PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
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Washington, D.C. 20554
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DA 11-1818
October 31, 2011
NOTICE CONCERNING EX PARTE STATUS OF PRESENTATIONS MADE TO 
THE EMERGENCY ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
On December 7, 2010, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius 
Genachowski announced the establishment of the Emergency Access Advisory Committee 
(EAAC), an advisory committee required by the Twenty-First Century Communications and 
Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA).1 The purpose of the EAAC is to determine the most 
effective and efficient technologies and methods by which to enable access to Next Generation 
911 emergency services by individuals with disabilities.2 In order to fulfill this mission, the 
CVAA directs that within one year after the EAAC’s members are appointed, the Committee 
shall conduct a national survey, with the input of groups represented by the Committee’s 
membership, after which the Committee shall develop and submit to the Commission 
recommendations to implement such technologies and methods.3
Under the CVAA and the charter and by-laws adopted by the EAAC, the Commission is 
responsible for oversight of the EAAC, including its informal working groups and 
subcommittees.4 As a result, Commission staff may participate in meetings or other activities 
held by the EAAC or its informal working groups or subcommittees.  We are therefore 
announcing that, pursuant to section 1.1200(a) of the Commission’s rules,5 presentations to the 
EAAC will be treated as exempt presentations for ex parte purposes.  This treatment is 
appropriate because presentations to the EAAC, like comments in response to a Notice of 
Inquiry, will not directly result in the promulgation of rules.6  
We recognize, however, that issues that may be considered or addressed by the EAAC 
are the subject of a number of pending Commission proceedings.  The Commission will not rely 
  
1 Pub. L. No. 111-260, as amended by technical amendments contained in Pub. L. No. 111-265 (“Pub. L. 
No. 111-260“).  See Emergency Access Advisory Committee Announcement of Members and Co-Chairpersons, 
Public Notice, DA 10-2318 (CGB rel. Dec. 7, 2010).  
2 Pub. L. No. 111-260 § 106(a).
3 Pub. L. No. 111-260 § 106(c).
4 Pub. L. No. 111-260.  See Structure of the EAAC, Charter and By-Laws, 
http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/emergency-access-advisory-committee-eaac.  
5 47 C.F.R. § 1.1200(a).
6 See 47 C.F.R. § 1.1204(b)(1) (exempt treatment of Notices of Inquiry).
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in these proceedings on any information submitted to the EAAC, or to any of its subcommittees 
or working groups, unless that information has been filed in the record of the relevant 
proceeding.  
Additional information regarding the EAAC can be found at 
http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/emergency-access-advisory-committee-eaac.  For more 
information, contact Cheryl King at (202) 418-2284 or Cheryl.king@fcc.gov or Patrick Donovan 
at (202) 418-2413 or patrick.donovan@fcc.gov.  
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