**DA 07-4593**

**November 9, 2007**

**Public safety and homeland security Bureau AND WIRELESS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU ANNOUNCE THE FOUR AT-LARGE MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND LICENSEE'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS**

**PS Docket No. 06-229**

On July 31, 2007, the Commission adopted a *Second* *Report and Order*
revising the rules governing the upper 700 MHz band.[^1] In the *Second*
*Report and Order*, the Commission re-designated ten megahertz of public
safety 700 MHz spectrum (763-768/793-798 MHz) for the purpose of
establishing a nationwide, interoperable broadband public safety
communications network. The Commission also created a single nationwide
license for this spectrum -- the Public Safety Broadband License.
Further, the Commission stated that it would assign this license to a
single entity -- the Public Safety Broadband Licensee.[^2]

To ensure broad representation and to provide a balance of the various
public safety interests, the Commission required that the Public Safety
Broadband Licensee be governed by a voting board that is broadly
representative of the public safety community.[^3] The Public Safety
Broadband Licensee board of directors is made up of fifteen members,
four of which are at-large members to be appointed jointly by the Chiefs
of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau.[^4]

By this *Public Notice*, and as specified in both the *Second Report and
Order* and *Order on Reconsideration,* the Public Safety and Homeland
Security Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau jointly announce
the selection of the following four organizations as at-large members to
the Public Safety Broadband Licensee's board of directors: the American
Hospital Association (AHA), the National Fraternal Order of Police
(NFOP), the National Association of State 9-1-1 Administrators (NASNA),
and the National Emergency Management Association (NEMA).[^5]

The AHA was founded in 1898 and is a national organization which
represents the needs of its membership, consisting of close to 5,000
hospitals, health care systems, networks and other providers of care,
and 37,000 individual members, on matters of national health policy
development.[^6] The FOP is an organization of sworn law enforcement
officers with more than 324,000 members in more than 2,100 lodges, and
it held its first meeting in 1915.[^7] The NASNA is a professional
organization representing the thirty-five states that currently have a
central 911 planning or administrative function.[^8] The NEMA is
composed of state directors of emergency management, and is dedicated to
enhancing public safety by improving the nation's ability to prepare
for, respond to and recover from all emergencies, disasters, and threats
to our nation's security.[^9]

Based on the range of additional expertise these four organizations
possess, appointing these four organizations will further broaden
representation of the public safety community in the Public Safety
Broadband Licensee board of directors and, in turn, serve the public
interest.[^10] These four at-large members will join the eleven member
organizations previously announced by the Commission.[^11] These eleven
organizations are:

-   American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
    (AASHTO)

-   Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO)

-   Forestry Conservation Communications Association (FCCA)

-   International City/County Management Association (ICMA)

-   International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)

-   International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC)

-   International Municipal Signal Association (IMSA)

-   National Association of State Emergency Medical Services Officials
    (NASEMSO)

-   National Emergency Number Association (NENA)

-   National Sheriffs' Association (NSA)

-   National Governors Association (NGA)

Accordingly, the appointment of at-large members AHA, NFOP, NASNA, and
NEMA completes the full fifteen-member Public Safety Broadband Licensee
board of directors.

Questions regarding this Public Notice may be directed to Jeffrey S.
Cohen, Senior Legal Counsel, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau,
(202) 418-0799, or Paul Murray, Legal Advisor, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau, (202) 418-0688.

By the Chiefs, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau.

-FCC-

[^1]: Implementing a Nationwide, Broadband, Interoperable Public Safety
    Network in the 700 MHz Band; Development of Operational, Technical
    and Spectrum Requirements for Meeting Federal, State and Local
    Public Safety Communications Requirements Through the Year 2010, PS
    Docket No. 06-229, WT Docket No. 96-86, *Second* *Report and Order*,
    22 FCC Rcd 15289 (2007) (*Second* *Report and Order*).

[^2]: *Id*. at 15419 ¶ 366.

[^3]: *Id.* at 15421 ¶ 373.

[^4]: *Id*. at 15422-23 ¶ 374; Implementing a Nationwide, Broadband,
    Interoperable Public Safety Network in the 700 MHz Band; Development
    of Operational, Technical and Spectrum Requirements for Meeting
    Federal, State and Local Public Safety Communications Requirements
    Through the Year 2010, PS Docket No. 06-229, WT Docket No. 96-86,
    *Order on Reconsideration*, FCC 07-171 at ¶ 5 (rel. Sept. 24, 2007)
    (*Order on Reconsideration*).

[^5]: Each of these four organizations will select one of its
    constituents to be a voting board member and each will have one
    vote. If at sometime in the future any one of these four
    organizations cannot participate on the voting board for any reason,
    the organization will be replaced by another selected by PSHSB and
    WTB. *See* *Second* *Report and Order* at 15422-23 ¶ 374.

[^6]: *See* http://www.aha.org/aha/about.

[^7]: *See* http://www.fop.net.

[^8]: *See* http://www.nasna911.org/about.htm.

[^9]: *See* http://www.nemaweb.org.

[^10]: One of the Commission's goals in this proceeding was to ensure
    that the 700 MHz Public Safety Broadband Licensee is as broadly
    representative of the public safety community as possible so that it
    can focus on the needs of all public safety entities that stand to
    benefit from the broadband network. *See* *Second* *Report and
    Order* at 15421-23 ¶¶ 373-374; *Order on Reconsideration* at ¶ 4.

[^11]: *See* *Second Report and Order* at 15422-23 ¶ 374; *Order on
    Reconsideration* at ¶¶ 4-5.