Federal Communications Commission DA 15-299
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matters of
911 Governance and Accountability
Improving 911 Reliability
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PS Docket No. 14-193
PS Docket No. 13-75
ORDER
Adopted:  March 6, 2015 Released: March 6, 2015
Extended Comment Filing Deadline:  March 23, 2015
Extended Reply Comment Filing Deadline:  April 21, 2015
By the Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau: 
1. On March 6, 2015, the Association for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS); the 
Association of Public Safety Communications Officials International (APCO); the Industry Council for 
Emergency Response Technologies (iCERT); the National Association of State 911 Administrators 
(NASNA); the National Emergency Number Association (NENA); and the United States Telecom 
Association (USTA) (collectively Petitioners) filed a joint petition for extension of time to respond to the 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the above-captioned proceeding.1  In the NPRM, the 
Commission sought comment on proposals to ensure reliable and resilient 911 call completion and 
improve situational awareness and information sharing as technology transitions change the way 911 
services are delivered to emergency call centers in multiple states.2 The Petitioners assert that the NPRM
“raises a large number of jurisdictional, governance, and legal authority questions with implications to 
every aspect of 911 service” and “poses questions concerning a host of legal and technological issues 
involving 911 ecosystem entities necessary for completion of voice calls and other communications to 
911.”3 Accordingly, they contend that “[g]iven the scope and complexity of the issues raised in the notice 
. . . an extension of the comment filing deadlines would be in the public interest.”4
2. The Commission’s general policy is not to grant extensions of time routinely.5 In this case, 
however, we find that the vital and extensive questions asked in the NPRM warrant an extension of the 
comment and reply comment deadlines. The Petitioners seek an extension of two weeks, which we agree 
will serve the public interest by providing interested parties additional time to develop more full and 
  
1 NENA: The 9-1-1 Association et al., Request for Extension of Time, PS Docket Nos. 14-193, 13-75 (March 6, 
2015) (Joint Petition).
2 911 Governance and Accountability; Improving 911 Reliability, PS Docket Nos. 14-193 and 13-75, Policy 
Statement and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 29 FCC Rcd 14208 (2014), available at 
https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-14-186A1.pdf.
3 Joint Petition at 3.
4 Id. at 4.
5 47 C.F.R. § 1.46(a). 
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complete responses to the NPRM and promote a more comprehensive record, without resulting in undue 
delay.6  
3. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 4(i) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 154(i), and Sections 0.191, 0.392, and 1.46 of the Commission's rules, 47 
C.F.R. §§ 0.191, 0.392, and 1.46, that the comment deadline in this proceeding is extended to March 23, 
2015 and the reply comment deadline is extended to April 21, 2015. 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
David Grey Simpson
Rear Admiral (ret.) USN
Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
  
6 We extend the comment deadline by 14 days, and extend the reply comment deadline to continue to afford 30 days 
for replies after the extended comment deadline.