Information Systems, Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

Information Systems, Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of

Partially Closed Meeting

A meeting of the Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee

will be held January 7 & 8, Room 1617M-2, in the Herbert C. Hoover

Building, 14th Street between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues,

NW., Washington, DC. This Committee advises the Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Export Administration with respect to technical questions

that affect the level of export controls applicable to information

systems equipment and technology.

January 7

General Session

9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

1. Opening remarks by the Chairmen.

2. Presentation on Office of Exporter Services outreach program.

3. Update on status of Export Administration Regulations.

4. Public discussion on encryption issues.

5. Other comments or presentations by the public.

Closed Session

6. Discussion of matters properly classified under Executive Order

12958, dealing with U.S. export control programs and strategic criteria

related thereto.

January 8

Closed Session

7. Discussion of matters properly classified under Executive Order

12958, dealing with U.S. export control programs and strategic criteria

related thereto.

The General Session of the meeting is open to the public and a

limited number of seats will be available. To the extent time permits,

members of the public may present oral statements to the Committee.

Written statements may be submitted at any time before or after the

meeting. However, to facilitate distribution of public presentation

materials to the Committee members, the Committee suggests that public

presentation materials or comments be forwarded at least one week

before the meeting to the address listed below:

Ms. Lee Ann Carpenter, TAC Unit/OAS/EA, Room 3886C, Bureau of Export

Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230

The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of

the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on October 10,

1995, pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

as amended, that the series of meetings or portions of meetings of

these Committees and of any Subcommittees thereof, dealing with the

classified materials listed in 5 U.S.C. 552(c)(1) shall be exempt from

the provisions relating to public meetings found in section 10 (a)(1)

and (a)(3), of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The remaining series

of meetings or portions thereof will be open to the public.

A copy of the Notice of Determination to close meetings or portions

of meetings of these Committees is available for public inspection and

copying in the Central Reference and Records Inspection Facility, Room

6020, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC. For further

information or copies of the minutes call Lee Ann Carpenter, 202-482-

2583.

Dated: December 6, 1996.

Lee Ann Carpenter,

Director, Technical Advisory Committee Unit.

[FR Doc. 96-31495 Filed 12-11-96; 8:45 am]

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