[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-5666]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[FCC 94-44]

 

FCC Asks for Comments Regarding the Establishment of an Advisory 
Committee

March 7, 1994.
    The Commission is considering the establishment of a Federal 
Advisory Committee to assist the Common Carrier Bureau (Bureau) in the 
development and implementation of an electronic filing system. This 
Committee would be created under the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
    The proposed advisory committee would be convened to provide 
recommendations to the Bureau to be used in the formulation of rules 
and procedures that will facilitate the electronic filing of Bureau 
applications, formal complaints, various reports, petitions and tariff 
filings and related pleadings and reports that are filed in conjunction 
therewith. Committee recommendations would also be considered in 
ongoing discussions regarding Commission-wide electronic filing 
initiatives. Specifically, the committee will assist the Bureau in (1) 
designing the technical software necessary to receive, store and 
retrieve reports, applications and related filings; (2) studying the 
feasibility of establishing an on-line public access system to the 
database necessary to accomplish this goal, using, where possible, 
readily available, off-the-shelf software; (3) analyzing and 
identifying the costs of implementing and maintaining such a system, 
and the feasibility of recovering such costs through user fees or other 
means, in conjunction with the President's goal of providing efficient 
and easy to use public access to government information, and (4) 
designing and developing a final request for proposal that the 
Commission could use in implementing an electronic filing system.
    The Commission requests public comment, by April 1, 1994, whether 
it should establish a federal advisory committee, and the proposed 
scope of that committee's deliberations. Comments should be sent to the 
Office of the Secretary, CC Docket 94-18, Federal Communications 
Commission, Washington, DC 20554.
    Action by the Commission, March 2, 1994, by Public notice (FCC 94-
44). Chairman Hundt, Commissioners Quello and Barrett.
    For further information pertaining to the establishment of this 
advisory committee, contact Jim Talens at (202) 632-3214, Rosalee 
Chiara at (202) 634-1781 or Kristi Kendall at (202) 634-7058.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-5666 Filed 3-10-94; 8:45 am]
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