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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 23 / Thursday, February 3, 2011 / Notices the Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration. The purpose of this meeting is to focus on ‘‘Business Counseling and Training’’ as well as welcoming new members, strategic planning, updates on past and current events and the ACVBA’s objectives for 2011. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The meeting is open to the public; however, advance notice of attendance is requested. Anyone wishing to attend and/or make a presentation to the Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs must contact Cheryl Simms, Program Liaison, by February 14, 2011 by fax or e-mail in order to be placed on the agenda. Cheryl Simms, Program Liaison, U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Veterans Business Development, 409 3rd Street, SW., Washington, DC 20416, Telephone number: (202) 619–1697, Fax number: 202–481–6085, e-mail address: cheryl.simms@sba.gov. Additionally, if you need accommodations because of a disability or require additional information, please contact Cheryl Simms, Program Liaison at (202) 619–1697; e-mail address: cheryl.simms@sba.gov, SBA, Office of Veterans Business Development, 409 3rd Street, SW., Washington, DC 20416. For more information, please visit our Web site at https://www.sba.gov/vets. Dated: January 21, 2011. Dan S. Jones, SBA Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2011–2174 Filed 2–2–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8025–01–M DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice 7239] jdjones on DSK8KYBLC1PROD with NOTICES U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private International Law (ACPIL): Public Meeting on Family Law The Department of State, Office of Legal Adviser, Office of Private International Law would like to give notice of a public meeting to discuss preparations for the upcoming Special Commission of the Hague Conference on Private International Law on the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention and the 1996 Hague Child Protection Convention. The Special Commission will be held in two sessions: June 2011 and January 2012. The public meeting will focus on the desirability and feasibility of a protocol to the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention. In that regard, the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference has circulated to member States a questionnaire (which VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:31 Feb 02, 2011 Jkt 223001 may be found at: https://www.hcch.net/ upload/wop/sc2011pd02e.DOC). The questionnaire asks whether member States believe that the a protocol to the Abduction Convention should be negotiated and, if so, whether any such protocol should address: (1) Mediation, conciliation, and other similar means to promote the amicable resolution of cases under the Abduction Convention; (2) direct judicial communications; (3) expeditious procedures; (4) the safe return of the child; (5) allegations of domestic violence; (6) the views of the child; (7) enforcement of return orders; (8) access and contact; (9) definitions; (10) international relocation of a child; (11) reviewing the operation of the Abduction Convention; or (12) other matters. Responses from member States are due March 15, 2011. Time and Place: The public meeting will take place on Friday, March 4, 2011, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. EST in Room 1107 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 Trisha Smeltzer (SmeltzerTK@state.gov) or Niesha Toms (TomsNN@state.gov) of the Office of Private International Law. If you would like to participate in person or telephonically, please provide your name, affiliation, e-mail 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 Harry S Truman building. Members of the public who are not precleared might encounter delays with security procedures. 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 https://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 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 6171 February 23, 2011. Requests made after that date will be considered, but might not be able to be fulfilled. If you would like to comment on any of the 12 matters identified above, please identify those matters so that an agenda, with appropriate allocations of time, may be developed. Dated: January 26, 2011. Michael S. Coffee, Attorney-Adviser, Office of Private International Law, Washington, DC. [FR Doc. 2011–2396 Filed 2–2–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710–08–P DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice 7007] Notice of Closed Meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee There will be a closed meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee on Wednesday, February 23, 2011, from approximately 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, February 24, 2011, from approximately 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Friday, February 25, 2010, from approximately 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the Department of State, Annex 5, 2200 C Street, NW., Washington, DC. During its meeting, the Committee will review the cultural property request from the Government of the Hellenic Republic seeking import restrictions on archaeological and ethnological material. An open session to receive oral public comment on this request was held on October 12, 2010; therefore, no open session is scheduled for this meeting. At that time, outside interested parties submitted written comments for the Committee’s consideration. A Public Summary of the request from Greece is available at https://exchanges.state.gov/ culprop. The Committee’s responsibilities are carried out in accordance with provisions of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.). The text of the Act and related information may be found at https://exchanges.state.gov/ culprop. The meeting will be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) and 19 U.S.C. 2605(h), the latter of which stipulates that ‘‘The provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act shall apply to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee except that the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of section 10 and 11 of such Act (relating to open meetings, public notice, public participation, and public availability of documents) shall not apply to the Committee, whenever and to the extent E:\FR\FM\03FEN1.SGM 03FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 23 (Thursday, February 3, 2011)]
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[FR Doc No: 2011-2396]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7239]


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

    The Department of State, Office of Legal Adviser, Office of Private 
International Law would like to give notice of a public meeting to 
discuss preparations for the upcoming Special Commission of the Hague 
Conference on Private International Law on the 1980 Hague Child 
Abduction Convention and the 1996 Hague Child Protection Convention. 
The Special Commission will be held in two sessions: June 2011 and 
January 2012. The public meeting will focus on the desirability and 
feasibility of a protocol to the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention. 
In that regard, the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference has 
circulated to member States a questionnaire (which may be found at: 
https://www.hcch.net/upload/wop/sc2011pd02e.DOC). The questionnaire asks 
whether member States believe that the a protocol to the Abduction 
Convention should be negotiated and, if so, whether any such protocol 
should address: (1) Mediation, conciliation, and other similar means to 
promote the amicable resolution of cases under the Abduction 
Convention; (2) direct judicial communications; (3) expeditious 
procedures; (4) the safe return of the child; (5) allegations of 
domestic violence; (6) the views of the child; (7) enforcement of 
return orders; (8) access and contact; (9) definitions; (10) 
international relocation of a child; (11) reviewing the operation of 
the Abduction Convention; or (12) other matters. Responses from member 
States are due March 15, 2011.
    Time and Place: The public meeting will take place on Friday, March 
4, 2011, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. EST in Room 1107 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 Trisha Smeltzer (SmeltzerTK@state.gov) or Niesha Toms 
(TomsNN@state.gov) of the Office of Private International Law. If you 
would like to participate in person or telephonically, please provide 
your name, affiliation, e-mail 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 Harry S Truman building. Members of the public who are not 
precleared might encounter delays with security procedures. 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 https://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 February 23, 2011. Requests made after that 
date will be considered, but might not be able to be fulfilled. If you 
would like to comment on any of the 12 matters identified above, please 
identify those matters so that an agenda, with appropriate allocations 
of time, may be developed.

     Dated: January 26, 2011.
Michael S. Coffee,
Attorney-Adviser, Office of Private International Law, Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. 2011-2396 Filed 2-2-11; 8:45 am]
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