[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 69 (Friday, April 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19394-19395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08307]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 9089]


U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy; Notice of Meeting

    The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy will hold a public 
meeting from 10:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at the 
American Foreign Service Association, 2101 E Street NW., Washington, DC 
20037.
    The meeting's topic will be on People and Places for U.S. Public 
Diplomacy: American Spaces and the Human Resource Dimension of U.S. 
Foreign Public Engagement. It will feature representatives from the 
State Department who will discuss the current state of American Spaces 
and Ambassador Laurence Wohlers, who will discuss some early findings 
from the ACPD forthcoming report, Getting the People Part Right, Part 
II: A Report on the Human Resources Dimension of U.S. Public Diplomacy.
    This meeting is open to the public, Members and staff of Congress, 
the State Department and other governmental officials, the media, and 
non-

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governmental organizations. To attend and make any requests for 
reasonable accommodation, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#83f3e7e0eceeeeeaf0f0eaecedc3f0f7e2f7e6ade4ecf5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7d0d191e121010140e0e1412133d0e091c0918531a120b">[email protected]</span></a> by 5 p.m. on 
Friday, May 1, 2015. Please arrive for the meeting by 9:45 a.m. to 
allow for a prompt meeting start.
    The United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy appraises 
U.S. Government activities intended to understand, inform, and 
influence foreign publics. The Advisory 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 Advisory Commission may undertake foreign 
travel in pursuit of its studies and coordinate, sponsor, or oversee 
projects, studies, events, or other activities that it deems desirable 
and necessary in fulfilling its functions.
    The Commission consists of seven members appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The 
members of the Commission shall represent the public interest and shall 
be selected from a cross section of educational, communications, 
cultural, scientific, technical, public service, labor, business, and 
professional backgrounds. Not more than four members shall be from any 
one political party. The President designates a member to chair the 
Commission.
    The current members of the Commission are: Mr. William Hybl of 
Colorado, Chairman; Ambassador Lyndon Olson of Texas, Vice Chairman; 
Mr. Sim Farar of California, Vice Chairman; Ambassador Penne Korth-
Peacock of Texas; Ms. Lezlee Westine of Virginia; and Anne Terman 
Wedner of Illinois. One seat on the Commission is currently vacant.
    To request further information about the meeting or the U.S. 
Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, you may contact its Executive 
Director, Katherine Brown, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9edcecf1e9f0d5dfaadeedeaffeafbb0f9f1e8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ac8f8e5fde4c1cbbecaf9feebfeefa4ede5fc">[email protected]</span></a>.

    Dated: April 6, 2015.
Katherine Brown,
Executive Director, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2015-08307 Filed 4-9-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4710-11-P


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