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
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DA 14-1711
Released: November 25, 2014
FCC ANNOUNCES NEW CHAIR FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY, 
RELIABILITY, AND INTEROPERABILITY COUNCIL 
By this Public Notice, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission), 
consistent with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA),
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announces that the new Chair of 
the FCC’s Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council (CSRIC or 
Council) will be Comcast Corporation.
The CSRIC is a federal advisory committee that provides recommendations to the 
Commission regarding best practices and actions the Commission can take to help ensure 
security, reliability, and interoperability of communications systems and infrastructure.
Comcast, effective today, will take over the CSRIC Chair position from tw telecom, 
which was recently acquired by Level 3 Communications.  As of today, representing Comcast as 
Chair of CSRIC is John Schanz, Executive Vice President and Chief Network Officer for 
Comcast Cable.  
As announced previously, CSRIC’s next meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 
3, 2014, beginning at 1:00 p.m., in the Commission Meeting Room at FCC Headquarters , 
located at 445 12
th
Street, SW, Room TW-C305, Washington, DC  20554.  Notice of this 
meeting was published in the Federal Register on November 3, 2014.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Jeffery Goldthorp, Designated Federal 
Official for CSRIC and Associate Bureau Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 
(202) 418-1096 (voice) or jeffery.goldthorp@fcc.gov (e-mail) or Lauren Kravetz, Deputy 
Designated Federal Official for CSRIC and Deputy Chief, Cybersecurity and Communications 
Reliability Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (202) 418-7944 (voice) or 
lauren.kravetz@fcc.gov (e-mail).  
                                                     
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  5 U.S.C. App. 2.
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  See 79 Fed. Reg. 65212-12 (Nov. 3, 2014) available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-11-03/pdf/2014-
26110.pdf.
NEWS MEDIA CONTRACT:  Rochelle Cohen, Public Safety and Homeland Security 
Bureau, (202) 418-1162, or rochelle.cohen@fcc.gov.