[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 7829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03594]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 10315]


Notice of Public Meeting of the International Telecommunication 
Advisory Committee and Preparations for Upcoming International 
Telecommunications Meetings

    This notice announces a meeting of the Department of State's 
International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITAC). The ITAC 
will meet on March 9, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. EST at 1101 K Street (NW), 
Suite 610 to review the results of recent multilateral meetings, update 
on preparations for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 
2018 Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-18), and discuss preparations for 
upcoming other multilateral meetings at the ITU. The meeting will focus 
on the following topics:

1. ITU Council Working Groups
    a. Experts group on International Telecommunication Regulations 
(ITRs)
    b. Council Working Group for Strategic and Financial Plans
    c. Council Working Group on Financial and Human Resources
    d. Council Working Group on Implementation of the World Summit on 
Information Society (WSIS) Outcomes
    e. Council Working Group on International Internet-Related Public 
Policy Issues
2. Preparations for the ITU 2018 Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-18)
3. ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) meetings
4. ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) meetings
5. Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
6. Regional PP-18 Preparatory Groups
7. WSIS Forum

    PP-18 will take place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from October 
29 to November 17, 2018. The Plenipotentiary Conference, which takes 
place every four years, is the highest policy-making body of the ITU. 
PP-18 will determine the overall policy direction of the ITU; adopt the 
strategic and financial plans for the next four years; elect the 48 
members of Council, 12 members of the Radio Regulations Board, and five 
senior ITU elected officials; and consider and adopt, if appropriate, 
amendments to the ITU Constitution and Convention.
    Attendance at this meeting is open to the public as seating 
capacity allows. The public will have an opportunity to provide 
comments at this meeting at the invitation of the chair. Further 
details on this ITAC meeting will be announced on the Department of 
State's email list, [email protected]. Use of the ITAC list is 
limited to meeting announcements and confirmations, distribution of 
agendas and other relevant meeting documents. The Department welcomes 
any U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident to remain on or join the 
ITAC listserv by registering by email via [email protected] and providing 
his or her name, email address, telephone contact and the company, 
organization, or community that he or she is representing, if any. 
Persons wishing to request reasonable accommodation during the meeting 
should send their requests to [email protected] no later than March 1, 
2018. Requests made after that time will be considered, but might not 
be able to be fulfilled.
    Please send all inquiries to [email protected].

 Stephan A. Lang,
Acting Director, Multilateral Affairs, Cyber and International 
Communications and Information Policy, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2018-03594 Filed 2-21-18; 8:45 am]
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