Federal Communications Commission	DA 21-182

  DA 21-244
February 26, 2021

FCC ANNOUNCES THE EIGHTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY, RELIABILITY, AND INTEROPERABILITY COUNCIL VII ON MARCH 10, 2021

By this Public Notice, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission), consistent with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA),  5 U.S.C. App. 2.
 announces that the FCC’s Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council VII (CSRIC VII or Council) will meet Wednesday, March 10, 2021, beginning at 1:00 p.m. EST, via conference call and available to the public via the Internet at http://www.fcc.gov/live.  This is the eighth and final meeting of CSRIC VII.  Notice of this meeting was published in the Federal Register on February 16, 2021. See Federal Communications Commission, Federal Advisory Committee Act; Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council, 86 FR 9503 (February 16, 2021).  



At the March meeting, CSRIC VII members will consider and vote on four reports: (1) Report on Recommendations to Resolve Duplicate National Weather Service Alerts; (2) Report on Recommendations on Identifying Optional Security Features that can Diminish the Effectiveness of 5G Security; (3) Report Measuring Risk Magnitude and Remediation Costs in 911 and Next Generation 911 (NG911) Networks; and (4) Report on Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Security Challenges and Mitigation.  This will conclude the work of CSRIC VII.

The meeting is being held in a wholly electronic format in light of restrictions on group gatherings and travel related to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The CSRIC VII meeting is open to the public on the Internet via live feed from the FCC’s web page at https://www.fcc.gov/live. The public may submit questions after the meeting to CSRIC@fcc.gov.

Open captioning will be provided for this event.  Other reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request.  Requests for such accommodations should be submitted via e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).  Such requests should include a detailed description of the accommodation needed.  In addition, please include a way for the FCC to contact the requester if more information is needed to fill the request.  Please allow at least five days’ advance notice for accommodation requests; last minute requests will be accepted but may not be possible to accommodate. 

More information about the CSRIC can be found at https://www.fcc.gov/about-fcc/advisory-committees/communications-security-reliability-and-interoperability-council-vii.  You may also contact Suzon Cameron, Designated Federal Official (DFO) for CSRIC, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, at (202) 418-1916, or Kurian Jacob, Deputy DFO, at (202) 418-2040, or via the CSRIC e-mail account at CSRIC@fcc.gov.
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