[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 184 (Monday, September 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65762-65763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20737]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice:12190]


Defense Trade Advisory Group; Notice of Open Meeting

    The Defense Trade Advisory Group (DTAG) will meet in open session 
from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 12, 2023. This 
hybrid meeting will be held in person at 1777 F Street NW, Washington, 
DC, with the option to attend virtually via Zoom. The virtual forum 
will open at 12:15 p.m. The membership of this advisory committee 
consists of private sector defense trade representatives, appointed by 
the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, who 
advise the Department on policies, regulations, and technical issues 
affecting defense trade. The DTAG was established as an advisory 
committee under the authority of 22 U.S.C. 2651a and 2656 and the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.
    The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss current defense trade 
issues and topics for further study. The Directorate of Defense Trade 
Controls (DDTC) asked the DTAG to complete the following taskings, 
which will be discussed and presented: (1) to review parts 123, 124, 
sections of part 125 related to classified defense articles, and 
relevant text of DDTC Guidelines for Preparing Agreements and report 
recommendations on ways to better organize and consolidate ITAR 
licensing requirements and processes, with specific attention to 
efforts to standardize structure and language, such that sections 
describing different types of authorizations follow the same

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construction, and to provide recommendations related to streamlining or 
removing text specific to technical data within the definition of 
defense articles in 120.31(a); (2) provide insight on issues faced by 
industry related to defense commercial sales (DCS) pre-delivery and 
delivery activities in support of foreign military sales (FMS), DCS 
post-delivery support and sustainment of FMS articles, challenges faced 
by non-U.S. entities/customers, other inefficiencies and/or 
redundancies, as well as recommendations for improvement; and (3) 
assess and provide recommendations on improvements that could be made 
to the process and associated guidance for name/address changes and 
other administrative changes resulting from companies' internal 
business decisions, to improve efficiency and reduce registration and 
licensing burdens on industry.
    For those attending virtually via Zoom, there will be one Zoom 
invitation for each attendee, and only the invited attendee should use 
the invitation. Please let us know if you need any of the following 
accommodations: live captions, digital/text versions of webinar 
materials, or other (please specify).
    Members of the public may attend this hybrid session in person or 
virtually, with virtual questions submitted by email after the formal 
DTAG presentation. Members of the public may also submit a brief 
statement (less than three pages) to the committee in writing for 
inclusion in the public minutes of the meeting. Each member of the 
public that wishes to attend this session in person or virtually must 
provide: Name and contact information, including an email address and 
phone number, method of attendance, and any request for reasonable 
accommodation to the DTAG Designated Federal Officer (DFO), Paula 
Harrison, via email at [email protected] by COB Tuesday, October 10th, 
2022.
    For Further Information Contact: Ms. Katherine Vaughn, PM/DDTC, SA-
1, 12th Floor, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, Bureau of 
Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC 
20522-0112; Telephone (771) 205-4633 or email [email protected] .

(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a and 41 CFR 102-3.150.)

Paula Harrison,
Designated Federal Officer, Defense Trade Advisory Group, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2023-20737 Filed 9-22-23; 8:45 am]
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