[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 141 (Friday, July 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 43164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18112]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Federal Advisory Committee Act; Emergency Response
Interoperability Center Public Safety Advisory Committee
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 ``Emergency Response Interoperability Center
Public Safety Advisory Committee'' (hereinafter the ``Committee''), is
being established.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Public Safety and
Homeland Security Bureau, Attn: Gene Fullano, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Room 7-C738, Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene Fullano, Federal Communications
Commission, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 445 12th
Street, SW., Room 7-C738, Washington, DC 20554. Telephone: (202) 418-
0492, e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Chairman of the Federal Communications
Commission has determined that the establishment of the Committee 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
Committee. The purpose of the Committee is to make recommendations that
will assist the Commission's Emergency Response Interoperability Center
(ERIC), an entity established within the Public Safety and Homeland
Security Bureau, in the development of a technical framework and
requirements for interoperability in order to ensure that the public
safety wireless broadband network is interoperable on a nationwide
basis. In particular, the Committee will provide recommendations to the
Commission that would assist ERIC as it implements the following policy
objectives: (1) The adoption of technical and operational requirements
and procedures to ensure a nationwide level of interoperability; (2)
the adoption and implementation of requirements and procedures to
address operability, roaming, priority access, gateway functions and
interfaces, the interconnectivity of public safety broadband networks,
and other matters related to the functioning of the nationwide public
safety broadband network; (3) the adoption of authentication and
encryption requirements for common public safety broadband applications
and network use; (4) the coordination of ERIC's policies with other
entities, including other Federal agencies; and (5) such other policies
for which ERIC may have responsibilities from time to time.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
[FR Doc. 2010-18112 Filed 7-22-10; 8:45 am]
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