[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57244-57245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27983]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee; Technology
Subcommittee Meeting
AGENCIES: The National Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA), Larry Irving, Assistant Secretary for
Communications and Information, and the Federal Communications
Commission, Reed E. Hundt, Chairman.
ACTION: Notice of next meeting of the Technology Subcommittee and
request for presentations by interested individuals addressing
technical issues of spectrum use by public safety agencies.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public
Law 92-463, as amended, this notice advises interested persons that the
next meeting of the Technology Subcommittee will afford an opportunity
for technical presentations to be made and the procedures for
interested persons seeking to appear before the Subcommittee. The NTIA
and the FCC established a Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee and
subcommittees to prepare a final report to advise the NTIA and the FCC
on operational, technical and spectrum requirements of Federal, state
and local Public Safety entities through the year 2010. All interested
parties are invited to attend the next round of meetings of the
Subcommittee.
DATES: December 13, 1995; Commencing at 1:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 3 Lafayette Centre,
1155 21st Street, NW., 1st Floor Hearing Room 1000, Washington, DC
20581.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Technology Subcommittee seeks
presentations addressing communications technologies that embrace
significant and evolutionary improvements in radio bandwidth and
spectrum efficiency for public safety agencies. The presentation should
be an overview of technical capabilities able to achieve more efficient
and effective spectrum use through the year 2010. The range of present
and emerging technologies should be addressed, including broadband and
narrowband alternatives and capabilities.
The Subcommittee will evaluate the information submitted to advise
the steering committee of technologies that can best serve public
safety's present and future requirements. The Subcommittee seeks to
establish a record of the technical aspects of spectrum use and the
impact for public safety purposes. The presentations should be premised
on affording public safety agencies wireless capabilities that provide
high information transfer rates supporting multimedia requirements,
while also meeting historic public safety requirements in an
environment that agencies are able to afford. The range of public
safety agencies, from high density urban to low density rural
operations, and the need for interoperable and compatible capability,
are factors to be considered.
Information is sought from educational and research institutions,
as well as government agencies, with expertise in spectrum technology,
government and private organizations who procure and operate radio
systems, manufacturers and service providers of radio technology, and
other interested parties who can assist the Advisory Committee in
examining the technical aspects and capabilities of the spectrum. The
Advisory Committee will evaluate how best spectrum should be allocated
for public safety uses, and will include examining commercial
alternatives.
The presentations will be made at the December 13, 1995, meeting of
the Technology Subcommittee. The oral presentation should be no more
than 30 minutes in length and accompanied by a written submission that
will be placed in the record of the Advisory Committee's proceedings.
Those seeking to provide an oral presentation should notify Joy Alford
at 202-418-0680 (telephone), 202-418-2643 (fax), jalford@fcc.gov
(email) by December 1, 1995, to schedule a time at the December 13,
1995, meeting to make the presentation as well as to advise of any
audio visual needs accompanying the presentation. Written submissions
not accompanied by oral presentations will be accepted and should be
submitted no later than December 8, 1995, to Joy Alford at 2025 M St.,
NW.; Room 8010; Washington, DC 20554 (mailing address). Any submission
received by
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the Subcommittee will be at no cost to the Advisory Committee or the
federal government and will become the property of the Advisory
Committee.
The Co-Designated Federal Officers of the Public Safety Wireless
Advisory Committee are William Donald Speights, NTIA, and John J.
Borkowski, FCC. For public inspection, a file designated WTB-1 is
maintained in the Private Wireless Division of the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, Room
8010; 2025 M Street, NW., Washington, DC 20554
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding the
Technology Subcommittee, contact: Alfred Mello at 401-738-2220
(telephone), 401-738-7336 (fax), or amello5757@aol.com (Internet) or
contact Richard DeMello at 517-335-3266 (telephone) 517-373-0784 (Fax).
For information regarding accommodations, transportation, and the
Advisory Committee, contact: Deborah Behlin at 202-418-0650
(telephone), 202-418-2643 (fax), or dbehlin@fcc.gov (Internet).
Information is also available from the Internet at the Public Safety
Wireless Advisory Committee's homepage (http://pswac.ntia.doc.gov).
Federal Communications Commission.
Robert H. McNamara,
Chief, Private Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.
[FR Doc. 95-27983 Filed 11-13-95; 8:45 am]
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