PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
DA 13-1469
June 28, 2013
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES
REGION 20 (NORTHERN VIRGINIA, MARYLAND AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA) 
PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEES TO HOLD 700 MHZ AND 
800 MHZ NPSPAC MEETINGS
Gen. Docket No. 90-7
The Region 20 (Northern Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia)1 Public Safety 
Regional Planning Committees will hold two consecutive planning meetings on Wednesday, July 31, 
2013, beginning at 10:00 a.m., at the Prince George’s County Public Safety Communications Center, 
10721 Melford Boulevard, Bowie, Maryland.
The agenda for the 700 MHz meeting includes: 
§ Call to order
§ Approval of minutes from last meeting
§ Consideration of 700 MHz applications for spectrum
§ Discuss minor change to Region 20 Plan
§ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority waiver of release of 700 MHz reserve 
channels
§ Review issues related to FCC’s 700 MHz Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
§ Update on Maryland FiRST
§ Matters for the good of the order
§ Adjourn
Immediately following the 700 MHz Public Safety RPC meeting, the 800 MHz Public Safety 
RPC will convene at the same location.
The agenda for the 800 MHz meeting includes: 
§ Call to order
§ Approval of minutes from last meeting
§ Technical Committee Report
§ Discuss changes to Region 20 Plan
§ Matters for the good of the order
§ Adjourn
 
1 The Region 20 regional planning area for Northern Virginia includes Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, 
Prince William and Stafford Counties; and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park Cities. 
News media information  202 / 418-0500
TTY  202 / 418-2555
Internet:  http://www.fcc.gov
2The Region 20 meetings are open to the public.  All eligible public safety providers in Region 20 
may utilize these frequencies. It is essential that eligible public safety agencies in all areas of government, 
including state, municipality, county and Native American Tribal be represented in order to ensure that 
each agency’s future spectrum needs are considered in the allocation process. Administrators who are not 
oriented in the communications field should delegate someone with this knowledge to attend, participate, 
and represent their agency’s needs.  
All interested parties wishing to participate in the planning for the use of public safety spectrum 
in the 700 MHz and 800 MHz bands within Region 20 should plan to attend.  For further information, 
please contact:
Wayne A. McBride, Chairman
Region 20 700 MHz and 800 MHz Public Safety RPCs
Division Chief, Communications
Prince George’s County
4621 Boston Way, Suite A
Lanham, Maryland 20706
(240) 832-0715
WMcBride@co.pg.md.us
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