[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 18, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53275-53276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18366]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5908]


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 October 11, 2007, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., in 
the Loy Henderson Auditorium 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 LLP., Ambassador David A. Gross, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
and U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information 
Policy, and other senior U.S. Government officials will address the 
meeting.
    At this meeting, Ambassador Richard M. Russell will report on the 
International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) upcoming 2007 World 
Radiocommunication Conference. In addition, there will be a report on 
recent bilateral discussions with Brazil's Ministry of Communications, 
Mexico's Ministry of Communications and Transportation, and Vietnam's 
Ministry of Information and Communication. There will be discussion on 
important follow-up work resulting from those talks. The meeting also 
will focus on upcoming bilateral discussions, including the next 
meetings of both the U.S.-EU Information Society Dialogue and the U.S.-
India Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Working Group.
    Members of the public may submit suggestions and comments to the 
ACICIP. Submissions regarding an event, consultation, meeting, etc. 
listed in the agenda above should be received by the ACICIP Executive 
Secretary (contact information below) at least ten

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working days prior to the date of that listed event. They should be 
submitted in written form and should not exceed one page for each 
country (for comments on consultations) or for each subject area (for 
other comments). Resource limitations preclude acknowledging or 
replying to submissions.
    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, we 
must receive the following information from you no later than 5 p.m. on 
Monday, October 8, 2007 (Please note that this information is not 
retained by the ACICIP Executive Secretary and must therefore be re-
submitted for each ACICIP meeting):
I. State That You Are Requesting Pre-Clearance to a Meeting
II. Provide the Following Information:
    1. Name of meeting and its date and time
    2. Visitor's full name
    3. Company/Agency/Organization
    4. Title at Company/Agency/Organization
    5. Date of birth
    6. Citizenship
    7. Type of ID visitor will show upon entry (from list below)
     U.S. driver's license with photo
     Passport
     U.S. government agency ID
    8. ID number on the ID visitor will show upon entry

    Send the above information to Emily Yee by fax (202) 647-5957 or e-
mail [email protected].
    Privacy Act Statement: The above information is sought pursuant to 
5 U.S.C. 301 and 22 U.S.C. 2651a, 4802(a). The principal purpose for 
collecting the information is to assure protection of U.S. Department 
of State facilities. The information provided also may be released to 
Federal, State or local agencies for law enforcement, counter-terrorism 
or homeland security purposes, or to other federal agencies for certain 
personnel and records management matters. Providing this information is 
voluntary but failure to do so may result in denial of access to U.S. 
Department of State facilities.
    All visitors for this meeting must use the 23rd Street entrance. 
The valid ID bearing the number provided with your pre-clearance 
request will be required for admittance. 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 Emily Yee, Executive 
Secretary of the Committee, at (202) 647-5205 or [email protected].
    General information about ACICIP and the mission of International 
Communications and Information Policy at the Department of State is 
available at our Web site: http://www.state.gov/e/eeb/adcom/c667.htm.

    Dated: September 11, 2007.
Emily Yee,
ACICIP Executive Secretary, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E7-18366 Filed 9-17-07; 8:45 am]
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