[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 111 (Friday, June 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 30885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14443]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Announcement of Telecommunication Certification Body Training 
Workshop

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of workshop.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
invites interested parties to attend a three-day Telecommunication 
Certification Body (TCB) training workshop on Federal Communications 
Commission (FCC) Rules, the FCC's TCB Program and related issues. The 
FCC has asked NIST to help assure the technical competence of TCBS. 
FCC, NIST, and industry personnel will conduct this workshop. The 
workshop, co-sponsored by NIST, will help NIST fulfill its 
responsibilities and will aid TCBs by providing information and 
training to current and potential TCBs, assessors, interested testing 
laboratories, and equipment manufacturers on compliance with FCC 
requirements. There is a fee to attend the Workshop. All attendees must 
register no later than June 29, 2001. Attendance will be limited to the 
first 75 registered participants.

DATES: The TCB Training Workshop will be held July 10-12, 2001. All 
sessions will be held from 9 am to 5 pm.

ADDRESSES: TCB Training Workshop sessions will be held at the 
Gaithersburg Holiday Inn, 2 Montgomery Village Avenue, Gaithersburg, 
Maryland 20878 (Montgomery Village Avenue Exit, Route 124 East off 
Interstate I-270).
    For Registration Information Contact:
    Teresa Vicente at (301) 975-3883, [email protected]. You may 
register for the workshop electronically at http://www.nist.gov/conferences. If you do not wish to register electronically, you can 
print out the electronic form and fax it to (301) 948-2067. Please pre-
register by no later than June 29, 2001. You may also mail a copy of 
the electronic form, by June 29, 2001, to: NIST Office of the 
Comptroller, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 3732, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3732.
    For Technical Information Contact:
    Jogindar Dhillon at 301-975-5521, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FCC, in its Report & Order 98-338 (Gen 
Docket No. 98-68) asked NIST to help assure the technical competence of 
TCBs. The workshop, co-sponsored by NIST, is aimed at providing 
information and training to current and potential TCBs, assessors, 
interested testing laboratories, and equipment manufacturers on 
compliance with FCC requirements. The first two days will be devoted to 
a TCB Tutorial for FCC requirements, which will include an overview of 
FCC Equipment Authorization Program, the TCB Program, electronic 
filing, unlicensed and licensed transmitters, telephone terminal 
equipment and Mutual Recognition Agreements/Arrangements. The tutorial 
will be followed by one-day session focusing on issues relating to 
market surveillance and RF exposure, TCB audits, common problems 
encountered by TCBs, and experiences in implementing the TCB program. 
There is a $390 fee to attend the Workshop. For those who are only 
interested in attending the session on the third day, July 12, the fee 
will be $250. All attendees must register no later than June 29, 2001. 
Attendance will be limited to the first 75 registered participants.
    Workshop attendees are assumed to have basic familiarity with the 
FCC Rules, Parts 2, 15, 18, and 68. The text of the FCC Rules can be 
accessed at http://www.fcc.gov/oet/info/rules/. Information about the 
TCB program is posted on NIST web site at http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/210/216/tcb-program.htm.

    Dated: June 1, 2001.
Karen H. Brown,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 01-14443 Filed 6-7-01; 8:45 am]
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