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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 DA  06-  1445 
 Released:  July  13,  2006 


 FCC  ANNOUNCES  AGENDA  FOR  THE  INDIAN  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  INITIATIVES  REGIONAL 
 WORKSHOP  AND  ROUNDTABLE  IN  SAN  DIEGO,  CA  ON  JULY  27-  28,  2006 


 Tribal  Representatives,  FCC  Officials  and  Telecommunications  Industry  Representatives  to  Participate  in  an  Interactive  Educational  Workshop  and  Roundtable  Sessions 
 By  this  Public  Notice,  the  FCC  announces  the  agenda  for  its  Indian  Telecommunications  Initiatives  (“  ITI”)  Regional  Workshop  and  Roundtable  that  will  take  place  in  San  Diego, 
 California  on  July  27  and  28,  2006  (“  ITI  San  Diego”).  This  event  is  being  sponsored  in  cooperation  with  the  Southern  California  Tribal  Chairmen’s  Association  (“  SCTCA”)  Tribal 
 Digital  Village,  the  National  Congress  of  American  Indians  (“  NCAI”),  and  the  Center  for  Native  American  Public  Radio  (“  CNAPR”).  The  current  agenda  is  attached  to  this  Public  Notice. 


 ITI  San  Diego  will  focus  on  broadband  deployment,  a  key  component  of  the  Commission’s  Strategic  Plan  and  current  telecommunications  issues,  regulations  and  policies. 
 Various  panels  will  cover  different  components  of  broadband  deployment,  with  a  particular  focus  on  wireless  broadband,  including  the  acquisition  of  spectrum,  infrastructure  development 
 and  business  planning.  There  will  also  be  panels  on  radio  and  television  station  development  in  Indian  Country.  A  final  agenda  will  be  released  prior  to  the  event. 


 The  agenda  for  this  ITI  event  will  also  build  upon  the  experiences  of  the  SCTCA  Tribal  Digital  Village.  The  Tribal  Digital  Village  is  an  outgrowth  of  the  collaborative  effort  of  the 
 SCTCA  and  the  University  of  California  at  San  Diego,  known  as  the  High  Performance  Wireless  Research  and  Education  Network.  In  early  2001,  the  SCTCA  received  a  $5  million  Hewlett-Packard 
 Philanthropy  Digital  Village  grant  to  design  and  implement  a  project  to  help  their  underserved  tribal  communities  establish  high-  speed  Internet  connectivity  and  to  develop  a 
 variety  of  creative  network  solutions  to  address  the  cultural  and  educational  goals  of  each  community.  The  Hewlett-  Packard  grant  provided  for  a  three-  year  Community  Technology 
 Partnership  Plan,  and  included  products,  services,  and  capital. 
 The  FCC’s  Indian  Telecommunications  Initiatives 
 The  FCC’s  ITI  is  a  comprehensive  program  that  seeks  to  promote  understanding,  cooperation  and  trust  among  Tribes  and  Tribal  organizations,  the  FCC,  other  governmental 
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