[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 7765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3811]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security


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

    The Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee (RPTAC) 
will meet March 4, 2003, 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 Chairman.
    2. Presentation of papers or comments by the public.
    3. Update on pending regulations.
    4. Update on Wassenaar Arrangement proposals.
    5. Discussion on status of encryption regulation recommendations.
    6. Discussion of deemed export license conditions and process 
review.
    7. Discussion on status of Automated Export System regulations and 
related Customs Service proposals.
    8. Working group status reports and discussion of future plans.

Closed Session

    9. Discussion of matters properly classified under Executive Order 
12958, dealing with the U.S. export control program and strategic 
criteria related thereto, and of matters the disclosure of which would 
be likely to frustrate the implementation of agency action as described 
in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B).
    A limited number of seats will be available for the public session. 
Reservations are not 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, OSIES/EA/BIS 
MS: 3876, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th St. & Constitution Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC 20230.
    The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of 
the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on February 
11, 2003, pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended, that the portion of the meeting dealing with the 
classified materials listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and the portion of 
the meeting dealing with matters the disclosure of which would be 
likely to frustrate the implementation of agency action as described in 
5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) 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.
    For more information, call Lee Ann Carpenter at (202) 482-2583.

    Dated: February 12, 2003.
Lee Ann Carpenter,
Committee Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-3811 Filed 2-14-03; 8:45 am]
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