PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
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 DA 15-819
Released: July 15, 2015
NOTICE CONCERNING EX PARTE STATUS OF INFORMATION SUBMITTED 
TO THE COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY, RELIABILITY, AND 
INTEROPERABILITY COUNCIL
On June 24, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) 
recently held the first meeting of the fifth iteration of the Communications Security, Reliability, 
and Interoperability Council (CSRIC).1 The CSRIC is a federal advisory committee that will 
provide recommendations to the Commission regarding actions the Commission may take to 
help ensure the security, reliability, and resiliency of the Nation’s communications systems. 
Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Commission is responsible for oversight 
of the CSRIC, including its informal working groups.2 As a result, FCC staff may participate in 
meetings or other activities held by both the CSRIC and its informal working groups.  In light of 
this, the Commission announces that, pursuant to section 1.1200(a) of the Commission’s rules, 
47 C.F.R. § 1.1200(a), presentations to the CSRIC, including its working groups, will be treated 
as exempt presentations for ex parte purposes.  This treatment is appropriate since presentations 
to the Council, like comments on a Notice of Inquiry, will not directly result in the promulgation 
of new rules.3  
We recognize, however, that issues that may be addressed by the Council may be the 
subject of a number of pending FCC proceedings.4 The Commission will not rely in these 
proceedings on any information submitted to the Council, or to any of its subcommittees or 
working groups, unless that information is first placed in the record of the relevant proceeding.
Additional information regarding the CSRIC can be found at 
https://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/communications-security-reliability-and-interoperability-
council-v.  For more information, contact Jeffery Goldthorp, Designated Federal Official for 
CSRIC at (202) 418-1096 or jeffery.goldthorp@fcc.gov, or Lauren Kravetz, Deputy Designated 
Federal Official for CSRIC at (202) 418-7944 or lauren.kravetz@fcc.gov.  
  
1 FCC Announces the Recharter, Chair, Membership and First Meeting of Communications Security, 
Reliability, and Interoperability Council, Public Notice, DA 15-699, rel. June 15, 2015. 
2 See 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
3 See 47 C.F.R. § 1.1204(b)(1)(exempt treatment of presentations regarding a Notice of Inquiry).
4 See e.g., In the Matter of E911 Location Accuracy Requirements, PS Docket No. 07-114; In the Matter 
of Facilitating the Development of Text-to-911 and Other Next Generation 911 Applications; Framework 
for Next Generation 911 Deployment, PS Docket Nos. 11-153 and 10-255.