[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9576-9577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03516]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8638]


Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice of Closed and Open Meetings for 2014.

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SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation 
will meet on the following days during 2014, in open session, to 
discuss unclassified matters concerning declassification and transfer 
of Department of State records to the National Archives and Records 
Administration and the status of the Foreign Relations series, as 
indicated:
    1. March 3, 2014. The Committee will meet in open session from 
11:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon in Room 2208,

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Department of State, 2201 C Street NW., Washington, DC (Department of 
State). RSVP should be sent as directed below not later than February 
25, 2014. Requests for reasonable accommodation should be made by 
February 21, 2014.
    2. June 9, 2014. The Committee will meet in open session from 11:00 
a.m. until 12:00 noon in Room 1207 of the Department of State. RSVP 
should be sent as directed below not later than June 3, 2014. Requests 
for reasonable accommodation should be made by May 30, 2014.
    3. September 8, 2014. The Committee will meet in open session from 
11:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon in Room 1207 of the Department of State. 
RSVP should be sent as directed below not later than September 2, 2014. 
Requests for reasonable accommodation should be made by August 29, 
2014.
    4. December 8, 2014. The Committee will meet in open session from 
11:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon in Room 1207 of the Department of State. 
RSVP should be sent as directed below not later than December 2, 2014. 
Requests for reasonable accommodation should be made by November 28, 
2014.
    Closed Sessions. The Committee's sessions in the afternoon of 
Monday, March 3, 2014; in the afternoon of Monday, June 9, 2014; in the 
morning of Tuesday, June 10, 2014; in the afternoon of Monday, 
September 8, 2014; in the morning of Tuesday, September 9, 2014; in the 
afternoon of Monday, December 8, 2014; and in the morning of Tuesday, 
December 9, 2014, will be closed in accordance with Section 10(d) of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (P. L. 92-463). The agenda calls for 
discussions of agency declassification decisions concerning the Foreign 
Relations series and other declassification issues. These are matters 
properly classified and not subject to public disclosure under 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(l) and the public interest requires that such activities be 
withheld from disclosure.
    RSVP Instructions. Prior notification and a valid government-issued 
photo ID (such as driver's license, passport, U.S. government or 
military ID) are required for entrance into the Department of State 
building. Members of the public planning to attend the meetings should 
RSVP for the open meetings, by the dates indicated above, to Julie Fort 
or Nick Sheldon, Office of the Historian (202-663-3265/1123). When 
responding, please provide date of birth, valid government-issued photo 
identification number and type (such as driver's license number/state, 
passport number/country, or U.S. government ID number/agency or 
military ID number/branch), and relevant telephone numbers. If you 
cannot provide one of the specified forms of ID, please consult with 
Julie Fort for acceptable alternative forms of picture identification.
    Personal data 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 Security Records 
System of Records Notice (State-36) at http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/l03419.pdf, for additional information.
    Questions concerning the meeting should be directed to Dr. Stephen 
P. Randolph, Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Historical 
Diplomatic Documentation, Department of State, Office of the Historian, 
Washington, DC 20520, telephone (202) 663-1123, (email 
[email protected]).
    Note that requests for reasonable accommodation received after the 
dates indicated in this notice will be considered, but might not be 
possible to fulfill.

    Dated: February 6, 2014.
Stephen P. Randolph,
Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic 
Documentation.
[FR Doc. 2014-03516 Filed 2-18-14; 8:45 am]
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