PUBLIC NOTICE
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DA 15-899
Released: August 7, 2015
FCC CHAIRMAN TOM WHEELER ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF THREE NEW 
TRIBAL REPRESENTATIVES TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Chairman Wheeler today announced the appointments of three Tribal representatives to the 
Commission’s Intergovernmental Advisory Committee (IAC) to bring the IAC to its full strength of 15 
members.  The three new representatives are Christina St. Germaine-Allen of the Nez Perce Tribe, 
Clifford Agee of the Chickasaw Nation, and James R. Norton, of the Yurok Tribe.  
On March 11, 2015, the Commission issued a Public Notice soliciting applications to fill one 
vacancy for an elected or appointed Tribal official.
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  Thereafter, two additional Tribal positions became 
available.  The new Tribal members will replace former IAC members the Honorable John Sirois of the 
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Brandon Stephens of the Eastern Band of Cherokee 
Indians, and Brian Tagaban of the Navajo Nation. 
The IAC comprises 15 elected and appointed officials from state, local and Tribal governments.
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Its mission is to provide ongoing advice and recommendations to the Commission on a broad range of 
communications issues within the jurisdiction of the FCC and impacting state, local and Tribal 
governments.
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  The current IAC two-year term commenced with the IAC’s first meeting on July 14, 2014 
and will conclude in the summer of 2016.
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1
See FCC Seeks Nominations for Tribal Official to Serve on the Intergovernmental Advisory Committee, Public 
Notice, 30 FCC Rcd 2210 (2015), available at https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-15-312A1.pdf.
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See 47 CFR § 0.701(b).
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For the current IAC’s membership and recommendations, see 
https://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/intergovernmental-advisory-committee.
2FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information, please contact:  Gregory Vadas, Chief, Office of Intergovernmental 
Affairs, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, (202) 418-1798 (voice) or 1-888-835-5322 (TTY), 
gregory.vadas@fcc.gov; or Stephen Klitzman, Deputy Chief, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, 
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, (202) 418-1763 (voice) or 1-888-835-5322 (TTY), 
steve.klitzman@fcc.gov.  
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