PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
News Media Information  202 / 418-0500
Fax-On-Demand  202 / 418-2830
TTY  202 / 418-2555
Internet:  http://www.fcc.gov
ftp.fcc.gov
DA 13-589
April 1, 2013
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES COMMENT DATES 
TO RESPOND TO PUBLIC NOTICE SEEKING TO REFRESH THE RECORD REGARDING 
OPTIONS FOR ADDRESSING NON-EMERGENCY CALLS TO 911 FROM NON-SERVICE 
INITIALIZED HANDSETS
PS Docket No. 08-51
Comment Date:  May 16, 2013
Reply Comment Date:  May 31, 2013
On March 14, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission’s (Commission) Public Safety 
and Homeland Security Bureau released a public notice seeking to refresh the record regarding options 
for addressing non-emergency calls to 911 from non-service initialized (NSI) handsets (Public Notice).1  
Specifically, the Public Notice seeks comment on whether the Commission should consider phasing out 
the 911 call-forwarding requirement as it applies to NSI devices, and more generally, on relevant changes 
in industry, technology, regulation, public practice, or otherwise that may have occurred since the earlier 
filing of comments in this proceeding.2  
The Public Notice sets deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 45 and 60 days 
after publication of the Public Notice in the Federal Register.  On April 1, 2013, a summary of the Public 
Notice was published in the Federal Register.3 Accordingly, comments must be filed on or before May 
16, 2013, and reply comments must be filed on or before May 31, 2013.  Comment filing instructions are 
set forth in the Public Notice.4 The Public Notice is available at http://www.fcc.gov/document/pshsb-
seeks-refresh-non-emergency-911-calls-nsi-handset-record.
For further information regarding this proceeding, contact Eric Ehrenreich, Policy and Licensing 
Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, (202) 418-1726 or Eric.Ehrenreich@fcc.gov.
-- FCC --
  
1 Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Seeks to Refresh the Record Regarding Options for Addressing 
Non-Emergency Calls to 911 from Non-Service Initialized Handsets, PS Docket No. 08-51, Public Notice, DA 13-
430 (PSHSB rel. Mar. 14, 2013) (Public Notice).
2 Public Notice at 3.
3 78 Fed. Reg. 19,442 (April 1, 2013).   
4 See Public Notice at 3-4.