Network Reliability and Interoperability Council

AGENCY:

Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION:

Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), this notice advises interested persons of the second meeting of the Network Reliability and Interoperability Council (Council) under its charter renewed as of December 29, 2003. The meeting will be held at the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, DC.

DATES:

Thursday, September 23, 2004, beginning at 10 a.m. and concluding at 1 p.m.

ADDRESSES:

Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th St., SW., Room TW-305, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeffery Goldthorp, the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) at (202) 418-1096 or Jeffery.Goldthorp@fcc.gov. The TTY number is: (202) 418-2989.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The purpose of the Council is to provide recommendations to the FCC and to the communications industry that, if implemented, shall under all reasonably foreseeable circumstances assure optimal reliability and interoperability of wireless, wireline, satellite, cable, and public data networks. At its second meeting the Council will present a report recommending the properties for future emergency communications networks. The Council will also report on its analysis of network outages related to 911/E911.

Members of the general public may attend the meeting. The Federal Communications Commission will attempt to accommodate as many people as possible. Admittance, however, will be limited to the seating available. The public may submit written comments before the meeting to Jeffery Goldthorp, the Commission's Designated Federal Officer for the Network Reliability and Interoperability Council, by e-mail (Jeffery.Goldthorp@fcc.gov) or U.S. mail (7-A325, 445 12th St., SW., Washington, DC 20554). Real Audio and streaming video access to the meeting will be available at http://www.fcc.gov/realaudio/ .