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 18-361 Released: April 12, 2018 WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU ANNOUNCES UPCOMING LNPA TRANSITION OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN WEBCAST WC Docket Nos. 07-149 and 09-109 CC Docket No. 95-116 The Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) announces that the 28th Local Number Portability Administrator (LNPA) Transition Outreach and Education Plan (TOEP) webcast will take place on April 18, 2018 at 3:00 pm ET. 1 During the webcast, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the Transition Oversight Manager (TOM), will (1) provide information about the first regional cutover from the incumbent LNPA to the next LNPA, which took place earlier this month; and (2) discuss preparatory activities for the cutovers for the remaining six geographic regions that are scheduled for next month. The Southeast Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC) Region, the largest of the seven U.S. regions, was transitioned on April 8, 2018. This was the first regional cutover of NPAC data and services and it followed the successful transition of Ancillary Services on March 4, 2018. 2 The Southeast Region includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The remaining regions are scheduled to cutover on May 6, 2018 (for the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and Northeast Regions) and May 20, 2018 (for the Southwest, West, and West Coast Regions). These webcasts conducted by the TOM are one of the channels used to communicate with the public in accordance with the LNPA TOEP as described in the Transition Oversight Plan. 3 They are designed to 1 The TOM has conducted a TOEP webcast nearly every month, starting on December 9, 2015. See, e.g., Wireline Competition Bureau Approves Transition Oversight Plan for Next LNPA; Announces First Transition Outreach Webcast, Public Notice, 30 FCC Rcd 13619 (WCB 2015). The earlier webcasts were conducted on December 9, 2015; January 27, 2016; March 9, 2016; April 20, 2016; May 25, 2016; June 21, 2016; July 20, 2016; August 31, 2016; September 21, 2016; October 27, 2016; December 13, 2016; January 18, 2017; February 15, 2017; March 15, 2017; April 12, 2017; May 17, 2017; June 14, 2017; July 19, 2017; August 16, 2017; September 6, 2017; October 11, 2017; November 7, 2017; December 12, 2017; January 17, 2018; February 14, 2018; March 14, 2018; and April 4, 2018. 2 Ancillary Services included the Enhanced Law Enforcement Platform, the Wireless Do-Not-Call Database, and Interactive Voice Response Services. See Wireline Competition Bureau Announces Transition of Wireless Do-Not- Call, Enhanced Law Enforcement Platform and Law Enforcement Public Safety Answering Point Interactive Voice Response Services to Next LNPA, Public Notice, DA 18-218 (rel. Mar. 6, 2018). 3 See generally North American Portability Management LLC, Transition Oversight Plan (2016), https://www.napmllc.org/Docs/npac/ref_docs/16-12%20-%20TOP.docx. keep parties informed about the LNPA transition. Interested parties may register and find additional details for the session by visiting: https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1175867&tp_key=77293f82d3 Materials from prior TOEP sessions as well as other LNPA transition reference documents are available at the following link: https://www.napmllc.org/pages/npacrfp/npacRFP_RefDocs.aspx. If you have trouble registering, please contact the TOM using the following link for assistance: https://www.napmllc.org/pages/npacrfp/npacRFP_Comments.aspx. At any time, use the same link to submit questions or general feedback. Ex Parte Presentations. This proceeding shall continue to be treated as a “permit-but-disclose” proceeding in accordance with the Commission’s ex parte rules, and other relevant WCB guidance. 4 To the extent that parties make presentations that are not subject to the modified procedures, the Commission’s filing requirements for “permit-but-disclose” proceedings under Section 1.1206 of the Commission’s rules apply. Persons making ex parte presentations must file a copy of any written presentation or a memorandum summarizing any oral presentation within two business days after the presentation (unless a different deadline applicable to the Sunshine period applies). Persons making oral ex parte presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing the presentation must (1) list all persons attending or otherwise participating in the meeting at which the ex parte presentation was made, and (2) summarize all data presented and arguments made during the presentation. If the presentation consisted in whole or in part of the presentation of data or arguments already reflected in the presenter’s written comments, memoranda or other filings in the proceeding, the presenter may provide citations to such data or arguments in his or her prior comments, memoranda, or other filings (specifying the relevant page and/or paragraph numbers where such data or arguments can be found) in lieu of summarizing them in the memorandum. Documents shown or given to Commission staff during ex parte meetings are deemed to be written ex parte presentations and must be filed consistent with rule 1.1206(b). In proceedings governed by rule 1.49(f) or for which the Commission has made available a method of electronic filing, written ex parte presentations and memoranda summarizing oral ex parte presentations, and all attachments thereto, must be filed through the electronic comment filing system available for that proceeding, and must be filed in their native format (e.g., .doc, .xml, .ppt, searchable.pdf). Participants in this proceeding should familiarize themselves with the Commission’s ex parte rules. For further information, contact Michelle Sclater of the WCB at (202) 418-0388 or Michelle.Sclater@fcc.gov, or Marilyn Jones of the WCB at (202) 418-2357 or Marilyn.Jones@fcc.gov. – FCC – 4 In a Public Notice released on August 18, 2015, the WCB modified the applicability of the Commission’s ex parte rules to this proceeding in certain respects. See Notice Concerning Ex Parte Status of Communications with Respect to the Local Number Portability Administrator Selection Proceeding, Public Notice, 30 FCC Rcd 8425 (WCB 2015) (LNPA Ex Parte Status PN). Parties should consult the LNPA Ex Parte Status PN to determine if planned ex parte presentations are subject to the modified procedures discussed therein, or the Commission’s standard ex parte rules.