[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 160 (Thursday, August 18, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 55257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19632]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9673]


U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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    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 20, 2016 
in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 106 (on Constitution Ave. 
NE. between 1st and 2nd Streets, NE) in Washington, DC 20515.
    The meeting will be on the ``2016 Comprehensive Annual Report on 
Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting '' and will feature 
findings from the Commission's Congressionally-mandated report. 
Representatives from the State Department and the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors will be in attendance to discuss it, 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 Thursday, September 15, 2016. 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, Chairman; Ambassador Lyndon Olson of Texas, Vice Chairman; 
Mr. Sim Farar of California, Vice Chairman; Ambassador Penne Korth-
Peacock of Texas; Anne Terman Wedner of Illinois; and Ms. Georgette 
Mosbacher of New York. One seat on the Commission is currently vacant.
    The following individual has been nominated to the Commission but 
awaits Senate confirmation as of this writing: Douglas Wilson of 
Delaware.
    To request further information about the meeting or the U.S. 
Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, you may contact its Senior 
Advisor, Chris Hensman, at [email protected].

    Dated: August 15, 2016.
Katherine Brown,
Executive Director, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2016-19632 Filed 8-17-16; 8:45 am]
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