[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 68716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28676]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4154]


Defense Trade Advisory Group; Notice of Open Meeting

    The Defense Trade Advisory Group (DTAG) will meet in open session 
from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Tuesday, November 26, 2002, in Room 1912 at 
the U.S. Department of State, Harry S. Truman Building, 2201 C Street 
NW., Washington, DC. Entry and registration will begin at 8:15. The 
membership of this advisory committee consists of private sector 
defense trade specialists, appointed by the Assistant Secretary of 
State for Political-Military Affairs, who advise the Department on 
policies, regulations, and technical issues affecting defense trade. 
The purpose of the meeting will be to review progress of the working 
groups and to discuss current defense trade issues and topics for 
further study.
    A separate afternoon session of DTAG's Regulatory/Technical Working 
Group will be held in the same room from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The session 
will focus on current controls on International Traffic in Arms 
Regulations (ITAR) Categories XI (Military Electronics) and XII (Fire 
Control, Range Finder, Optical and Guidance and Control Equipment) and 
certain possible changes to the controls in these categories. 
Attendance at this session must be registered separately with the 
Office of Defense Trade Controls as described below.
    Although public seating will be limited due to the size of the 
conference room, members of the public may attend these open sessions 
as seating capacity allows, and will be permitted to participate in the 
discussion in accordance with the Chairman's instructions. Members of 
the public may, if they wish, submit a brief statement to the committee 
in writing.
    As access to the Department of State facilities is controlled, 
persons wishing to attend the meeting must notify the DTAG Executive 
Secretariat by COB Thursday, November 21, 2002. If notified after this 
date, the DTAG Secretariat cannot guarantee that State's Bureau of 
Diplomatic Security can complete the necessary processing required to 
attend the November 26 plenary.
    Each non-member observer wishing to attend the morning plenary 
session should provide his/her name, company or organizational 
affiliation, date of birth, and social security number to the DTAG 
Secretariat by fax to (202) 647-9779 (Attention: Mike Slack). Those 
members of the public wishing to attend the afternoon session of the 
Regulatory/Technical Working Group should fax the entry information 
listed above to the Office of Defense Trade Controls at (202) 261-8199 
(Attention: Steve Tomchik). A list will be made up for Diplomatic 
Security and the Reception Desk at the C Street Entrance. Attendees 
must present a driver's license with photo, a passport, a U.S. 
Government ID, or other valid photo ID for entry.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Slack, DTAG Secretariat, U.S. 
Department of State, Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers 
(PM/RSAT), Room 5827 Main State, Washington, DC 20520-2422. Phone (202) 
647-2882. Fax: (202) 647-9779.

    Dated: November 1, 2002.
Timothy J. Dunn,
Executive Secretary, Defense Trade Advisory Group, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 02-28676 Filed 11-8-02; 8:45 am]
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