[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28210-28211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13895]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Federal Telecommunications Standards
AGENCY: Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, GSA.
ACTION: Notice of comments on proposed interim Federal
Telecommunications Standards.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of the notice is solicit the views of Federal
agencies, industry, the public, and State and local governments on
proposed interim Federal Telecommunications Standards: 001101
Telecommunications: Land Mobile Radio Project 25 ``System and Standards
Definition''; 001102, Telecommunications: Land Mobile Radio Project 25
``Common Air Interface''; 001104, Telecommunications: Land Mobile Radio
Project 25 ``Encryption''; 001107 Telecommunications: Land Mobile Radio
Project 25 ``Transceiver Performance and Measurement Methods''; and
001108, Telecommunications: Land Mobile Radio Project 25 ``Vocoder''.
DATES: Comments are due on or before July 5, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the General Services Administration, Office
of Information Technology, Policy and Regulations Division (MKR), 18th
and F Streets, NW, Room 3224, Washington, DC 20405. (Attn. LMR Stds).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Keith Thurston, General Services Administration, telephone (202)
501-3194.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. The General Services Administration (GSA)
is responsible under the provisions of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended for the Federal
Standardization Program
2. On October 4, 1994, a notice was published in the Federal
Register (59 FR 50630) that proposed the above interim Federal
Telecommunications Standards for Land Mobile Radios (LMR). Due to the
on-going level of interest in these Standards, GSA is providing this
additional public comment period to provide a final opportunity for all
parties to provide comments.
3. The justification package as approved by the Federal
Telecommunications Standards Committee (FTSC) and the National
Communications Systems (NCS) was presented to GSA by NCS with a
recommendation for adoption of the standards.
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4. Interim Federal Telecommunications Standards are non-mandatory.
5. LMR standards, also called Project 25, is a joint effort that
includes state governments, represented by the National-Association of
State Telecommunications Directors (NASTD), and local governments
represented by the Association of Public-safety Communications
Officials, (APCO) to develop common standards for (LMR).
6. Proposed Interim Federal Standard 001101 will adopt
Telecommunication Industry Association (TIA) TSB 102. Proposed Interim
Federal Standard 001102 will adopt TIA TSB 102BAAA and TIA TSB 102BAAB
(now in draft). Proposed Interim Federal Standard 001104 will adopt TIA
Interim Standard 102AAAA and National Security Agency Specification
V23-94-1 (for the encryption of classified information). Proposed
Interim Federal Standard 001107 will adopt TIA TSB 102CAAA and TSB
102CAAB (now in draft). Proposed Interim Federal Standard 001108 will
adopt TIA Interim Standard 102BABA.
7. Requests for copies of the proposed Interim Federal Standard
001101, 001102, 001104, 001107, and 001108 should be directed to the
National Communications System. Office of Technology and Standards,
Attn: NT, 701 South Court House Road, Arlington, VA 22204-2198.
Dated: May 22, 1996
G. Martin Wagner,
Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 96-13895 Filed 6-3-96; 8:45 am]
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