# National Telecommunications and Information Administration

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A94-27923

## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Uncategorized Document
- **Published:** November 10, 1994

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA), Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting on November 16, 1994, regarding the G-
7 ministerial level conference on the Information Society on February
25-26, 1995, in Brussels.

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SUMMARY: NTIA is convening a public meeting to discuss U.S. government
goals and technology demonstration for the up-coming G-7 ministerial
level conference on the Information Society. The G-7 conference is
scheduled for February 25-26, 1995, in Brussels.
The public meeting will be chaired by Larry Irving, Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and
Administrator of NTIA. The purpose of the meeting is to brief the
public and obtain input on U.S. government goals for the meeting in
Brussels and to solicit industry interest in participating in
technology demonstrations, which will be held in conjunction with the
G-7 conference.

DATES: The public meeting will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 12 noon on
Wednesday, November 16, 1994, in the main auditorium at the U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC. Members of the public should use the main entrance to the
Department of Commerce building, on 14th Street between Pennsylvania
Avenue and Constitution Avenue.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Charles M. Rush, Chief Scientist,
NTIA; U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 4701; 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. Telephone: (202) 482-
1866; Fax: (202) 482-1865; E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the Naples G-7 Summit in July 1994, the
G-7 leaders emphasized the necessity of encouraging the development of
a worldwide information society and they agreed that the relevant
ministers should meet in Brussels. The European Commission extended an
invitation to the G-7 to convene a ministerial level conference on the
Information Society on February 25-26, 1995. The Information Society
Conference will include ministerial level discussions on: (1)
Regulatory and competitive frameworks; (2) the development of the
infrastructure and access to it; and, (3) essential applications as
well as the social, societal, and cultural aspects of the information
society.
Each G-7 Country, plus the European Union, will send Ministers
responsible for telecommunications and information matters. The
conference will include a session with private sector representatives,
both users and producers of telecommunications and information
equipment and services from each of the Member states participating in
the G-7 conference. Technology demonstrations will be given by
governments and industry during the conference to showcase the benefits
and capabilities of information technology. The United States
delegation will be led by Ronald H. Brown, the Secretary of Commerce.

Dated: November 7, 1994.
Larry Irving,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.
[FR Doc. 94-27923 Filed 11-9-94; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-60-P

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