[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61537-61538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-8732]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Departmental Offices; Debt Management Advisory Committee Meeting

    Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. App. 2, Sec.  
109(a)(2), that a meeting will be held at the Hay-Adams Hotel, 16th 
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, on October 30, 
2006 at 3:30 p.m. of the following debt management advisory committee:
    Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee of The Bond Market 
Association (``Committee'').
    The agenda for the meeting provides for a charge by the Secretary 
of the Treasury or his designate that the Committee discuss particular 
issues, and a working session. Following the working session, the 
Committee will present a written report of its recommendations. The 
meeting will be closed to the public, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. App. 2, 
Sec.  10(d) and Public Law 103-202, Sec.  202(c)(1)(B) (31 U.S.C. 3121 
note).
    This notice shall constitute my determination, pursuant to the 
authority placed in heads of agencies by 5 U.S.C. App. 2, Sec.  10(d) 
and vested in me by Treasury Department Order No. 101-05, that the 
meeting will consist of discussions and debates of the issues presented 
to the Committee by the Secretary of the Treasury and the making of 
recommendations of the Committee to the Secretary, pursuant to Public 
Law 103-202, Sec.  202(c)(1)(B). Thus, this information is exempt from 
disclosure under that provision and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3)(B). In 
addition, the meeting is concerned with information that is exempt from 
disclosure under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(A). The public requires that such 
meetings be closed to the public because the Treasury Department 
requires frank and full advice from representatives of the financial 
community prior to making its final decisions on major financing 
operations. Historically, this advice has been offered by debt 
management advisory committees established by the several major 
segments of the financial community. When so utilized, such a committee 
is recognized to be an advisory committee under 5 U.S.C. App. 2, Sec.  
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    Although the Treasury's final announcement of financing plans may 
not reflect the recommendations provided in reports of the Committee, 
premature disclosure of the Committee's deliberations and reports would 
be likely to lead to significant financial speculation in the 
securities market. Thus, this meeting falls within the exemption 
covered by 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(A).
    Treasury staff will provide a technical briefing to the press on 
the day of the Committee meeting, following the release of a statement 
of economic conditions, financing estimates and technical charts. This 
briefing will give the press an opportunity to ask questions about 
financing projections and technical charts. The day after the Committee 
meeting, Treasury will release the minutes of the meeting, any charts 
that were discussed at the meeting, and the Committee's report to the 
Secretary.
    The Office of Debt Management is responsible for maintaining 
records of debt management advisory committee meetings and for 
providing annual reports setting forth a summary of Committee 
activities and such other matters as may be informative to the public 
consistent with the policy of 5 U.S.C. 552(b). The Designated Federal 
Officer or other responsible agency official who may be contacted for 
additional information is Jeff Huther, Director, Office of Debt 
Management, at (202) 622-1868.

    Dated: October 12, 2006.
Emil W. Henry, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary, Financial Institutions.
[FR Doc. 06-8732 Filed 10-17-06; 8:45 am]
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