[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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