81 FR 86765 - Notice of Meeting of the International Telecommunication Advisory Committee and Preparations for Upcoming International Telecommunications Meetings

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 231 (December 1, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 231 (Thursday, December 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 86765]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28891]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9806]


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

    This notice announces a meeting of the Department of State's 
International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITAC) to review 
recent activities of the Department of State in international meetings 
on international communications and information policy and prepare for 
similar activities in the next quarter. The ITAC will meet on December 
16, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. EST at: 1120 20th Street NW., Suite 1000, 
Washington, DC 20036 to discuss the results of recent events and 
preparations for upcoming meetings at the International 
Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Inter-American Telecommunications 
Commission of the Organization of American States (OAS CITEL), 
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and Asia-
Pacific Economic Cooperation Telecommunication and Information Working 
Group (APEC TEL). The meeting will focus on the following topics:

 Outcome of the 25 October-3 November, 2016, ITU World 
Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-16) and future 
engagement in the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector
 Preparation for the 2017 World Telecommunication Development 
Conference (WTDC) taking place from 9 to 20 October 2017
 Preparation for the 2019 ITU World Radiocommunication 
Conference (WRC-19) taking place from 28 October to 22 November 2019
 Current and future work of the OECD Committee on Digital 
Economy Policy

    Attendance at this meeting is open to the public as seating 
capacity allows. The public will have an opportunity to provide 
comments at this meeting at the invitation of the chair. Further 
details on this ITAC meeting will be announced on the Department of 
State's email list, [email protected]. Use of the ITAC list is 
limited to meeting announcements and confirmations, distribution of 
agendas and other relevant meeting documents. The Department welcomes 
any U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident to remain on or join the 
ITAC listserv by registering on https://www.eventbrite.com/o/ebcip-11891185682 and providing his or her name, email address, and the 
company, organization, or community that he or she is representing, if 
any. Persons wishing to request reasonable accommodation during the 
meeting should contact [email protected] or [email protected] no 
later than December 12, 2016. Requests made after that time will be 
considered, but might not be able to be fulfilled.
    Please note that the Charter of the Advisory Committee has been 
extended until July 22, 2018, which was erroneously reflected as 2016 
in Public Notice: 9658 on the Renewal of the Charter of the 
International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITAC).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please contact Franz Zichy at 202-647-
5778, [email protected].

    Dated: November 28, 2016.
Julie N. Zoller,
Senior Deputy Coordinator, International Communications and Information 
Policy, U.S. State Department.
[FR Doc. 2016-28891 Filed 11-30-16; 8:45 am]
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