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[Federal Register: January 6, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 3)]
[Notices]               
[Page 881-882]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6846]

 
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 28, 2010 from 9 a.m to 12 p.m. in Room 1107 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

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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, 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 future generation 
communications technology issues, international market access, Internet 
governance, ICT development issues, international spectrum requirements 
and harmonization, cyber-security, and data protection and privacy. 
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 Tuesday, January 26, 2010. (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 21st might not be possible to 
fulfill.
    Send the above information to Joseph Burton by fax (202) 647-7407 
or e-mail BurtonKJ@state.gov.
    Information about members of the public is sought pursuant to 22 
U.S.C. 2658; Executive Order 10450; Executive Order 12356: and Section 
506(a) of the Federal Records Act of 1950, as amended (44 U.S.C. 3101). 
The primary purpose for collecting the information is to assure 
protection of U.S. Department of State facilities and to allow all 
Department of State (DOS) staff to pre-register single visitors or 
groups and verify the requester has escort authority. The information 
furnished is used by the Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic 
Security to enhance the Department's security by tracking visitor 
traffic and to prevent security vulnerability. The information may be 
shared with Bureau of Diplomatic Security staff as a routine use, and 
on an as-needed basis with outside law-enforcement organizations as 
part of the Department's effort to combat terrorism and to cooperate 
with law enforcement investigations. In addition, the information 
provided is used to better track, manage, and control access to 
buildings and restricted areas under the jurisdiction of the Department 
of State; to determine the status of individuals entering Department of 
State premises; and to provide data requisite to investigations and 
security reports. Data may be shared with other Local, State, and 
Federal law enforcement agencies. Failure to provide the information 
requested may result in denial of access to U.S. Department of State 
facilities.
    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.
    For further information, please contact Joseph Burton, Executive 
Secretary of the Committee, at (202) 647-5231 or BurtonKJ@state.gov. 
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 30, 2009.
Joseph Burton,
ACICIP Executive Secretary, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E9-31377 Filed 1-5-10; 8:45 am]

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