PUBLIC NOTICE

Federal Communications Commission

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DA 15-93

Released: January 22, 2015

PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES COMMENT AND

REPLY COMMENT DATES FOR 911 GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

PS Docket Nos. 14-193 and 13-75

Comment Date: March 9, 2015

Reply Comment Date: April 7, 2015

On November 21, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a Policy Statement

and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ( NPRM ) regarding governance and oversight of 911 communications

and accountability for reliable 911 service in light of changing technologies and the transition to Next

Generation 911. 1The NPRM set deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 45 and 75 days

after publication in the Federal Register.

On January 22, 2015, a summary of the NPRM appeared in the Federal Register. 2Accordingly,

comments will be due on or before March 9, 2015, and reply comments will be due on or before April 7,

2015. Complete comment filing instructions are set forth in the NPRM .

For further information regarding this proceeding, contact Eric Schmidt in the Public Safety and

Homeland Security Bureau, at (202) 418-1214 or Eric.Schmidt@fcc.gov .

-FCC-

1 911 Governance and Accountability; Improving 911 Reliability , PS Docket Nos. 14-193 and 13-75, Policy

Statement and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 14-186 (rel. Nov. 21, 2014), available at

https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-14-186A1.pdf.

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