[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 73 (Tuesday, April 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 18666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9227]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3959]


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

    The Department of State announces the meeting of the U.S. Advisory 
Commission on Public Diplomacy on Thursday, April 25, 2002, in Room 
600, 301 4th St., SW., Washington, DC from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
    The Commission, reauthorized pursuant to Public Law 106-113 (H.R. 
3194, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000), will provide a general 
update on the effectiveness of public diplomacy initiatives as well as 
discuss potential areas of examination for the remainder of the 
Commissioners' terms of office.
    Members of the general public may attend the meeting, though 
attendance of public members will be limited to the seating available. 
Access to the building is controlled, and individual building passes 
are required for all attendees.
    The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy is a bipartisan, 
Presidentially-appointed panel created by Congress in 1948 to provide 
oversight of U.S. Government activities intended to understand, inform 
and influence foreign publics. The Commission reports its findings and 
recommendations to the President, the Congress and the Secretary of 
State and the American people. Current commission members include 
Harold Pachios of Maine, who is the chairman; Charles Dolan of 
Virginia, who is the vice chairman; Penne Percy Korth of Washington, 
DC, Lewis Manilow of Illinois and Maria Elena Torano of Florida.
    For more information, please contact Matt Lauer at (202) 619-4463.

    Dated: April 10, 2002.
Matthew Lauer,
Executive Director, U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 02-9227 Filed 4-15-02; 8:45 am]
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