[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 177 (Friday, September 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 54774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21806]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 8868]


Advisory Committee on International Postal and Delivery Services

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice; FACA committee meeting announcement.

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Summary: As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 
92-463, the Department of State gives notice of a meeting of the 
Advisory Committee on International Postal and Delivery Services. This 
Committee has been formed in fulfillment of the provisions of the 2006 
Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (Pub. L. 109-435) and in 
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

Date and Time: The meeting will be held on Monday, September 29, from 9 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Location: The American Institute of Architects, Board Room, 1735 New 
York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20006.

Public input: Any member of the public interested in providing public 
input to the meeting should contact Ms. Shereece Robinson, whose 
contact information is listed under for further information section of 
this notice. Each individual providing oral input is requested to limit 
his or her comments to five minutes. Requests to be added to the 
speaker list must be received in writing (letter, email or fax) prior 
to the close of business on Monday, September 22, 2014; written 
comments from members of the public for distribution at this meeting 
must reach Ms. Robinson by letter, email or fax by this same date. A 
member of the public requesting reasonable accommodation should make 
the request to Ms. Robinson by that same date.

Meeting agenda: The agenda of the meeting will include: An update on 
developments in and upcoming meetings of the Universal Postal Union 
(UPU) and an examination of issues arising from discussions that are 
underway in the UPU and elsewhere on ways to increase the volume of e-
commerce shipments in international mail. Among the issues to be 
considered are current constraints on the use of the mail for 
international merchandise shipment and possible competiveness concerns 
arising from the customs treatment of mail and other aspects of the 
prevailing international postal regime. A full agenda and meeting 
documents will be posted on the Committee Web site at www.state.gov/p/io/ipp/mtgs/index.htm as they become available.
    For further information, please contact Ms. Shereece Robinson of 
the Office of Specialized and Technical Agencies (IO/STA), Bureau of 
International Organization Affairs, U.S. Department of State, at tel. 
(202) 647-1044, FAX (202) 647-8902, by email at [email protected] 
or by mail at IO/STA, Room 5333 HST; U.S. Department of State; 
Washington, DC 20520-6319.

    Dated: September 5, 2014.
Joseph P. Murphy,
Designated Federal Officer, Advisory Committee on International Postal 
and Delivery Services, Office of Specialized and Technical Agencies, 
Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2014-21806 Filed 9-11-14; 8:45 am]
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