[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 4, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16362-16363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6254]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Federal Advisory Committee Act; Communications Security, 
Reliability and Interoperability Council

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice of intent to establish.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 
purpose of this notice is to announce that a Federal Advisory 
Committee, known as the ``Communications Security, Reliability and 
Interoperability Council'' (hereinafter the ``Council'') is being 
established.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Public Safety & Homeland 
Security Bureau, Attn: Lisa M. Fowlkes, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 7-
C753, Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa M. Fowlkes, Federal 
Communications Commission, Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau, 
445 12th Street, SW., Room 7-C753, Washington, DC 20554. Telephone: 
(202) 418-7452, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Chairman of the Federal Communications 
Commission has determined that the establishment of the Council is 
necessary and in the public interest in connection with the performance 
of duties imposed on the Federal Communications Commission (``FCC'' or 
``Commission'') by law. The Committee Management Secretariat, General 
Services Administration concurs with the establishment of the Council. 
The purpose of the Council is to provide recommendations to the FCC to 
ensure optimal security, reliability and interoperability of 
communications systems, including telecommunications, media and public 
safety communications systems. This Council will replace the Network 
Reliability and Interoperability Council (NRIC) and the Media Security 
and Reliability Council (MSRC). The Council's duties will include: (1) 
Recommending to the FCC best practices to ensure the security, 
reliability, operability and interoperability of public safety 
communications systems; (2) evaluating ways to strengthen the 
collaboration between communication service providers and public safety 
agencies during emergencies; (3) recommending to the FCC ways to 
improve the Emergency Alert System (EAS), including best practices for 
EAS; (4) recommending to the FCC steps necessary to better prepare for 
shifts in communications usage patterns that likely would result from a 
pandemic flu outbreak; (5) recommending to the FCC technologies and 
systems that can best facilitate the communication of emergency 
information to and from hospitals, schools, day care facilities and 
other facilities that provide vital public services; (6) developing and

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recommending to the FCC best practices to facilitate the communication 
of emergency information to the public, including people who do not 
speak English, individuals with disabilities, the elderly and people 
living in rural areas; (7) recommending to the FCC methods by which the 
communications industry can reliably and accurately measure the extent 
to which key best practices are implemented; (8) reviewing and 
recommending to the FCC updates of existing NRIC and MSRC best 
practices; (9) reviewing the deployment of Internet Protocol (IP) as a 
network protocol for critical next generation infrastructure, including 
emergency/first responder networks; and (10) reviewing and recommending 
to the FCC an implementation plan for the ``emergency communications 
internetwork'' advocated by NRIC VII, Focus Group 1D in its December 
2005 Final Report.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-6254 Filed 4-3-07; 8:45 am]
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