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5 April 2007


[Federal Register: April 4, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 64)]

[Notices]               

[Page 16362-16363]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



 

Federal Advisory Committee Act; Communications Security, 

Reliability and Interoperability Council



AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.



ACTION: Notice of intent to establish.



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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

purpose of this notice is to announce that a Federal Advisory 

Committee, known as the ``Communications Security, Reliability and 

Interoperability Council'' (hereinafter the ``Council'') is being 

established.



ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Public Safety & Homeland 

Security Bureau, Attn: Lisa M. Fowlkes, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 7-

C753, Washington, DC 20554.



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa M. Fowlkes, Federal 

Communications Commission, Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau, 

445 12th Street, SW., Room 7-C753, Washington, DC 20554. Telephone: 

(202) 418-7452, e-mail: lisa.fowlkes@fcc.gov.



SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Chairman of the Federal Communications 

Commission has determined that the establishment of the Council is 

necessary and in the public interest in connection with the performance 

of duties imposed on the Federal Communications Commission (``FCC'' or 

``Commission'') by law. The Committee Management Secretariat, General 

Services Administration concurs with the establishment of the Council. 

The purpose of the Council is to provide recommendations to the FCC to 

ensure optimal security, reliability and interoperability of 

communications systems, including telecommunications, media and public 

safety communications systems. This Council will replace the Network 

Reliability and Interoperability Council (NRIC) and the Media Security 

and Reliability Council (MSRC). The Council's duties will include: (1) 

Recommending to the FCC best practices to ensure the security, 

reliability, operability and interoperability of public safety 

communications systems; (2) evaluating ways to strengthen the 

collaboration between communication service providers and public safety 

agencies during emergencies; (3) recommending to the FCC ways to 

improve the Emergency Alert System (EAS), including best practices for 

EAS; (4) recommending to the FCC steps necessary to better prepare for 

shifts in communications usage patterns that likely would result from a 

pandemic flu outbreak; (5) recommending to the FCC technologies and 

systems that can best facilitate the communication of emergency 

information to and from hospitals, schools, day care facilities and 

other facilities that provide vital public services; (6) developing and



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recommending to the FCC best practices to facilitate the communication 

of emergency information to the public, including people who do not 

speak English, individuals with disabilities, the elderly and people 

living in rural areas; (7) recommending to the FCC methods by which the 

communications industry can reliably and accurately measure the extent 

to which key best practices are implemented; (8) reviewing and 

recommending to the FCC updates of existing NRIC and MSRC best 

practices; (9) reviewing the deployment of Internet Protocol (IP) as a 

network protocol for critical next generation infrastructure, including 

emergency/first responder networks; and (10) reviewing and recommending 

to the FCC an implementation plan for the ``emergency communications 

internetwork'' advocated by NRIC VII, Focus Group 1D in its December 

2005 Final Report.



Federal Communications Commission.

Marlene H. Dortch,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E7-6254 Filed 4-3-07; 8:45 am]



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