Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 231 / Tuesday, December 2, 1997 / Notices 63739

business on August 20, 1998 at the

address listed below: U.S. Small

Business Administration, Disaster Area

4 Office, P.O. Box 13795, Sacramento,

CA 95853–4795 or other locally

announced locations.

The interest rates are:

Percent

For Physical Damage:

Homeowners with credit available elsewhere ...................... 8.000

Homeowners without credit

available elsewhere ............... 4.000

Businesses with credit available

elsewhere .............................. 8.000

Businesses and non-profit organizations without credit available elsewhere ...................... 4.000

Others (including non-profit organizations) with credit available elsewhere ...................... 7.250

For Economic Injury:

Businesses and small agricultural cooperatives without

credit available elsewhere ..... 4.000

The number assigned to this disaster

for physical damage is 299005 and for

economic injury the number is 967000.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008)

Dated: November 20, 1997.

Aida Alvarez,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–31496 Filed 12–1–97; 8:45 am]

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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Region III Advisory Council; Public

Meeting

The U.S. Small Business

Administration, Region III Advisory

Council, located in the geographical

area of Clarksburg, West Virginia, will

hold a public meeting at 10:30 am–3:30

pm, on Thursday, December 4, 1997, at

U.S. Small Business Administration,

Charleston Branch Office, 4th Floor

Conference Room, 405 Capitol Street,

Charleston, WV, 25301 to discuss such

matters as may be presented by

members, staff of the U.S. Small

Business Administration, or others

present.

For further information, write or call

Ms. Jayne Armstrong, State Director,

U.S. Small Business Administration,

168 West Main Street, Clarksburg, WV,

26301, (304) 623–5631.

Gene Carlson,

Associate Administrator, Office of

Communications & Public Liaison.

[FR Doc. 97–31497 Filed 12–1–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 2655]

Bureau of Political-Military Affairs;

Determination Under the Arms Export

Control Act

Pursuant to Section 654(c) of the

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as

amended, notice is hereby given that the

Acting Secretary of State has made a

determination pursuant to Section 81 of

the Arms Export Control Act and has

concluded that publication of the

determination would be harmful to the

national security of the United States.

Dated: November 19, 1997.

Thomas E. McNamara,

Assistant Secretary of State for PoliticalMilitary Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–31465 Filed 12–1–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2659]

Secretary of State’s Advisory

Committee on Private International

Law (ACPIL); Study Group on

Electronic Commerce Meeting Notice

The Department of Commerce and the

Department of State’s Advisory

Committee Study Group on Electronic

Commerce will cosponsor a meeting

Monday, December 15 in Washington,

DC, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the

Department of Commerce. The purpose

of the meeting is to review international

and national developments concerning

computer-based signature and message

integrity systems, and consider possible

approaches to international rules and

related domestic concerns. In particular,

consideration will be given to meetings

on these and related topics at the United

Nations Commission on International

Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the OECD and

other international bodies.

The Advisory Committee will also

consider, where relevant, recent

developments at the National

Conference of Commissioners on

Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL),

legislative initiatives by states within

the U.S., and programs of various

federal agencies.

Issues that may be reviewed by the

Advisory Committee include, but are

not limited to, prior U.S. views

encouraging international bodies to

examine all forms of electronic

signatures, and to encompass both

regulated/licensed systems as well as

unregulated private sector systems;

whether rules for signature systems

should distinguish between commercial

and consumer transactions; possible

rules on risk allocation, attribution and

reliance; whether third party assurance

providers, such as certifying authorities,

should have to meet minimum levels of

assurance; what role information

security standards should play in this

process; whether rules are needed on

incorporation by reference; what types

of rules for cross-certification between

different countries are feasible; whether

agreement should be sought on

underlying rules for accreditation, and if

so, in what international bodies, and

other related issues. Jurisdictional

issues will also be discussed as

appropriate.

Participants may wish to review the

recently completed UNCITRAL Model

Law on Electronic Commerce, available

with a Guide to Enactment from U,N.

document outlets as Doc. V.97–22269,

May 1997, or from the Office of the

Legal Adviser at the address below,

which covers the legal effect and

validity of computer messages in

commercial transactions; functional

equivalents of signatures, writing, etc.;

attribution of messages; time and place

where communications are deemed to

have taken place, and other matters.

The meeting is open to the public up

to the capacity of the meeting room, and

members of the public may participate

subject to rulings of the Chair. The

meeting will be held at the Department

of Commerce in Conference Room 5855;

entry to the Commerce Department

should be through the main entrance on

14th Street between Constitution and

Pennsylvania Avenues. Participants

should register in advance since space

may be limited. Please advise either the

Office of Legal Adviser (L/PIL) at the

State Department by calling Rosie

Gonzales at (202) 776–8420 or by fax

776–8482, or e-mail at: pildb@his.com.,

or Brian Hengesbaugh at the Commerce

Department, Office of Chief Counsel for

International Commerce, (202) 482–

4602 or fax (202) 482–4076, of your

name and government agency

identification, or affiliation and address,

as well as telephone and fax number,

and e-mail if available.

Members of the public who cannot

attend are welcome to request available

documentation and to comment in

writing on this topic, including any

recommendations for possible U.S.

positions to be put forward at

international meetings on electronic

signatures. For documentation or

additional information contact Harold

Burman at the State Department Office

indicated above. The mailing address is:

Office of the Legal Adviser, Suite 355