[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77449-77450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30529]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[CC Docket No. 92-237; DA 13-2227]


GSA Approves Renewal of North American Numbering Council Charter 
Through September 20, 2015

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On November 20, 2013, the Commission released a public notice 
announcing GSA's approval of the renewal of the North American 
Numbering Council charter through September 20, 2015. The intended 
effect of this action is to make the public aware of the renewal of the 
North American Numbering Council charter.

DATES: Renewed through September 20, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, 
Federal Communications Commission, The Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., 
Suite 5-C162, Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carmell Weathers, Special Assistant to 
the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) at (202) 418-2325 or 
[email protected]. The fax number is: (202) 418-1413. The TTY 
number is: 1-888-835-5322.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The General Services Administration (GSA) 
has renewed the charter of the North American Numbering Council (NANC 
or Council) through September 20, 2015. The Council will continue to 
advise the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) on rapidly 
evolving and significant number administration issues facing the 
telecommunications industry.
    In October 1995, the Commission established the NANC, a federal 
advisory committee created pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, 5 U.S.C., App. 2 (1988), to advise the Commission on issues 
related to North American Numbering Plan (NANP) administration. The 
NANP is the telephone numbering plan for the United States and its 
territories, Canada, Bermuda, and 17 Caribbean nations. The Commission 
filed the original charter of the Council on October 5, 1995, and 
established an initial two-year term. The Wireline Competition Bureau 
has renewed this charter every two years since that date. Since the 
last charter renewal, the Council has made recommendations to the 
Commission on important number administration matters, such as 
technical requirements related to a new Local Number Portability 
Administrator contract. The NANC also submitted recommendations on ways 
to improve local number porting, such as standardizing customer 
information and revising carrier procedures. In addition, the Council 
provided detailed annual evaluations of the current North American 
Numbering Plan Administrator, the Pooling Administrator, and the 
Billing and Collection Agent. It will continue to evaluate the 
performances of these

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entities annually. The Council is presently considering recommendations 
on other important number administration-related issues that will 
require work beyond the term of the present charter.
    The value of this federal advisory committee to the 
telecommunications industry and to the American public cannot be 
overstated. Telephone numbers are the means by which consumers gain 
access to, and reap the benefits of, the public switched telephone 
network. The Council's recommendations to the Commission will ensure 
that telephone numbers are available to all telecommunications service 
providers on a fair and equitable basis, consistent with the 
requirements of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Federal Communications Commission.
Sanford S. Williams,
Attorney, Wireline Competition Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2013-30529 Filed 12-20-13; 8:45 am]
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