[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 69 (Friday, April 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 19394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08308]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 9090]


U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private 
International Law (ACPIL): Public Meeting on Electronic Commerce--
Identity Management and Related Trust Services; Meeting

    The Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International 
Law, Department of State, gives notice of a public meeting to discuss 
the possibility of future work by the United Nations Commission on 
International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) in the areas of identity management 
in the electronic realm and related trust services. Identity management 
is becoming a critical requirement for most substantive online 
transactions, as each party typically needs a reliable method to verify 
information regarding the identity of the other party. The public 
meeting will take place on Friday, May 29, 2015 from 10 a.m. until 4 
p.m. EDT. This is not a meeting of the full Advisory Committee.
    At its 2014 annual meeting, UNCITRAL decided to explore possible 
future work in the field of electronic commerce, considering as 
possible topics, identity management, trust services, electronic 
transfers and cloud computing. The issue of digital identity management 
has now surfaced as one of the most important topics, particularly in 
light of recent legislative enactments in both the European Union and 
the United States governing identity management services. Accordingly, 
it is expected that there will be a proposal to the 2015 annual meeting 
of UNCITRAL to undertake work in the fields of identity management and 
related trust services.
    The purpose of the public meeting is to obtain the views of 
concerned stakeholders on the possibility of UNCITRAL work in these 
areas in advance of the annual meeting. This meeting is being held in 
coordination with the American Bar Association's Identity Management 
Legal Task Force and Georgetown University Law Center's Center on 
Transnational Business and the Law.
    Time and Place: The meeting will take place from 10 a.m. until 4 
p.m. EDT at the Gewirz Student Center, Georgetown University Law 
Center, 600 New Jersey Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20001. Participants 
should plan to arrive at the Gewirz Student Center at 9:30 a.m. for 
registration.
    Public Participation: This meeting is open to the public, subject 
to the capacity of the meeting room. Persons planning to attend should 
email [email protected] providing full name, affiliation and email address. 
An agenda will be provided to persons who provide notification of their 
intent to attend the meeting. A member of the public needing reasonable 
accommodation should email [email protected] not later than May 22, 2015. 
Requests made after that date will be considered, but might not be able 
to be fulfilled.

    Dated: April 6, 2015.
Michael S. Coffee,
Attorney-Adviser, Office of Private International Law, Office of the 
Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2015-08308 Filed 4-9-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4710-08-P