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conference call. You can submit written 

comments to the Panel by faxing to 

(414) 231–2363, or by mail to Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel, Stop 1006MIL, P.O. 

Box 3205, Milwaukee, WI 53201–3205, 

or you can contact us at http:// 

www.improveirs.org. Public comments 

will also be welcome during the 

meeting. Please contact Barbara Toy at 

1–888–912–1227 or (414) 231–2360 for 

additional information. 

The agenda will include the 

following: Various VITA Issues. 

Dated: March 7, 2007. 

John Fay, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

[FR Doc. E7–4598 Filed 3–13–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Joint Committee 

of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Joint 

Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy 

Panel will be conducted. The Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel is soliciting public 

comment, ideas, and suggestions on 

improving customer service at the 

Internal Revenue Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Wednesday, April 4, 2007, at 1 p.m., 

Eastern Time. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Toy at 1–888–912–1227, or 

(414) 231–2360. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 

that an open meeting of the Joint 

Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy 

Panel (TAP) will be held Wednesday, 

April 4, 2007, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time via 

a telephone conference call. You can 

submit written comments to the panel 

by faxing to (414) 231–2363, or by mail 

to Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, Stop 

1006MIL, P.O. Box 3205, Milwaukee, 

WI, 53201–3205, or you can contact us 

at http://www.improveirs.org. Please 

contact Barbara Toy at 1–888–912–1227 

or (414) 231–2360 for additional 

information. 

The agenda will include the 

following: discussion of issues and 

responses brought to the Joint 

Committee; office report; and discussion 

of next meeting. 

Dated: March 7, 2007. 

John Fay, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

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U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND 

SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION 

Notice of Open Public Hearing 

AGENCY: U.S.-China Economic and 

Security Review Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of open public hearing—

March 29–30, 2007, Washington, DC. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following hearing of the U.S.-China 

Economic and Security Review 

Commission. 

Name: Carolyn Bartholomew, 

Chairman of the U.S.-China Economic 

and Security Review Commission. 

The Commission’s statutory mandate 

from Congress, contained in Pub. L. 

109–108, directs it to assess, among 

other key dynamics of the U.S.-China 

relationship, ‘‘the state of the security 

challenges presented by the People’s 

Republic of China to the United States 

and whether the security challenges are 

increasing or decreasing from previous 

years.’’ This hearing is part of the 

Commission’s efforts to obtain the 

information it needs to fulfill this 

portion of its congressional mandate. 

Pursuant to this mandate, the 

Commission will hold a public hearing 

in Washington, DC on March 29–30, 

2007 to address ‘‘China’s Military 

Modernization and its Impact on the 

United States and the Asia-Pacific.’’

Background 

This event is the second in a series of 

public hearings the Commission will 

hold during its 2007 report cycle to 

collect input from leading experts in 

government, the academe and industry, 

to examine China’s capacity to wage war 

in the irregular, traditional, and 

disruptive domains as set fourth in the 

threat framework described in the 2006 

Quadrennial Defense Review. Subtopics 

to be explored include: Chinese 

perception management campaigns 

directed at the populations of other 

countries, doctrines and tactics of the 

People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aimed 

at undermining the technological edge 

of U.S. forces (including newlydemonstrated anti-satellite capabilities), 

and the ways in which PLA 

modernization has affected the military 

balance across the Taiwan Strait. 

On March 29, the hearing will be 

divided into four sessions. In each 

session, commissioners will hear 

testimony from witnesses followed by a 

question and answer period between the 

Commissioners and the witnesses. 

Members of Congress will comprise the 

first panel and share their perspectives 

on the general issue of Chinese military 

modernization. The second panel will 

examine Beijing’s doctrine on the 

conduct of irregular forms of warfare, 

including such acts as interrupting 

supply chains or manufacturing 

processes through economic means, 

managing perceptions about China in 

potentially hostile nations, and the use 

of cyber terrorism. The third session 

will explore topics related to PLA 

modernization in the domain of 

traditional warfare, especially as it 

relates to force integration and force 

projection. The fourth session will 

survey the military balance across the 

Taiwan Strait, including the 

implications of the significant 

intertwining of economic activity 

between actors in the PRC and Taiwan. 

On March 30, there will be two 

hearing sessions that examine China’s 

disruptive warfare capabilities. The first 

session will focus on the tactics and 

doctrines aimed at undermining the 

current qualitative advantage of U.S. 

forces through asymmetric means, such 

as cruise missiles and submarine forces, 

in order to deter U.S. intervention in 

Pacific theater conflicts. The second 

session that morning (and the final 

session of the hearing) will examine the 

role that space and counter-space 

technology will play in disrupting U.S. 

operability in the region. Specifically, 

panelists will analyze what the January 

2007 anti-satellite test means for the 

security of U.S. forces, the implications 

for free access and transit of outer space, 

and the effects of the resulting space 

debris. 

The hearing will be cochaired by 

Commissioners William Reinsch and 

Larry Wortzel. 

Information on this hearing, including 

a detailed hearing agenda and 

information about panelists, will be 

made available on the Commission’s 

Web site closer to the hearing date. 

Detailed information about the 

Commission, the texts of its annual 

reports and hearing records, and the 

products of research it has 

commissioned can be found on the 

Commission’s Web site at 

www.uscc.gov. 

Any interested party may file a 

written statement by March 29, 2007, by 

mailing to the contact below. 

Dates And Times: Thursday, March 

29, 2007, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time and Friday, March 30, 

2007, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. 


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