[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 135 (Tuesday, July 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 42481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15096]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 11113]


Notice of the Renaming of the International Telecommunication 
Advisory Committee (ITAC) as the International Digital Economy and 
Telecommunication (IDET) Advisory Committee and Renewal of Charter

SUMMARY: This notice announces that the International Telecommunication 
Advisory Committee has been renamed the International Digital Economy 
and Telecommunication (IDET) Advisory Committee and that its charter 
has been renewed. In accordance with the provisions of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act and the general authority of the Secretary of 
State and the Department of State, the charter of the International 
Digital Economy and Telecommunication Advisory Committee has been 
renewed for two years.
    The IDET consists of members of the telecommunications industry, 
including network operators and service providers, equipment vendors, 
members of academia; members of organizations, institutions, or 
entities with specific interests in digital economy, digital 
connectivity, economic aspects of emerging digital technologies, 
telecommunications, and communications and information policy matters; 
members of civil society; and officials of interested government 
agencies. The IDET provides views and advice to the Department of State 
on positions concerning international digital economy, 
telecommunications, and information policy matters. This advice has 
been a major factor in ensuring that the United States was well 
prepared to participate effectively in the international 
telecommunications and information policy arena, including the 
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Organization of 
American States Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL), 
the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the 
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum Telecommunications and 
Information Working Group, the Group of Seven (G7), the Group of Twenty 
(G20) Digital Economy Task Force, and relevant standards setting 
bodies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please contact the Designated Federal 
Officer (DFO), Daniel Oates or Lynnette Jackson at [email protected].

Zachary A. Parker,
Director, Office of Directives Management, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2020-15096 Filed 7-13-20; 8:45 am]
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