[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8039-8040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2145]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 5305]


Defense Trade Advisory Group; Notice of Membership

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military 
Affairs is accepting membership applications for the Defense Trade 
Advisory Group (DTAG).

DATE: The Bureau will accept applications for two weeks from the 
effective date of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary F. Sweeney, Office of Defense 
Trade Controls Management, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, 
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State, (202) 663-
2865.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DTAG was established as a continuing 
committee under the authority of 22 U.S.C. 2656 and the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. I et seq. (``FACA'').
    The purpose of the DTAG is to provide the Bureau of Political-
Military Affairs with a formal channel for regular consultation and 
coordination with U.S. private sector defense exporters and defense 
trade specialists on issues involving U.S. laws, policies, and 
regulations for munitions exports. The DTAG advises the Bureau on its 
support for and regulation of defense trade to help ensure that 
impediments to legitimate exports are reduced while the foreign policy 
and national security interests of the U.S. continue to be protected 
and advanced in accordance with the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), as 
amended. Major topics addressed by the DTAG include (a) Policy issues 
on commercial defense trade and technology transfer; (b) regulatory and 
licensing procedures applicable to defense articles, services, and 
technical data; (c) technical issues involving the U.S. Munitions List 
(USML); and (d) questions relating to actions designed to carry out the 
AECA and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
    Members are appointed by the Assistant Secretary of State for 
Political-Military Affairs for the purpose of obtaining, from the point 
of view and perspective of industry and other non-governmental interest 
groups and stakeholders, substantive and technical expertise on defense 
trade and related issues. As such, DTAG members are drawn from a 
representative cross-section of U.S. defense industry, association, 
academic, and foundation personnel, including appropriate technical and 
military experts. All DTAG members shall be aware of the Department of 
State's mandate that arms transfers must further U.S. national security 
and foreign policy interests. DTAG members also shall be versed in the 
complexity of commercial defense trade and industrial competitiveness, 
and all members must be able to advise the Bureau on these matters. 
Further,

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DTAG members are expected to use their expertise and provide candid 
advice, national security and foreign policy interests of the U.S. 
shall be the basis for all policy and technical recommendations.
    DTAG members' responsibilities include:
     Service for a consecutive two-year term that may be 
renewed or terminated at the discretion of the Assistant Secretary of 
State for Political-Military Affairs (Membership shall automatically 
terminate for members who fail to attend three consecutive DTAG plenary 
meetings, which ideally are held bi-annually).
     Making recommendations in accordance with the DTAG Charter 
and the FACA.
     Making policy and technical recommendations within the 
scope of the U.S. commercial export control regime as mandated in the 
AECA, the ITAR, and appropriate directives.
    Please note that DTAG members may not be reimbursed for travel, per 
diem, and other expenses incurred in connection with their duties as 
DTAG members.
    How to apply: Applications in response to this notice must contain 
the following information: (1) Name of applicant; (2) affirmation of 
U.S. citizenship; (3) organizational affiliation and title, as 
appropriate; (4) mailing address; (5) work telephone number; (6) e-mail 
address; (7) resume; (8) summary of qualifications for DTAG membership. 
While a current security clearance is not mandatory for appointment, 
the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance may be taken 
into account and will determine an appointee's access to some DTAG 
functions and activities (e.g., disclosure to classified information, 
``closed'' meetings, etc.).This information may be provided via two 
methods:
    (1) E-mailed to the following address: [email protected]. In the 
subject field, please write, ``DTAG Application''; or (2) Sent in 
hardcopy to the following address: Mary F. Sweeney, PM/DTCM, SA-1, 12th 
Floor, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, Bureau of Political 
Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC 20522-0112.
    All applications must be postmarked by the fourteenth day from the 
effective date of this notice. Also, current DTAG members need not 
submit an application package in order to be considered for membership 
in 2006-2008.

    Dated: February 8, 2006.
Michael T. Dixon,
Designated Federal Official, Defense Trade Advisory Group,Department of 
State.
 [FR Doc. E6-2145 Filed 2-14-06; 8:45 am]
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