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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 182 (Thursday, September 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57671-57672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22815]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8475]

Advisory Committee on International Postal and Delivery Services; 
Membership Renewals

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice; Membership renewals.

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SUMMARY: The 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (Pub. L. 
109-435) directed the State Department to create and manage a Federal 
Advisory Committee to provide advice to State with respect to the 
formulation, coordination, and oversight of foreign policy related to 
international postal and private-sector delivery services. The Advisory 
Committee on International Postal and Delivery Services was created in 
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463).
    The Advisory Committee's Charter provides that Committee members 
should be appointed by the Assistant Secretary of the Department of 
State's Bureau of International Organization Affairs. It also provides 
that the term of membership should be two years, except that the 
Assistant Secretary may, at his or her discretion, remove or replace 
members at any time, and that members may be reappointed by the 
Assistant Secretary.
    As the two-year terms for the current members of the Advisory 
Committee will expire in December 2013, the Designated Federal Officer 
of the Advisory Committee on International Postal and Delivery Services 
has opened the application process for those interested in becoming 
members of the Advisory Committee, or in being re-appointed as members.
    Requirements: Members of the Advisory Committee on International 
Postal and Delivery Services attend meetings approximately two to three 
times per year, located in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. 
Members of the Committee are users, consultants, providers or experts 
on international postal and delivery services. Members are not 
compensated for their service. Members cannot currently be registered 
federal lobbyists.
    Applications: Membership Applications for the Advisory Committee on 
International Postal and

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Delivery Services can be obtained online at the Advisory Committee's 
Web site at www.state.gov/p/io/ipp/c25478.htm. If you have any 
questions regarding the Advisory Committee or the application process, 
please contact Helen Grove, GroveHA@state.gov.
    Deadline: All applications for membership should be submitted to 
Mr. Robert Downes, the Designated Federal Officer, by Monday, September 
30, close of business. Applications can be sent to Mr. Downes at 
DownesRR@state.gov, with a copy to Ms. Grove, GroveHA@state.gov.
    For further information, please contact Ms. Helen Grove of the 
Office of Global Systems (IO/GS), Bureau of International Organization 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State, at (202) 647-1044 or by email at 
GroveHA@state.gov.

    Dated: September 10, 2013.
Robert Downes,
Designated Federal Officer, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2013-22815 Filed 9-18-13; 8:45 am]
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