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and the first meeting date of the

Committee. It is anticipated that the first

Committee meeting will take place in

March of 2001.

The Committee will operate in

accordance with the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App II. Each

meeting will be open to the public. A

notice of each meeting will be published

in the Federal Register at least fifteen

(15) days in advance of the meeting.

Records will be maintained of each

meeting and made available for public

inspection.

Federal Communications Commission.

Karen Peltz Strauss,

Deputy Bureau Chief, Consumer Information

Bureau.

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Public Safety National Coordination

Committee

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This document advises

interested persons of a meeting of the

Public Safety National Coordination

Committee (‘‘NCC’’), which will be held

in Orlando, Florida. The Federal

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law

92–463, as amended, requires public

notice of all meetings of the NCC. This

notice advises interested persons of the

eleventh meeting of the Public Safety

National Coordination Committee.

DATES: January 19, 2001 at 9:30 a.m.–

12:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Holiday Inn Select, 5750 T.

G. Lee Blvd., Orlando, Florida 32822.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Designated Federal Officer, Michael J.

Wilhelm, (202) 418–0680, e-mail

mwilhelm@fcc.gov. Press Contact,

Meribeth McCarrick, Wireless

Telecommunications Bureau, 202–418–

0600, or e-mail mmccarri@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following

is the complete text of the Public Notice:

This Public Notice advises interested

persons of the eleventh meeting of the

Public Safety National Coordination

Committee (‘‘NCC’’), which will be held

in Orlando, Florida.

The Federal Advisory Committee Act,

Public Law 92–463, as amended,

requires public notice of all meetings of

the NCC.

Date: January 19, 2001.

Meeting Time: General Membership

Meeting—9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Address: Holiday Inn Select, 5750 T.

G. Lee Blvd., Orlando, Florida 32822.

The NCC Subcommittees will meet

from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. the previous

day. The NCC General Membership

Meeting will commence at 9:30 a.m. and

continue until 12:30 p.m. The agenda

for the NCC membership meeting is as

follows:

1. Introduction and Welcoming

Remarks.

2. Administrative Matters.

3. Report from the Interoperability

Subcommittee including, without

limitation, recommendations for an

incident response system,

recommendations for the number of

interoperability channels to be operatoraccessible on mobile and portable

radios; recommendations on

interoperability channel labeling

conventions and any other matters

related to interoperability.

4. Report from the Technology

Subcommittee including, without

limitation, discussion of an encryption

standard appropriate for use on the

narrowband 700 MHz public safety

frequencies; technology-related issues

arising from the recommendations of the

other subcommittees; and any other

matters related to interoperability.

5. Report from the Implementation

Subcommittee including, without

limitation, recommendations for

guidelines and model documents for use

by Regional Planning Committees;

recommendations for use of a precoordination database; operationsrelated issues arising from the

recommendations of the other

subcommittees; and any other matters

related to interoperability.

6. Public Discussion.

7. Other Business.

8. Upcoming Meeting Dates and

Locations.

9. Closing Remarks.

The FCC has established the Public

Safety National Coordination

Committee, pursuant to the provisions

of the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

to advise the Commission on a variety

of issues relating to the use of the 24

MHz of spectrum in the 764–776/794–

806 MHz frequency bands (collectively,

the 700 MHz band) that has been

allocated to public safety services. See

The Development of Operational,

Technical and Spectrum Requirements

For Meeting Federal, State and Local

Public Safety Agency Communications

Requirements Through the Year 2010

and Establishment of Rules and

Requirements For Priority Access

Service, WT Docket No. 96–86, First

Report and Order and Third Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 98–191, 14

FCC Rcd 152 (1998), 63 FR 58645 (11–

2–98).

The NCC has an open membership.

Previous expressions of interest in

membership have been received in

response to several Public Notices

inviting interested persons to become

members and to participate in the NCC’s

processes. All persons who have

previously identified themselves or

have been designated as a representative

of an organization are deemed members

and are invited to attend. All other

interested parties are hereby invited to

attend and to participate in the NCC

processes and its meetings and to

become members of the Committee.

This policy will ensure balanced

participation. Members of the general

public may attend the meeting. To

attend the eleventh meeting of the

Public Safety National Coordination

Committee, please RSVP to Joy Alford

or Bert Weintraub of the Policy and

Rules Branch of the Public Safety and

Private Wireless Division, Wireless

Telecommunications Bureau of the FCC

by calling (202) 418–0680, by faxing

(202) 418–2643, or by E-mailing to

jalford@fcc.gov or bweintra@fcc.gov.

Please provide your name, the

organization you represent, your phone

number, fax number and e-mail address.

This RSVP is for the purpose of

determining the number of people who

will attend this eighth meeting. The FCC

will attempt to accommodate as many

people as possible. However,

admittance will be limited to the seating

available. Persons requesting

accommodations for hearing disabilities

should contact Joy Alford immediately

at (202) 418–7233 (TTY). Persons

requesting accommodations for other

physical disabilities should contact Joy

Alford immediately at (202) 418–0694

or via e-mail at jalford@fcc.gov. The

public may submit written comments to

the NCC’s Designated

Federal Officer before the meeting.

Additional information about the NCC

and NCC-related matters can be found

on the NCC website located at: http://

www.fcc.gov/wtb/publicsafety/

ncc.html.

Federal Communications Commission.

Jeanne Kowalski,

Deputy Division Chief for Public Safety,

Public Safety and Private Wireless Division,

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.

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