FCC Announces Protocol for Emergency Response Interoperability Forum

The Federal Communications Commission's will hold a public forum to discuss the creation of an emergency response interoperability center for public safety broadband communications on Wednesday, February 10, 2010.

Representatives from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Public Safety Communications Research Program, and the Bureau will make brief opening remarks. The floor will then be open to the audience for questions and comments. Attendees who would like to speak will be given no more than three minutes to ask questions and/or make comments.

Those who are interested in speaking at the forum must notify Susan McLean, PSHSB Outreach Coordinator, at Susan.McLean@fcc.gov no later than noon on Tuesday, February 9. Due to the limited meeting time, speakers will be given time to speak on a first come, first served basis.

All information gathered in connection with this forum, whether submitted in person or over the Internet, will be made part of the record in the National Broadband Plan proceeding, GN Docket No. 09-51.