[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 61 (Thursday, March 31, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 16547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6382]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5018]


Meeting of Advisory Committee on International Communications and 
Information Policy

    The Department of State announces the next meeting of its Advisory 
Committee on International Communications and Information Policy 
(ACICIP) to be held on Thursday, April 21, 2005, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 
p.m., in Room 1105 of the Harry S. Truman Building of the U.S. 
Department of State. The Truman Building is located at 2201 C Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20520.
    The committee provides a formal channel for regular consultation 
and coordination on major economic, social and legal issues and 
problems in international communications and information policy, 
especially as these issues and problems involve users of information 
and communications services, providers of such services, technology 
research and development, foreign industrial and regulatory policy, the 
activities of international organizations with regard to communications 
and information, and developing country issues.
    The meeting will be led by ACICIP Chair Mr. Richard E. Wiley of 
Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP. Ambassador David A. Gross, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary and U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and 
Information Policy, and other senior State Department officials will 
also address the meeting. The main focus of the event will be to 
discuss U.S.-Asia political and economic relations, with an emphasis on 
China, and also to discuss information and communications technology 
issues concerning China and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation 
forum. A report from the member-organized Subcommittee on Emerging 
Technologies on Voice Over Internet Protocol will be presented for the 
Committee's consideration.
    Members of the public may attend these meetings up to the seating 
capacity of the room. While the meeting is open to the public, 
admittance to the Department of State building is only by means of a 
pre-arranged clearance list. In order to be placed on the pre-clearance 
list, please provide your name, title, company, social security number, 
date of birth, and citizenship to Robert M. Watts at [email protected] 
no later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19, 2005. All attendees for this 
meeting must use the 23rd Street entrance. One of the following valid 
ID's will be required for admittance: any U.S. driver's license with 
photo, a passport, or a U.S. government agency ID. Non-U.S. government 
attendees must be escorted by Department of State personnel at all 
times when in the building.
    For further information, please contact Robert M. Watts, Executive 
Secretary of the Committee, at 202-647-4736 or by e-mail at 
[email protected].

    Dated: March 24, 2005.
Robert M. Watts,
Executive Secretary, ACICIP, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05-6382 Filed 3-30-05; 8:45 am]
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