PUBLIC NOTICE
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DA 17-578
June 13, 2017
NOTICE CONCERNING EX PARTE STATUS OF INFORMATION SUBMITTED TO THE 
COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY, RELIABILITY, AND INTEROPERABILITY COUNCIL
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Council) recently announced the first 
meeting of its Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC), to be held on 
Friday, June 23, 2017.
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  The CSRIC is a federal advisory committee that will provide advice and 
recommendations to the Commission on how to promote reliability and resiliency of communications.  
The CSRIC is organized under, and operates in accordance with, the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA).
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Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Commission is responsible for oversight of the 
CSRIC, including its subcommittees and working groups.
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  As a result, FCC staff or Commissioners may 
participate in or attend meetings or other activities held by both the CSRIC and its subcommittees and 
working groups.  In light of this, we are announcing that, pursuant to section 1.1200(a) of the 
Commission’s rules, 47 CFR § 1.1200(a), presentations to the CSRIC, including to its subcommittees and 
working groups, and at any roundtable discussions sponsored by the CSRIC, and presentations between 
CSRIC members (including members of any subcommittees or working groups) and FCC staff or 
Commissioners, 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.
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We recognize, however, that in the course of its work the CSRIC may address issues that are
subject to pending rulemaking proceedings.
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  The Commission will not rely in these proceedings on any 
information submitted to the CSRIC, or to any of its subcommittees, working groups, or sponsored 
                                                     
1
FCC Announces the Membership and First Meeting of the Communications Security, Reliability and 
Interoperability Council, Public Notice, DA 17-574 (June 12, 2017). 
2
See 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
3
See id.
4
See 47 CFR § 1.1204(b)(1)(exempt treatment of presentations regarding a Notice of Inquiry).
5
See e.g., 911 Governance and Accountability; Improving 911 Reliability, Policy Statement and 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 29 FCC Rcd 14208 (2014); and Amendment of Part 11 of the 
Commission’s Rules Regarding the Emergency Alert System, Wireless Emergency Alerts, PS Docket Nos. 
15-94 and 15-91, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 594 (2016).
2roundtables, or information conveyed by CSRIC members (including members of any subcommittees or 
working groups) to FCC staff or Commissioners 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/broadband-
deployment-advisory-committee.  You may also contact Jeffery Goldthorp, Designated Federal Officer 
for CSRIC at (202) 418-1096 or jeffery.goldthorp@fcc.gov; or Suzon Cameron, Deputy Designated 
Federal Officer for CSRIC at (202) 418-1916 or suzon.cameron@fcc.gov.
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