[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 12047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04101]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 11052]


Department of State Guidance Portal (Executive Order 13891)

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State (the Department) is publishing this 
notice pursuant to Executive Order 13891 to announce and describe the 
public-facing portal that will contain the Department's Guidance 
Documents, as described under the Executive Order.

DATES: The Guidance Portal is available as of February 28, 2020.

ADDRESSES: If a member of the public wishes to provide a comment on any 
Guidance Document included on the portal, or suggestions for operation 
of the site, he or she can submit the comment to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alice Kottmyer, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, 202-647-2318, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Section 3 of Executive Order 
13891, Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance 
Documents, dated October 9, 2019 (the Executive Order), the Department 
of State has established a portal that contains or links to all 
Department documents that qualify as ``Guidance Documents'' under the 
Executive Order. The URL for this searchable Guidance Portal is https://state.gov/guidance.
    Pursuant to Sections 2 and 7 of the Executive Order, certain 
documents are not linked to or included on the Department's Guidance 
Portal. Such documents include, but are not limited to, those that 
pertain to ``foreign or military affairs, or to a national security or 
homeland security function of the United States (other than guidance 
documents involving procurement or the import or export of non-defense 
articles and services)''; including but not limited to documents 
related to the implementation of the Arms Export Control Act, 22 U.S.C. 
2751 et seq; educational and cultural exchange, e.g., via 
implementation of the United States Information and Educational 
Exchange Act of 1948, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1431, et seq.), and the 
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended, (22 
U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), and related or similar legislation; 
administration and enforcement of immigration laws relating to visas in 
8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq. and other immigration laws; and documents 
included exclusively on a U.S. Embassy website.
    If those documents are included on other Department websites, 
exclusion from the Guidance Portal will not affect the availability of 
those documents on such websites. For clarity and convenience, the 
Department may include on the Guidance Portal documents that fall 
outside the scope of the Executive Order, including documents that are 
not ``Guidance Documents'' and documents that are otherwise exempted 
under the Executive Order. The Department may remove any or all such 
documents from the Guidance Portal at any time.

John C. Sullivan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Global Information Services, Bureau of 
Administration, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2020-04101 Filed 2-27-20; 8:45 am]
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