[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 104 (Monday, June 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31091-31092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13115]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9155]


Advisory Committee on the Secretary of State's Strategic Dialogue 
With Civil Society; Notice of the Intent To Re-Establish an Advisory 
Committee

    This is notice of the intent to re-establish the Advisory Committee 
on the Secretary of State's Strategic Dialogue with Civil Society. The 
Committee will serve the United States Government in a solely advisory 
capacity concerning engagement with and protection of civil society 
worldwide. Functions will include, but will not be limited to, 
providing information and advice on the effective integration of civil 
society into overall foreign policy, and providing information and 
advice on the Department of State's role in advancing, promoting, and 
protecting freedom of association and expression. The Department of 
State affirms that re-establishment of the Committee is necessary and 
in the public interest.
    The Committee will consult with other interested parties, agencies, 
and interagency committees and groups of the United States Government, 
foreign governments, and with national and international private sector 
organizations and individuals, as the Department of State and the 
Committee decides are necessary or desirable.
    The Committee will be comprised of up to twenty-four distinguished 
citizens from the private sector, philanthropy,

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nongovernmental organizations, think tanks and academia, providing the 
Secretary with a fresh perspective and insight apart from and 
independent of the State Department organization. It will not perform 
the function of any existing Department staff or committee.
    For further information, please contact the Committee's Designated 
Federal Officer, Jim Thompson, at [email protected].

    Dated: May 23, 2015.
James F. Thompson,
Director of Innovation, Secretary's Office of Global Partnerships, U.S. 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2015-13115 Filed 5-29-15; 8:45 am]
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