Document ID: USCG-2014-0975-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Preparation for the Twenty-third Session of the Assembly of the International Mobile Satellite Organization (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2014-11-04T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 213 (Tuesday, November 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 65419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26187]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2014-0975]

Notice of a Public Meeting To Prepare for the Twenty-third 
Session of the Assembly of the International Mobile Satellite 
Organization

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard will hold a public meeting on subject 
matters that will be addressed at the Twenty-third Session of the 
Assembly of the International Mobile Satellite Organization.

DATES: A public meeting will be held on Thursday, November 13, 2014, 
from 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the headquarters of the Radio 
Technical Commission for Maritime Services in Suite 605, 1611 New Kent 
Street, Arlington, Virginia 22209.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry S. Solomon at (202)475-3556 or 
by email at larry.s.solomon@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this public meeting is to 
prepare for the Twenty-third Session of the International Mobile 
Satellite Organization (IMSO) Assembly to be held on November 25-28, 
2014 at the headquarters of the International Maritime Organization in 
London, United Kingdom. The primary topics that will be considered at 
the public meeting include:
     Oversight and performance of the Global Maritime Distress 
and Safety System; and, issues relating to the oversight of potential 
new GMDSS providers;
     Oversight, performance, audits, charging formulas and 
proposals for the Long Range Identification and Tracking System;
     Appointment of a new Director General of IMSO and proposed 
revisions to the functions of the Director General;
     Directorate matters and review of restructuring the 
Directorate; and
     Financial matters, including arrangements for the 
development, endorsement and agreement of IMSO budgets and business 
plans.
    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. No advance notification is necessary. The Radio 
Technical Commission for Maritime Services Headquarters building is 
accessible by public transportation, and privately owned conveyance. 
Public parking in the vicinity of the building is readily available.
    Members of the public are encouraged to participate and join in 
discussions, subject to the discretion of the moderator. Persons 
wishing to make formal presentations should provide advance notice to 
Larry S. Solomon at (202) 475-3556 or by email at 
larry.s.solomon@uscg.mil as soon as possible.

    Dated: October 29, 2014.
F. J. Sturm,
U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Director of Commercial Regulations and 
Standards.
[FR Doc. 2014-26187 Filed 11-3-14; 8:45 am]
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