[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 26 (Thursday, February 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7359-7360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2271]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 6073]


U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy; Notice of Meeting

    The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy will hold a public 
meeting on February 21, 2008, in Room 602 (Lindner Family Commons) at 
the Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington 
University, 1957 E Street NW., Washington, DC. The meeting will be held 
from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. The Commissioners will discuss public diplomacy 
issues, including the application of political communication theory, 
and associated disciplines, in U.S. government public diplomacy 
efforts.
    The Advisory Commission was originally established under 604 of the 
United States Information and Exchange Act of 1948, as amended (22 
U.S.C. 1469) and section 8 of Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1977. 
It was reauthorized pursuant to Public Law 110-21 (2007). The 
Commission is a bipartisan panel created by Congress in 1948 to assess 
public diplomacy policies and programs of the U.S. government and 
publicly funded

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nongovernmental organizations. The Commission reports its findings and 
recommendations to the President, the Congress and the Secretary of 
State and the American people. Current Commission members include 
Barbara M. Barrett of Arizona, who is the Chairman; Harold Pachios of 
Maine; Ambassador Penne Percy Korth of Washington, DC.; Ambassador 
Elizabeth Bagley of Washington, DC.; Jay T. Snyder of New York; and 
Maria Sophia Aguirre of Washington, DC.
    Seating at this meeting is limited. To attend and for more 
information, please contact Carl Chan at (202) 203-7883. E-mail: 
[email protected].

    Dated: January 31, 2008.
Carl Chan,
Interim Executive Director, ACPD, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E8-2271 Filed 2-6-08; 8:45 am]
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