[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 8701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5058]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[CGD 96-007]


Civil GPS Service Interface Committee Meeting Announcement

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Civil Global Positioning System (GPS) Service Interface 
Committee (CGSIC) will meet to discuss various issues. Agenda items 
include GPS Policy, interference problems, and status of GPS 
initiatives. This meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The General Committee meeting will meet on 19-20 March 1996, 
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:50 p.m. daily. The Subcommittee will meet on 21 
March 1996.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel, 7801 
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Casswell, United States Coast 
Guard Navigation Center, at (703) 313-5930 or FAX at (703) 313-5805. 
The meeting agenda is available to the Electronic Bulletin Board System 
(BBS) at the Navigation Information Service (NIS) in Alexandria, 
Virginia, at (703) 313-5910. For information on the BBS, call the 
watchstander of NIS at (703) 313-5900.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CGSIC was formed to exchange GPS 
information and to identify GPS issues and needs that affect the 
nonmilitary user (e.g. navigation, timing, and positioning). This is 
done in support of the DOT's Civil GPS Service Program and as a 
function of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy's 
outreach program to the civil GPS Service user community. The CGSIC is 
open to representatives from relevant private, government, and industry 
user groups, both U.S. and international. The meeting is chaired by the 
Department of Transportation's Radionavigation Policy and Planning 
Staff Chief.

    Dated: February 28, 1996.
Rudy K. Peschel,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Chief, Office of Navigation Safety and 
Waterway Services.
[FR Doc. 96-5058 Filed 3-4-96; 8:45 am]
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