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DOCUMENT ID: [Public Notice 6043]

NOTICE: NOTICES

ACTION: Meetings:

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Meeting of Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy

DOCUMENT SUMMARY:

The Department of State's Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy (ACICIP) will hold a public meeting on January 24, 2008, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., in the Loy Henderson Auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Building of the U.S. Department of State. The Truman Building is located at 2201 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20520.

The committee provides a formal channel for regular consultation and coordination on major economic, social and legal issues and problems in international communications and information policy, especially as these issues and problems involve users of information and communications services, providers of such services, technology research and development, foreign industrial and regulatory policy, the activities of international organizations with regard to communications and information, and developing country issues.

The meeting will be led by ACICIP Chair Mr. Richard E. Wiley of Wiley Rein LLP. and Ambassador David A. Gross, Deputy Assistant Secretary and U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy.

The meeting's agenda will include discussions pertaining to various upcoming international telecommunications meetings and conferences, including a conference that will be led by the President's Digital Freedom Initiative (a publicprivate partnership) that is expected to be held in May 2008 and will focus on promoting broadband access in West Africa. Additionally, there will be reports and discussion concerning recent bilateral meetings between the U.S. and the European Union as well as between the U.S. and India. There will also be discussion about the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) that took place in Brazil this past November, and the upcoming IGF that will take place in India in December 2008. Lastly, there will be discussion about additional upcoming major events and issues for 2008, including the APEC Telecommunications Ministerial and the OECD Ministerial on the Future of the Internet Economy.

Members of the public may submit suggestions and comments to the ACICIP. Submissions regarding an event, consultation, meeting, etc. listed in the agenda above should be received by the ACICIP Executive Secretary (contact information below) at least ten working days prior to the date of that listed event. All comments must be submitted in written form and should not exceed one page for each country (for comments on consultations) or for each subject area (for other comments). Resource limitations preclude acknowledging or replying to submissions.

While the meeting is open to the public, admittance to the Department of State building is only by means of a preclearance. For placement on the preclearance list, please submit the following information no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, January 21, 2008 (Please note that this information is not retained by the ACICIP Executive Secretary and must therefore be resubmitted for each ACICIP meeting): I. STATE THAT YOU ARE REQUESTING PRECLEARANCE TO A MEETING

SUMMARY: International Communications and Information Policy Advisory Committee,

DOCUMENT BODY 2:

The Department of State's Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy (ACICIP) will hold a public meeting on January 24, 2008, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., in the Loy Henderson Auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Building of the U.S. Department of State. The Truman Building is located at 2201 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20520.

The committee provides a formal channel for regular consultation and coordination on major economic, social and legal issues and problems in international communications and information policy, especially as these issues and problems involve users of information and communications services, providers of such services, technology research and development, foreign industrial and regulatory policy, the activities of international organizations with regard to communications and information, and developing country issues.

The meeting will be led by ACICIP Chair Mr. Richard E. Wiley of Wiley Rein LLP. and Ambassador David A. Gross, Deputy Assistant Secretary and U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy.

The meeting's agenda will include discussions pertaining to various upcoming international telecommunications meetings and conferences, including a conference that will be led by the President's Digital Freedom Initiative (a publicprivate partnership) that is expected to be held in May 2008 and will focus on promoting broadband access in West Africa. Additionally, there will be reports and discussion concerning recent bilateral meetings between the U.S. and the European Union as well as between the U.S. and India. There will also be discussion about the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) that took place in Brazil this past November, and the upcoming IGF that will take place in India in December 2008. Lastly, there will be discussion about additional upcoming major events and issues for 2008, including the APEC Telecommunications Ministerial and the OECD Ministerial on the Future of the Internet Economy.

Members of the public may submit suggestions and comments to the ACICIP. Submissions regarding an event, consultation, meeting, etc. listed in the agenda above should be received by the ACICIP Executive Secretary (contact information below) at least ten working days prior to the date of that listed event. All comments must be submitted in written form and should not exceed one page for each country (for comments on consultations) or for each subject area (for other comments). Resource limitations preclude acknowledging or replying to submissions.

While the meeting is open to the public, admittance to the Department of State building is only by means of a preclearance. For placement on the preclearance list, please submit the following information no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, January 21, 2008 (Please note that this information is not retained by the ACICIP Executive Secretary and must therefore be resubmitted for each ACICIP meeting): I. STATE THAT YOU ARE REQUESTING PRECLEARANCE TO A MEETING