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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-  2356 
 November  21,  2006 


 NOTICE  OF  FCC’S  COMMERCIAL  MOBILE  SERVICE  ALERT  ADVISORY  COMMITTEE’S  FIRST  MEETING  SCHEDULED  FOR  DECEMBER  12,  2006;  FCC  TO  STOP  ACCEPTING 
 NOMINATIONS  FOR  COMMITTEE  MEMBERSHIP  AFTER  NOVEMBER  22,  2006 
 Washington,  D.  C.:  Pursuant  to  Section  603(  d)(  3)  of  the  Warning  Alert  and  Response  Network  Act  (WARN  Act)  ,  1  this  Public  Notice  gives  notice  that  the  Federal  Communications  Commission’s 
 Commercial  Mobile  Service  Alert  Advisory  Committee  (the  “Committee”)  will  hold  its  first  meeting  on  Tuesday,  December  12,  2006  2  starting  at  10:  00  a.  m.  in  the  Commission  Meeting  Room  (TW-  C305), 
 Federal  Communications  Commission,  Portals  II,  445  12  th  Street,  SW,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554.  Topics  for  the  first  meeting  will  include  the  committee’s  mission  and  organizational  structure.  The 
 Commission  will  announce  the  Committee’s  membership  and  release  an  agenda  for  the  December  12,  2006  meeting  at  a  later  date. 


 In  order  to  allow  the  Commission  to  complete  its  membership  selection  process  in  sufficient  time  to  prepare  for  the  first  meeting,  this  Public  Notice  also  serves  as  notice  that  the  Commission  will  no  longer 
 accept  nominations  to  serve  on  the  Committee  after  November  22,  2006.  3  In  order  to  be  considered,  nominations  must  be  received  by  November  22,  2006.  Nominations  should  be  sent  to  the  Federal 
 Communications  Commission,  Public  Safety  &  Homeland  Security  Bureau,  Attn:  Lisa  M.  Fowlkes,  via  e-  mail  at  lisa.  fowlkes@  fcc.  gov,  via  facsimile  at  (202)  418-  2817,  or  via  U.  S.  mail  at  445  12  th  Street,  SW, 
 Room  7-  C753,  Washington,  DC  20554.  In  light  of  the  November  22,  2006  closing  date,  we  suggest  that  nominations  be  submitted  via  fax  or  email. 


 SUPPLEMENTARY  INFORMATION:  The  December  12,  2006  meeting  is  open  to  members  of  the  general  public.  The  Commission  will  attempt  to  accommodate  as  many  people  as  possible.  Admittance, 


 1  WARN  Act  §  603(  d)(  3).  The  WARN  Act  was  enacted  on  October  13,  2006  as  part  of  the  Security  and 
 Accountability  For  Every  Port  Act,  Pub.  L.  No.  109-  347,  120  Stat.  1936-  1943  (2006). 
 2  Section  603(  d)(  1)  of  the  WARN  Act  requires  the  Committee’s  first  meeting  be  held  “no  later  than  60  days  after  the 
 date  of  enactment  of  this  Act.”  WARN  Act  §  603(  d)(  1). 
 3  On  October  16,  2006,  the  Commission  released  a  Public  Notice  seeking  nominations  for  membership  on  the 
 Committee.  The  Public  Notice  encouraged  parties  to  submit  their  nominations  as  early  as  possible  in  light  of  the  WARN  Act’s  requirement  that  the  Committee  hold  its  first  meeting  within  60  days  of  the  statute’s  enactment  (i.  e., 


 December  12,  2006).  See  FCC  Requests  Nominations  For  Membership  on  the  Commercial  Mobile  Service  Alert  Advisory  Committee  To  Be  Established  Pursuant  to  the  Warning,  Alert  and  Response  Network  Act,”  DA  06-  2037 
 (PSHSB,  October  16,  2006). 
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