[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 19826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8454]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 7331]


U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private 
International Law (ACPIL): Notice of Public Meeting of Its Online 
Dispute Resolution (ODR) Study Group

    The Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International 
Law, Department of State hereby gives notice of a public meeting of the 
ACPIL ODR Study Group. The meeting will take place on Friday, April 29, 
2011 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT at the Department of State, Washington, 
DC. This is not a meeting of the full Advisory Committee.
    The ODR Study Group will meet to discuss the upcoming meeting of 
the UNCITRAL ODR Working Group that will take place May 23-27 in New 
York. The UNCITRAL ODR Working Group is charged with the development of 
legal instruments for resolving both business to business and business 
to consumer cross-border electronic commerce disputes. At the May 
meeting, the UNCITRAL Working Group will consider inter alia ODR 
procedural rules for resolution of cross-border electronic commerce 
disputes. For the report of the first session of the UNCITRAL ODR 
Working Group December 13-17, 2010 in Vienna (A/CN.9/716) please follow 
the following link: http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/V11/801/48/PDF/V1180148.pdf?OpenElement. For the draft text of online 
procedural rules that will be considered at the upcoming ODR Working 
Group session please see the following link: http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/LTD/V11/813/11/PDF/V1181311.pdf?OpenElement.
    Time and Place: The meeting will take place on Friday April 29, 
2011 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT at the Office of the Assistant Legal 
Adviser for Private International Law, Department of State, Washington, 
DC. Participants should appear by 9:45 a.m. at the C Street gate to 
Navy Hill, corner of C Street, NW., and 23rd Street, NW.
    Public Participation: This Study Group meeting is open to the 
public, subject to the capacity of the meeting room. Access to the 
meeting building is controlled; persons wishing to attend should 
contact Tricia Smeltzer or Niesha Toms of the Department of State Legal 
Adviser's Office at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a2f1cfc7ced6d8c7d0f6e9e2d1d6c3d6c78cc5cdd4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0457696168707e6176504f4477706570612a636b72">[email protected]</span></a> or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b1e5dedcc2fffff1c2c5d0c5d49fd6dec7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a7e45475964646a595e4b5e4f044d455c">[email protected]</span></a> and 
provide your name, affiliation, e-mail address, and mailing address. 
Data from the public is requested pursuant to Public Law 99-399 
(Omnibus Act of 1986) as amended; Public Law 107-56 (USA PATROIT ACT): 
and Executive Order 13356. The primary purpose for collecting is to 
validate the identity of individuals who enter Department facilities. 
Please see the Privacy Impact Assessment for VACS-D at http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/100305.pdf for additional 
information. Persons who cannot attend but who wish to comment are 
welcome to do so by e-mail to Michael Dennis at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#094d6c6767607a4443497a7d687d6c276e667f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0347666d6d6a704e494370776277662d646c75">[email protected]</span></a>. A 
member of the public needing reasonable accommodation should advise 
those same contacts not later than April 15th. Requests made after that 
date will be considered, but might not be able to be fulfilled. If you 
are unable to attend the public meeting and you would like to 
participate by teleconferencing, please contact Tricia Smeltzer or 
Niesha Toms at 202-776-8420 to receive the conference call-in number 
and the relevant information.

    Dated: March 31, 2011.
Michael J. Dennis,
Attorney-Adviser, Office of Private International Law, Office of the 
Legal Adviser, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2011-8454 Filed 4-7-11; 8:45 am]
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