[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 16653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06471]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11388]


Notice of Charter Renewal for the U.S. Advisory Commission on 
Public Diplomacy

    The Department of State has renewed the Charter for the U.S. 
Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (ACPD).
    The Commission was originally established under Section 604 of the 
United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as 
amended (22 U.S.C. 1469), and under Section 8 of Reorganization Plan 
Number 2 of 1977. It was most recently reauthorized pursuant to Section 
168 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act 
(Div. A., Pub. L. 116-159), which amended section 1334 of the Foreign 
Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553).
    For more than 70 years, the ACPD has appraised U.S. government 
activities intended to understand, inform, and influence foreign 
publics and has aimed to increase the understanding of and support for 
these activities. The Commission conducts research and symposia that 
provide honest assessments and informed discourse on public diplomacy 
efforts across the U.S. government, and it disseminates findings 
through reports, white papers, and other publications. It reports to 
the President, Secretary of State, and Congress. The Under Secretary 
for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs' Office of Policy, Planning, 
and Resources (R/PPR) provides administrative support for the ACPD.
    The Commission consists of seven members appointed by the 
President, with the advice and consent of the Senate. The members of 
the Commission represent the public interest and are selected from a 
cross section of educational, communications, cultural, scientific, 
technical, public service, labor, business, and professional 
backgrounds. No more than four members may be from any one political 
party. The President designates a member to chair the Commission.
    The current members of the Commission are: Mr. Sim Farar of 
California, Chair; Mr. William Hybl of Colorado, Vice-Chair; and Ms. 
Anne Terman Wedner of Florida. Four seats on the Commission currently 
are vacant.
    The Charter renewal was filed on March 16, 2021.
    For further information about the Commission, please contact Vivian 
S. Walker, the Commission's Designated Federal Officer and Executive 
Director, at [email protected].

Kristina K. Zamary,
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2021-06471 Filed 3-29-21; 8:45 am]
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