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 TTY: 1-888-835-5322 DA 14-305 Released: March 5, 2014 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES COMMENT AND REPLY COMMENT DATES FOR THE SECOND FURTHER NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING ADDRESSING TEXT-TO-911 IN THE NEXT GENERATION 911 PROCEEDING PS Docket No. 11-153, PS Docket No. 10-255 Comments Due: April 4, 2014 Reply Comments Due: May 5, 2014 On January 30, 2014, the Commission adopted a Policy Statement and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Second Further Notice) to facilitate the deployment of text-to-911 and other Next Generation 911 applications. 1 The Second Further Notice set deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 30 and 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. On March 5, 2014, the Federal Register published a summary of the Second Further Notice. 2 Accordingly, comments must be filed on or before April 4, 2014; and reply comments must be filed on or before May 5, 2014. The Second Further Notice sets forth the comment filing instructions. For further information regarding this proceeding, contact Timothy May, Policy & Licensing Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, at timothy.may@fcc.gov or (202) 418-1463. --FCC-- 1 In the Matter of Facilitating the Deployment of Text-to-911 and Other Next Generation 911 Applications; Framework for Next Generation 911 Deployment, PS Docket No. 11-153, PS Docket No. 10-255, Policy Statement and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 14-6 (rel. January 31, 2014) (Second Further Notice). 2 See 79 Fed. Reg. 12442 (Mar. 5, 2014). The Policy Statement was published separately in the Federal Register on February 26, 2014. See 79 Fed. Reg. 10807 (Feb. 26, 2014).