[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 32 (Thursday, February 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 8160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3984]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice # 2972]


Overseas Presence Advisory Panel; Notice of Establishment

    The Department of State's Overseas Presence Advisory Panel is 
established for FY 1999. The Panel is determined by the Secretary of 
State to be in the public interest in connection with the performance 
of duties imposed on the Department by law. The Panel shall terminate 
on September 30, 1999, unless it is renewed or extended by appropriate 
action prior to that date.
    The Advisory Panel will advise the Secretary of State with respect 
to the Department of State's responsibilities for ensuring appropriate 
U.S. Government representation in foreign countries commensurate with 
the effective conduct of foreign relations. The Panel is charged with 
preparing a report recommending the criteria by which the Department, 
working with Chiefs of Mission, might determine the location, size, and 
composition of overseas posts in the coming decade. The Panel is tasked 
with considering the level and type of representation required overseas 
in order effectively to conduct America's business in the face of new 
foreign policy priorities, a heightened security situation, and 
extremely limited resources. The Panel shall be comprised of prominent 
persons from government and private life who shall have expertise in 
governmental or non-governmental dealings with foreign countries, their 
people, and their institutions.

    Dated: February 12, 1999.
Ambassador William H. Itoh,
Executive Secretary, Overseas Presence Advisory Panel.
[FR Doc. 99-3984 Filed 2-17-99; 8:45 am]
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