[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77584-77585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31982]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 7713]


U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private 
International Law (ACPIL): Public Meeting on Electronic Commerce

    The Department of State, Office of Legal Adviser, Office of Private 
International Law would like to give notice of a public meeting to 
discuss electronic transferable records. Working Group IV 
(international electronic commerce) of the United Nations Commission on 
International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) met October 10-14, 2011, to discuss 
matters relating to electronic transferable records. A report from that 
meeting, once it is published, should be available at http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/commission/working_groups/4Electronic_Commerce.html.
    The ACPIL public meeting will discuss relevant rules applicable to 
electronic transferable records, current practice involving the use of 
electronic transferable records, and potential areas in which work by 
UNCITRAL could be beneficial.
    Time and Place: The public meeting will take place on Friday, 
January 6, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. EST in Room 1207 in the 
Department of State's Harry S. Truman Building, 2201 C Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20520. If you are unable to attend the public meeting 
and would like to participate from a remote location, teleconferencing 
will be available.
    Public Participation: This meeting is open to the public, subject 
to the capacity of the meeting room. Access to the meeting building is 
controlled. Persons wishing to attend in person or telephonically 
should contact both Tricia Smeltzer ([email protected]) and Niesha 
Toms ([email protected]) of the Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser 
for Private International Law, and provide your name, affiliation, 
email address, and mailing address. If you would like to participate in 
person, please also provide your date of birth, citizenship, and 
driver's license or passport number for entry in the building. Members 
of the public who are not pre-cleared might encounter delays with 
security procedures. Personal data from the public is requested 
pursuant to Public Law 99-399 (Omnibus Diplomatic Security and 
Antiterrorism Act of 1986), as amended; Public Law 107-56 (USA PATRIOT 
Act); and Executive Order 13356. The purpose of the collection is to 
validate the identity of individuals who enter Department facilities. 
The data will be entered into the Visitor Access Control System (VACS-
D) database. Please see the Privacy Impact Assessment for VACS-D at 
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/100305.pdf for additional 
information. A member of the public needing reasonable accommodation 
should advise either of the aforementioned contacts not later than 
December 27, 2011.


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    Dated: December 7, 2011.
Michael S. Coffee,
Attorney-Adviser, Office of Private International Law, Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. 2011-31982 Filed 12-12-11; 8:45 am]
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