[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 56 (Thursday, March 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 11637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6794]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee; Subcommittee Meetings

AGENCIES: National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA), Commerce, and Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

ACTION: Notice of the next meetings of the Spectrum Requirements, 
Interoperability, Technology, Operational Requirements and Transition 
Subcommittees, and the Steering Committee of the Public Safety Wireless 
Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public 
Law 92-463, as amended, this notice advises interested persons of the 
next meetings of the five Subcommittees and Steering Committee of the 
Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee. The NTIA and the FCC 
established a Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee, Subcommittees, 
and Steering Committee to prepare a final report to advise the NTIA and 
the FCC on operational, technical and spectrum requirements of Federal, 
state and local Public Safety entities through the year 2010. All 
interested parties are invited to attend and to participate in the next 
round of meetings of the Subcommittees and the Steering Committee.

DATES: April 10 through 12, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Admiral Kidd Club (Officers Club), Naval Training Center, 
Harbor Dr. and Laning Rd. (Gate 10), San Diego, CA 92133.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding the 
Subcommittees, contact:

Interoperability Subcommittee: James E. Downes at 202-622-1582
Operational Requirements Subcommittee: Paul H. Wieck at 515-281-5261
Spectrum Requirements Subcommittee: Richard N. Allen at 703-630-6617
Technology Subcommittee: Alfred Mello at 401-738-2220
Transition Subcommittee: Ronnie Rand at 904-322-2500 or 800-949-2726 
ext. 600.

    For information regarding accommodations and transportation, 
contact: Deborah Behlin at 202-418-0650 (phone), 202-418-2643 (fax), or 
[email protected] (email). You may also contact Ms. Behlin for general 
information concerning the Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee. 
Information is also available from the Internet at the Public Safety 
Wireless Advisory Committee homepage (http://pswac.ntia.doc.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Steering Committee and the five 
Subcommittees of the Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee will 
hold consecutive meetings over a three day period, Wednesday through 
Friday, April 10, 11, 12, 1996. The expected arrangement of the 
meetings, which is subject to change at the time of the meetings, is as 
follows:
    April 10: The Steering Committee and then the Transition 
Subcommittee will meet consecutively starting at 9:00 a.m.
    April 11: The Operational Requirements Subcommittee and then the 
Technology Subcommittee will meet consecutively starting at 9:00 a.m.
    April 12: The Interoperability Subcommittee and then the Spectrum 
Requirements Subcommittee will meet consecutively starting at 9:00 a.m.
    The tentative agenda for each subcommittee meeting is as follows:

1. Welcoming Remarks
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Administrative Matters
4. Work Program/Organization of Work
5. Meeting Schedule
6. Agenda for Next Meeting
7. Other Business
8. Closing Remarks

    The tentative agenda for the Steering Committee meeting is as 
follows:

1. Welcoming Remarks
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Administrative Matters
4. Work Program/Organization of Work
5. Meeting Schedule
6. Agenda for Next Meeting
7. Other Business
8. Closing Remarks

    Anyone who is submitting papers, information, or written comments 
to the Steering Committee or any of the five subcommittees is asked to 
provide 100 copies at time of submittal.
    The tentative schedule and general location of future meetings of 
the Subcommittees of the Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee is 
as follows: May 29, 30, 31, 1996, at Scott AFB, Illinois (near St 
Louis, MO), June 1996, in Washington, DC.
    The tentative schedule and general location of the next full 
meeting of the Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee is: June 1996, 
in Washington, DC.
    The Co-Designated Federal Officers of the Public Safety Wireless 
Advisory Committee are William Donald Speights, NTIA, and John J. 
Borkowski, FCC. For public inspection, a file designated WTB-1 is 
maintained in the Private Wireless Division of the Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, Room 
8010, 2025 M Street, NW., Washington, DC 20554.

Federal Communications Commission.
Robert H. McNamara,
Chief, Private Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.
[FR Doc. 96-6794 Filed 3-20-96; 8:45 am]
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