[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 44 (Monday, March 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 11761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5366]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration


Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee; Notice 
of Partially Closed Meeting

    The Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee (RPTAC) 
will meet March 21, 2000, 9 a.m., Room 3884, in the Herbert C. Hoover 
Building, 14th Street between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues, 
NW, Washington, DC. The Committee advises the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Export Administration on implementation of the Export 
Administration Regulations (EAR) and provides for continuing review to 
update the EAR as needed.

Agenda

Public Session

    1. Opening remarks by the Chairperson.
    2. Presentation of papers or comments by the public.
    3. Update on pending regulatory revisions.
    4. Update on BXA policies under review.
    5. Discussion of electronic submission of license applications and 
supporting documentation.
    6. Discussion of BXA compliance initiatives.
    7. Discussion of encryption regulations.

Closed Session

    8. Discussion of matters properly classified under Executive Order 
12958, dealing with the U.S. export control program and strategic 
criteria related thereto.
    A limited number of seats will be available for the public session. 
Reservations are neither required nor accepted. To the extent that time 
permits, members of the public may present oral statements to the 
Committee. The public may submit written statements at any time before 
or after the meeting. However, to facilitate the distribution of public 
presentation materials to the Committee members, the Committee suggests 
that presenters forward the public presentation materials prior to the 
meeting to the following address: Ms. Lee Ann Carpenter, BXA--MS: 3876, 
14th St. & Constitution Ave., NW, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Washington, DC 20230.
    The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of 
the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on January 12, 
1999, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 
as amended, that the series of meetings or portions of meetings of the 
Committee and of any Subcommittees thereof, dealing with the classified 
materials listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) shall be exempt from the 
provisions relating to public meetings found in section 10 (a)(1) and 
10(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 the Committee 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 more 
information, call Lee Ann Carpenter at (202) 482-2583.

    Dated: February 29, 2000.
Lee Ann Carpenter,
Committee Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-5366 Filed 3-3-00; 8:45 am]
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