[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 71 (Monday, April 14, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 17984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9052]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4302]


Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy Notice of Meeting

    The Department of State announces a meeting of the U.S. Advisory 
Commission on Public Diplomacy on Tuesday, April 29, 2003, in Room 600, 
301 4th St., SW., Washington, DC from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
    The Commission, reauthorized pursuant to Pub. L. 106-113 (H.R. 
3194, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000), will have a retrospective 
discussion about the viewpoints Commissioners developed on public 
diplomacy during their terms in 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; Lewis Manilow of Illinois; Penne 
Korth Peacock of Washington, DC and Maria Elena Torano of Florida.
    For more information or to attend the meeting, please contact Matt 
Lauer at (202) 619-4457.

    Dated: April 9, 2003.
Matthew Lauer,
Executive Director, U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 03-9052 Filed 4-11-03; 8:45 am]
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