*Pages 1--3 from Microsoft Word - 4483.doc* NEWS News media Information 202 / 418- 0500 TTY 202 / 418- 2555 Fax- On- Demand 202 / 418- 2830 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov ftp. fcc. gov Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th Street, S. W. Washington, D. C. 20554 This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action. See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D. C. Circ 1974). October 27, 2000 FCC CALENDAR OF EVENTS Tuesday, October 31 Chairman William E. Kennard will address the Satellite Industry Association, Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications Headquarters, Bethesda, MD, 9: 00 am. The FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology and the Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory of the University of California will co- sponsor a conference on telecommunications security and reliability at the FCC, Commission Meeting Room, Portals II, 445 12 th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 8: 30 am – 5: 00 pm. Wednesday, November 1 Chairman Kennard will address the Satellite Industry Association, INTELSAT Headquarters, Washington, DC, 7: 00 pm. The Public Safety National Coordination Committee, Technology Subcommittee will meet at the FCC, Commission Meeting Room, Portals II, 445 12 th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 9: 00 am – 11: 30. The Public Safety National Coordination Committee, Interoperability Subcommittee will meet at the FCC, Commission Meeting Room, Portals II, 445 12 th Street, SW, Washington, 12: 30 pm – 3: 00 pm. 1 -2-The FCC will host the ninth meeting of the Public Safety National Coordination (NCC), Implementation Subcommittee will meet at the FCC, Commission Meeting Room, Portals II, 445 12 th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 3: 00 pm – 5: 30 pm. Thursday, November 2 The Public Safety National Coordination Committee will hold a General Membership Meeting at the FCC, Commission Meeting Room, Portals II, 445 12 th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 9: 30 am – 12: 30 pm. Friday, November 3 Chairman Kennard will be a luncheon keynote speaker at the Columbia Institute of Tele- Information, School of Journalism, Columbia, University, New York, NY, noon. Thursday, November 9 The FCC will hold a Commission Meeting at the FCC, Commission Meeting Room, Portals II, 445 12 th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 9: 30 am. Wednesday, November 15 Chairman Kennard will address the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina, San Diego, CA, 11: 30 am. Thursday, December 7 The FCC will hold a Commission Meeting at the FCC, Commission Meeting Room, Portals II, 445 12 th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 9: 30 am. The Region 19 (New England) 700 MHz Public Safety Planning Committee announces its first meeting at the Daniel Webster College, Collings Auditorium, Nashua, NH, 9: 00 am. 2 -3-Tom Sugrue, Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau will speak at the Practicing Law Institute’s 18 th Annual Institute on Telecommunications Policy and Regulation at the Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, 1: 35 pm. -FCC- 3