[Note: This briefing was canceled.]State Department Counselor Cheryl Mills, Senior Advisor on Innovation Alec J. Ross, and New Media Director Katie W. Dowd will brief reporters on Thursday, December 17, at 2:00 p.m. on the launch of the redesigned State Department website,
www.State.gov . This briefing will be held in the Press Briefing Room (room 2209), and will be on the record, on camera.
Media representatives may attend this briefing upon presentation of one of the following: (1) a U.S. Government-issued identification card (Department of State, White House, Congress, Department of Defense, or Foreign Press Center), (2) a media-issued photo identification card, or (3) a letter from their employer on letterhead verifying their employment as a journalist, accompanied by an official photo identification (driver’s license or passport).