Federal Register: November 21, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 224)
DOCID: fr21no07-46 FR Doc E7-22795
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr21no07-46
ACTION: Meetings:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee Meeting
DATES: The meeting will be held on December 6, 2007, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
This notice announces a public meeting of the Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (Committee). The Committee provides advice to the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information on spectrum management matters.
SUMMARY:
Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Background: The Secretary of Commerce established the Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (Committee) to implement a recommendation of the President's Initiative on Spectrum Management pursuant to the President's November 29, 2004 Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies on the subject of ``Spectrum Management for the 21st Century.''\1\ This Committee is subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and is consistent with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Act, 47 U.S.C. Sec. 904(b). The Committee provides advice to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information on needed reforms to domestic spectrum policies and management to enable the introduction of new spectrumdependent technologies and services, including longrange spectrum planning and policy reforms for expediting the American public's access to broadband services, public safety, and digital television. The Committee functions solely as an advisory body in compliance with the FACA. \1\ President's Memorandum on Improving Spectrum Management for the 21st Century, 49 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 2875 (Nov. 29, 2004) (Executive Memorandum).
Matters to Be Considered: The Committee will receive
recommendations and reports from its Technical Sharing Efficiencies and [[Page 65567]]
Operational Sharing Efficiences subcommittee. It will consider matters
to be taken up at its next meeting and will receive the final written
report formally presenting recommendations adopted at its previous
meeting on May 30, 2007. It will also provide an opportunity for public comment on these matters.
Time and Date: The meeting will be held on December 6, 2007, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. These times and the agenda topics are subject to change. Please refer to NTIA's web site, http://www.ntia.doc.gov, for the most uptodate meeting agenda.
Place: U.S. Department of Commerce, Herbert C. Hoover Building,
Room 4830, 1401 Constitution Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. The meeting
will be open to the public and press on a firstcome, firstserved
basis. Space is limited. When arriving for the meeting, attendees must
present photo or passport identification or a U.S. Government building
pass, if applicable, and should arrive at least onehalf hour prior to
the start time of the meeting. The meeting will be physically
accessible to people with disabilities. Individuals requiring special
services, such as sign language interpretation or other ancillary aids
are asked to contact Joe Gattuso at (202) 4820977 or
jgattuso@ntia.doc.gov at least two (2) business days prior to the meeting.
Status: Interested parties are invited to attend and to submit
written comments. Interested parties are permitted to file written
comments with the Committee at any time before or after a meeting. If
interested parties wish to submit written comments for consideration by
the Committee in advance of this meeting, they should be sent to the
above listed address and received by close of business on November 30,
2007 to provide sufficient time for review. Comments received after
November 30, 2007, will be distributed to the Committee but may not be
reviewed prior to the meeting. It would be helpful if paper submissions
also include a three and onehalf inch computer diskette in HTML,
ASCII, Word or WordPerfect format (please specify version). Diskettes
should be labeled with the name and organizational affiliation of the
filer, and the name of the word processing program used to create the
document. Alternatively, comments may be submitted electronically to
spectrumadvisory@ntia.doc.gov. Comments provided via electronic mail
may also be submitted in one or more of the formats specified above.
Records: NTIA is keeping records of all Committee proceedings.
Committee records are available for public inspection at NTIA's office
at the address above. Documents including the Committee's charter,
membership list, agendas, minutes, and any reports are or will be
available on NTIA's Committee web site at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/advisory/spectrum .
Dated: November 16, 2007.
Kathy D. Smith,
Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Meredith Baker, Designated Federal Official, at (202) 4821840 or mbaker@ntia.doc.gov; Joe Gattuso at (202) 4820977 or jgattuso@ntia.doc.gov; and/or visit NTIA's web site at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/.