PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
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DA 11-1596
September 22, 2011
NOTICE CONCERNING EX PARTE STATUS OF INFORMATION SUBMITTED 
TO THE COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY, RELIABILITY, AND 
INTEROPERABILITY COUNCIL
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) recently announced the 
first meeting of the Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council (CSRIC), 
to be held on Friday, September 23, 2011.1 The CSRIC is a Federal advisory committee that will 
provide recommendations to the Commission regarding best practices and actions the 
Commission may take to ensure the security, reliability, and resiliency of the Nation’s 
communications systems. 
Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Commission is responsible for oversight 
of the CSRIC, including its informal working groups.2 As a result, FCC staff may participate in 
meetings or other activities held by the CSRIC and/or its informal working groups.  We are 
therefore announcing that, pursuant to section 1.1200(a) of the Commission’s rules,3
presentations to the CSRIC will be treated as exempt presentations for ex parte purposes.  This 
treatment is appropriate because presentations to the CSRIC, like comments on many Notices of 
Inquiry, will not directly result in the promulgation of new rules.4  
We recognize, however, that issues that may be addressed by the CSRIC are the subject 
of a number of pending FCC proceedings.  The Commission will not rely in these proceedings 
on any information submitted to the CSRIC, or to any of its subcommittees or working groups, 
unless that information is first placed in the record of the relevant proceeding.
Additional information regarding the CSRIC can be found at 
http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/communications-security-reliability-and-interoperability-
council-iii.  For more information, contact Jeffery Goldthorp, Designated Federal Official for 
CSRIC at (202) 418-1096 or jeffery.goldthorp@fcc.gov or Lauren Kravetz, Deputy Designated 
Federal Official for CSRIC at (202) 418-7944 or lauren.kravetz@fcc.gov.  
  
1 FCC Announces Meeting of the Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council 
Scheduled for September 23, 2011 at FCC Headquarters, Public Notice, DA 11-1486, rel. Aug. 31, 2011.
2 See 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
3 47 C.F.R. § 1.1200(a).
4 See 47 C.F.R. § 1.1204(b)(1)(exempt treatment of presentations regarding a Notice of Inquiry).