Any chance someone NW can attend this and report? Federal Register: August 25, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 164) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of Export Administration Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Open Meeting A meeting of the Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee will be held September 23, 1997, 9:00 a.m., in the Plaza Room of the Portland World Trade Center, 25 S.W. Salmon, Portland, Oregon. The Committee advises the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on implementation of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and provides for continuing review to update the EAR as needed. Agenda 1. Opening remarks by the Chairwoman. 2. Presentation of papers or comments by the public. 3. Update on Bureau of Export Administration initiatives: <bullet> Draft encryption regulation. <bullet> Status of Wassenaar Arrangement implementation regulation. <bullet> Efforts to harmonize the Foreign Trade Statistics Regulations and the Export Administration Regulations in regards to the filing of Shipper's Export Declarations. 4. Discussion of European, Japanese, and U.S. export controls in regards to ``catch-all'' proliferation controls, Wassenaar Arrangement controls, encryption items, and the hiring of foreign nationals. The meeting will be 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 Committee members, the Committee suggests that presenters forward the public presentation materials, two weeks prior to the meeting date, to the following address: Ms. Lee Ann Carpenter, TAC Unit/OAS-EA, MS: 3886C, Bureau of Export Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230. For further information or copies of the minutes, contact Lee Ann Carpenter on (202) 482-2583. Dated: August 19, 1997. Lee Ann Carpenter, Director, Technical Advisory Committee Unit. [FR Doc. 97-22425 Filed 8-22-97; 8:45 am]