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[Federal Register: April 26, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 80)]
[Notices]               
[Page 23352-23353]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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 pdcommission@state.gov 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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