[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 199 (Thursday, October 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 55361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27730]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration


Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of 
Partially Closed Meeting

    The Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee (ISTAC) will 
meet on October 27 and 28, 1998, 9:00 a.m., Room 1617M-2, in the 
Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street between Constitution and 
Pennsylvania Avenues, NW, Washington, DC. This Committee advises the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on 
technical questions that affect the level of export controls applicable 
to information systems equipment and technology.

October 27

General Session 9:00 am-11:00 am

    1. Opening remarks by the Chairman.
    2. Discussion on General Accounting Office reports on High 
Performance Computing.
    3. Discussion of Composite Theoretical Performance recommendations 
for electronic subassemblies (chips) and High Performance Computing.
    4. Comments or presentations by the public.

October 27 and 28:

Closed Session

    5. Discussion of matters properly classified under Executive Order 
12958, dealing with U.S. export control programs and strategic criteria 
related thereto.
    The General Session of the meeting is open to the public and a 
limited number of seats will be available. Reservations are not 
required. To the extent time permits, members of the public may present 
oral statements to the Committee. The public may submit written 
statments at any time before or after the meeting. However, to 
facilitate distribution of public presentation materials to Committee 
members, the Committee sugguests that public presentation materials or 
comments be forwarded before the meeting to the address listed below: 
Ms. Lee Ann Carpenter, Advisory Committees MS: 3886C, U.S. Department 
of Commerce, 15th St. & Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washinton, DC 20230.
    The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of 
the delegate of the General Counsel, formaly determined on October 3, 
1997, pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 
as amended, that the series of meetings or portions of meetings of 
these Committees and of any Subcommittees thereof, dealing with the 
classified materials listed in 5 U.S.C. 552(c)(1) shall be exempt from 
the provisions relating to public meetings found in section 10(a)(1) 
and (a)(3), of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The remaining series 
of meetings or portions thereof will be open to the public.
    A copy of the Notice of Determination to close meetings or portions 
of meetings of these Committees is available for public inspection and 
copying in the Central Reference and Records Inspection Facility, Room 
6020, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC. For further 
information or copies of the minutes call Lee Ann Carpenter, 202-482-
2583.

    Dated: October 8, 1998.
Lee Ann Carpenter,
Committee Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-27730 Filed 10-14-98; 8:45 am]
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