[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1973-1974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-603]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration


Public Safety Spectrum Management Forum

AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications 
and Information Administration (NTIA) will host a two-day public safety 
spectrum management

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forum that is open to the public. Both days will include invited 
speakers and breakout discussion sessions designed to garner public 
comment on the four objectives of the President's Spectrum Policy 
Initiative as they relate to public safety. The first breakout session 
will focus on addressing the nation's critical spectrum requirements. 
The discussion for the second breakout session will concentrate on 
developing a modernized and improved spectrum management system for 
state and local public safety agencies. The topic for the third 
breakout session will be centered on incentives for more efficient and 
beneficial spectrum use. This session will cover such topics as 
defining efficiency, balancing efficiency with effectiveness, measuring 
methods of efficiency, and identifying policies to achieve efficient 
spectrum use. The fourth breakout session will focus on the development 
of new and expanded services and technologies that improve efficiency 
and streamline technology deployment. All sessions will feature 
participation from representatives of key public safety associations 
and government agencies.

DATES: The forum will be held from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday and 
Wednesday, February 10-11, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The Public Safety Spectrum Management Forum will be held at 
the Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20008; telephone: (202) 234-0700. All events are open to the public. 
Parking is available on site for a fee. The hotel is located one-half 
block from the Woodley Park Metrorail stop on the Red line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rich Orsulak, NTIA Public Safety 
Division, at (202) 482-9139, or electronic mail: [email protected]. 
Please direct media inquiries to the Office of Public Affairs, NTIA, at 
(202) 482-7002.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This forum is one in a series of public 
meetings to support the President Bush's Spectrum Policy Initiative, 
which will result in recommendations to the Administration for 
improving spectrum management policies and procedures. On May 29, 2003, 
the President signed a Presidential Memorandum outlining the 
Administration's initiative for spectrum management reform. The 
President established the ``Spectrum Policy Initiative'' to promote the 
development and implementation of a U.S. spectrum policy for the 21st 
century. He directed the Secretary of Commerce to chair the initiative, 
which includes two courses of spectrum-related activity, one based on 
an interagency task force and the other on a series of public meetings. 
The Department of Commerce will develop recommendations for revising 
policies and procedures to promote more efficient and beneficial use of 
spectrum. NTIA will provide additional information about the forum in 
the near future on its home page at http://www.ntia.doc.gov.
    Public Participation: The forum will be open to the public on a 
first-come, first-served basis. Space is limited. The public meeting is 
physically accessible to people with disabilities. Any member of the 
public wishing to attend and requiring special services, such as sign 
language interpretation or other ancillary aids, should contact Rich 
Orsulak at (202) 482-9139 or at [email protected], at least three 
(3) days prior to the meeting.

    Dated: January 7, 2004.
Kathy D. Smith,
Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-603 Filed 1-12-04; 8:45 am]
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