[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 15510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4472]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5353]


Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act 2005 Town Hall Meeting

    The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International 
Environmental and Scientific Affairs would like to invite interested 
groups and individuals to a ``Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act 2005 
Town Hall'' meeting to be held on April 19, 2006 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. 
in the Loy Henderson Auditorium of the Department of State's Harry S. 
Truman Building. The Truman Building is located at 2201 C Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20520.
    The Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (HR 1973/PL-109-121) 
requires that the Department of State with the U.S. Agency for 
International Development develop a strategy to further U.S. foreign 
assistance objectives to provide affordable and equitable access to 
safe water and sanitation in developing countries. The Act directs that 
the strategy be developed in consultation with ``other appropriate 
Federal departments and agencies, international organizations, 
international financial institutions, recipient governments, United 
States and international nongovernmental organizations, indigenous 
civil society and other appropriate entities.'' The purpose of the Town 
Hall meeting will be to solicit the individual views of attendees from 
these and any other interested groups, including their priorities and 
activities in the water sector; novel approaches to addressing water 
and sanitation issues in developing countries; impediments to 
accomplishing priority goals; and areas where the U.S. government could 
improve the environment for implementation.
    In addition, interested parties are invited to submit their written 
comments to Ms. Aneri Patel, U.S. Department of State, OES/PCI Room 
7821, 2201 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20520 or by e-mail to 
[email protected] no later than April 30, 2006. Written comments 
should be limited to 1500 words. Groups wishing to present their 
observations orally at the meeting will be asked to limit their remarks 
to 3 minutes. Order of speakers will be on a first come, first served 
basis on the day of the Town Hall meeting.
    Admittance to the Department of State building for all non-
Department of State attendees will be granted by means of a pre-
arranged clearance list. In order to be placed on the pre-clearance 
list, please provide your name, title, company, identification (e.g., 
driver's license number, passport number), date of birth, and 
citizenship to Ms. Aneri Patel at [email protected] no later than 5 
p.m. on April 12, 2006. All attendees for this meeting must use the 
23rd Street entrance. One of the following forms of valid photo 
identification will be required for admittance: U.S. driver's license, 
passport, student identification card, or U.S. government 
identification card. Non-U.S. government attendees must be escorted by 
Department of State personnel at all times when in the building and 
should plan to arrive at least 15 minutes before the meeting begins.
    For further information, please contact Aneri Patel at: 1-866-501-
7952 or by e-mail at [email protected].

Claudia A. McMurray,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental 
and Scientific Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E6-4472 Filed 3-27-06; 8:45 am]
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