[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 29 (Thursday, February 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 6939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3124]


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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 2, 2004, 9:00 a.m., Room 3884, in the Herbert C. Hoover 
Building, 14th Street between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues, 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 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 technology controls
    5. Discussion on deemed exports/re-ports
    6. Discussion on encryption controls
    7. Discussion on ``red flags''
    8. Discussion on country group revisions
    9. Update on the Automated Export System
    10. Status reports from working groups

Closed Session

    11. Discussion of matters that would include the disclosure of 
trade secrets and commercial or financial information deemed privileged 
or confidential as described in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and of matters the 
premature disclosure of which would be likely to frustrate 
implementation of a proposed 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, EA/BIS MS: 
1099D, 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 5, 
2004, pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 
as amended, that the portion of the meeting dealing with trade secrets 
and commercial or financial information deemed privileged or 
confidential as described in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) 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 5 U.S.C. app. 2-10(a)1 and 10(a)(3).
    The remaining portions of the meeting will be open to the public.
    For more information, call Lee Ann Carpenter at (202) 482-2583.

    Dated: February 9, 2004.
Lee Ann Carpenter,
Committee Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-3124 Filed 2-11-04; 8:45 am]
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