[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 174 (Wednesday, September 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 48291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24134]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Certification Task Force

    Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is hereby given that the 
next meeting of the RTCA, Inc., Certification Task Force will be held 
September 10 and 11, 1998, starting at 9:00 a.m., at RTCA, Inc., Suite 
1020, 1140 Connecticut Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20036. This Task 
Force is reviewing the ``end-to-end'' certification of advanced 
avionics systems and, keeping safety as a first priority, developing 
recommendations for improving the timeliness and reducing the cost of 
certification.
    The meeting agenda will include: (1) Welcome and Opening Remarks; 
(2) A Presentation by Task Force Co-Chairs Mr. Tony Broderick (former 
FAA Associate Administrator and now consultant to Airbus) and Mr. Ed 
Seymour (General Aviation Manufacturers Association); (3) Presentations 
by the leaders of the four Task Force Working Groups. The presentations 
will focus on tasking, progress to date and current issues/challenges. 
Time will be allocated to questions, answers and general discussion.
    Concurrent working group sessions will take place at RTCA, Inc., 
1140 Connecticut Avenue, NW., Suite 1020, Washington, DC 20036, on the 
afternoon of September 10 and the morning of September 11. A summary 
plenary session will commence at 11:30 a.m., September 11.
    Attendance is open to the interested public but limited to space 
availability. With approval of the co-chairmen, members of the public 
may present oral statements at the meeting. Persons wishing to present 
statements or obtain information should contact RTCA at (202) 833-9339 
(phone), (202) 833-9434 (fax), or email [email protected] (e-mail). 
Members of the public may present a written statement at any time. 
Exceptional circumstances, due to an unanticipated delay in the 
development and administrative processing of the agenda exist in this 
instance to permit public notice of this meeting in less than 15 days.
Janice L. Peters,
Designated Official.
[FR Doc. 98-24134 Filed 9-8-98; 8:45 am]
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