reports and other
publications, subject to the approval of the Chairperson, in
consultation with the Executive Director.
The members of the Commission are: William Hybl of Colorado,
Chairman; Ambassador Lyndon Olson of Texas, Vice Chairman; Jay Snyder
of New York; Ambassador Penne Korth-Peacock of Texas; John Osborn of
Pennsylvania; and Lezlee Westine of Virginia. The seventh seat on the
Commission is currently vacant.
The following individuals are nominated to the Commission but await
Senate confirmation as of this writing: Ambassador Ryan Crocker of
Texas, Sim Farar of California, and Anne Wedner of Illinois.
The Commission is a bipartisan panel established under Section 604
of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948,
commonly known as the Smith-Mundt Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1469) and
Section 8 of Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1977. The U.S. Advisory
Commission on Public Diplomacy is authorized by Public Law 101-246
(2009), 22 U.S.C. 6553, and has been further authorized through
September 20, 2011.
Dated: April 18, 2011.
Matthew C. Armstrong,
Executive Director, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2011-10074 Filed 4-25-11; 8:45 am]
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