[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 171 (Thursday, September 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 53382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21928]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9255]


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

    The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy will hold a public 
meeting from 10:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, September 22, 2015 
in Room 902 (ninth floor) of the Hart Senate Office Building, at the 
corner of Second Street and Constitution Ave. NE., Washington, DC 
20002.
    The meeting's topic will be on ``A Report on United States Public 
Diplomacy and International Broadcasting Activities Worldwide'' and 
will feature findings from the Commission's second-ever 
Congressionally-mandated Comprehensive Annual Report on State 
Department and Broadcasting Board of Governors-led foreign public 
engagement activities. Representatives from the State Department and 
the BBG will be in attendance to discuss the report, which focuses on 
both Washington and field-directed activities.
    This meeting is open to the public, Members and staff of Congress, 
the State Department, Defense Department, the media, and other 
governmental and non-governmental organizations. To attend and make any 
requests for reasonable accommodation, email [email protected] by 
5 p.m. on Friday, September 18, 2015. Please arrive for the meeting by 
9:45 a.m. to allow for a prompt meeting start.
    The United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy appraises 
U.S. Government activities intended to understand, inform, and 
influence foreign publics. The Advisory Commission may conduct studies, 
inquiries, and meetings, as it deems necessary. It may assemble and 
disseminate information and issue reports and other publications, 
subject to the approval of the Chairperson, in consultation with the 
Executive Director. The Advisory Commission may undertake foreign 
travel in pursuit of its studies and coordinate, sponsor, or oversee 
projects, studies, events, or other activities that it deems desirable 
and necessary in fulfilling its functions.
    The Commission consists of seven members appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The 
members of the Commission shall represent the public interest and shall 
be selected from a cross section of educational, communications, 
cultural, scientific, technical, public service, labor, business, and 
professional backgrounds. Not more than four members shall be from any 
one political party. The President designates a member to chair the 
Commission.
    The current members of the Commission are: Mr. William Hybl of 
Colorado, Chair; Ambassador Lyndon Olson of Texas, Vice Chair; Mr. Sim 
Farar of California, Vice Chair; Ambassador Penne Korth Peacock of 
Texas; Ms. Lezlee Westine of Virginia; and Anne Terman Wedner of 
Illinois. One seat on the Commission is currently vacant.
    To request further information about the meeting or the U.S. 
Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, you may contact its Executive 
Director, Katherine Brown, at [email protected].

    Dated: August 25, 2015.
Katherine Brown,
Executive Director,U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2015-21928 Filed 9-2-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4710-05-P