[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 80 (Friday, April 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23120-23121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08676]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11101]


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

    This notice announces a conference call of the Department of 
State's International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITAC). The 
ITAC session will be on conference call only on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 to 
review the results of recent meetings on international 
telecommunication policy meetings and preview upcoming related 
activities.
    The meeting will focus on the following topics:
    1. The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-20) 
taking place in the fourth quarter of 2020, including positions on 
study program restructuring and leadership. The WTSA, the quadrennial 
assembly of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T), 
will consider the reports of the ITU-T Study Groups, approve the 
sector's program of work, decide the Study Group structure, and appoint 
chairmen and vice-chairmen. At the ITAC meeting, we invite comment from 
the public on the U.S. priorities for WTSA 2020.
    The meeting will also highlight preparations for the 2020 session 
of the ITU Council taking place from June 9, 2020 to June 19, 2020 and 
related ITU Council Working Groups. The Council acts as the governing 
body between plenipotentiary conferences.
    2. Other ITU-T meetings.
    3. ITU-D Telecommunication Development Sector.
    4. Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL).
    5. Council Working Groups (CWG).
    6. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) 
Committee on Digital Economy Policy (CDEP).
    7. Asia Pacific Economic Corporation Telecommunications (APECTEL).
    Participation on the ITAC call is open to the public. The public 
will have an opportunity to provide comments on the call at the 
invitation of the chair. Persons wishing to request reasonable 
accommodation during the meeting should send their requests to 
[email protected] no later than April 29, 2020. Accommodations may not be 
possible for requests made after that time.
    Further details on this ITAC conference call will be announced 
through the Department of State's email list, [email protected]. 
Use of the ITAC list is limited to International Communication 
Information Policy (CIP) personnel and is used for meeting 
announcements and confirmations, distribution of agendas and other 
relevant meeting documents. The Department welcomes any U.S. citizen or 
legal permanent resident to join the ITAC listserv by emailing 
[email protected] and providing their name, email address, telephone 
contact and company, organization, or community that will be 
represented.
    This announcement might appear in the Federal Register less than 15 
days prior to the meeting. The Department of

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State finds that there is an exceptional circumstance in that this 
advisory committee meeting must be held on May 5, due to the need to 
brief the community on the issues noted above, and because of difficult 
scheduling issues brought about by the ongoing public health emergency.
    Please send all inquiries to [email protected].

Zachary A. Parker,
Director, Office of Directives Management, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2020-08676 Filed 4-23-20; 8:45 am]
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