[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28210-28211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13895]



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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Federal Telecommunications Standards
AGENCY: Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, GSA.

ACTION: Notice of comments on proposed interim Federal 
Telecommunications Standards.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of the notice is solicit the views of Federal 
agencies, industry, the public, and State and local governments on 
proposed interim Federal Telecommunications Standards: 001101 
Telecommunications: Land Mobile Radio Project 25 ``System and Standards 
Definition''; 001102, Telecommunications: Land Mobile Radio Project 25 
``Common Air Interface''; 001104, Telecommunications: Land Mobile Radio 
Project 25 ``Encryption''; 001107 Telecommunications: Land Mobile Radio 
Project 25 ``Transceiver Performance and Measurement Methods''; and 
001108, Telecommunications: Land Mobile Radio Project 25 ``Vocoder''.

DATES: Comments are due on or before July 5, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the General Services Administration, Office 
of Information Technology, Policy and Regulations Division (MKR), 18th 
and F Streets, NW, Room 3224, Washington, DC 20405. (Attn. LMR Stds).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Keith Thurston, General Services Administration, telephone (202) 
501-3194.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. The General Services Administration (GSA) 
is responsible under the provisions of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended for the Federal 
Standardization Program
    2. On October 4, 1994, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register (59 FR 50630) that proposed the above interim Federal 
Telecommunications Standards for Land Mobile Radios (LMR). Due to the 
on-going level of interest in these Standards, GSA is providing this 
additional public comment period to provide a final opportunity for all 
parties to provide comments.
    3. The justification package as approved by the Federal 
Telecommunications Standards Committee (FTSC) and the National 
Communications Systems (NCS) was presented to GSA by NCS with a 
recommendation for adoption of the standards.

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    4. Interim Federal Telecommunications Standards are non-mandatory.
    5. LMR standards, also called Project 25, is a joint effort that 
includes state governments, represented by the National-Association of 
State Telecommunications Directors (NASTD), and local governments 
represented by the Association of Public-safety Communications 
Officials, (APCO) to develop common standards for (LMR).
    6. Proposed Interim Federal Standard 001101 will adopt 
Telecommunication Industry Association (TIA) TSB 102. Proposed Interim 
Federal Standard 001102 will adopt TIA TSB 102BAAA and TIA TSB 102BAAB 
(now in draft). Proposed Interim Federal Standard 001104 will adopt TIA 
Interim Standard 102AAAA and National Security Agency Specification 
V23-94-1 (for the encryption of classified information). Proposed 
Interim Federal Standard 001107 will adopt TIA TSB 102CAAA and TSB 
102CAAB (now in draft). Proposed Interim Federal Standard 001108 will 
adopt TIA Interim Standard 102BABA.
    7. Requests for copies of the proposed Interim Federal Standard 
001101, 001102, 001104, 001107, and 001108 should be directed to the 
National Communications System. Office of Technology and Standards, 
Attn: NT, 701 South Court House Road, Arlington, VA 22204-2198.

    Dated: May 22, 1996
G. Martin Wagner,
Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 96-13895 Filed 6-3-96; 8:45 am]
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