[Federal Register: November 27, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 229)]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE


[Public Notice 4193]


 
Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy; Notice of Meeting


    The Department of State announces the meeting of the U.S. Advisory 
Commission on Public Diplomacy on Thursday, December 12, 2002, in Room 
600, 301 4th St., SW., Washington, DC from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
    The Commission, reauthorized pursuant to Public Law 106-113 (H.R. 
3194, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000), will have an 
organizational meeting as well as discuss potential areas of 
examination for the remainder of the Commissioners' terms of office.
    Members of the general public may attend the meeting, though 
attendance of public members will be limited to the seating available. 
Access to the building is controlled, and individual building passes 
are required for all attendees.
    The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy is a bipartisan 
Presidentially appointed panel created by Congress in 1948 to provide 
oversight of U.S. Government activities intended to understand, inform 
and influence foreign publics. The Commission reports its findings and 
recommendations to the President, the Congress and the Secretary of 
State and the American people. Current commission members include 
Harold Pachios of Maine, who is the chairman; Charles Dolan of 
Virginia, who is the vice chairman; Penne Percy Korth of Washington, DC 
and Maria Elena Torano of Florida.
    For more information, please contact Matt Lauer at (202) 619-4457.


    Dated: November 20, 2002.
Matthew Lauer,
Executive Director, U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 02-30114 Filed 11-26-02; 8:45 am]

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