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 NEWS  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).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACTS  September  26,  2002  Robin  Pence  (202)  418-  0505 
 Michelle  Russo  (202)  418-  2358 
 MEDIA  SECURITY  AND  RELIABILITY  COUNCIL  MEETING  ON  WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER  6,  10:  00  A.  M. 


 Washington,  DC.  --  Dennis  J.  FitzSimons,  President  and  Chief  Operations  Officer  of  Tribune  Company  and  Chairman  of  the  Media  Security  and  Reliability  Council  (MSRC),  will 
 convene  a  meeting  of  MSRC  on  Wednesday,  November  6,  2002.  FCC  Chairman  Michael  K.  Powell  will  participate  in  the  meeting  which  marks  the  second  convening  of  the  full  Council. 


 MSRC  is  a  Federal  Advisory  Committee  that  reports  to  Chairman  Powell.  Chairman  Powell  formed  MSRC  following  the  events  of  September  11,  2001,  in  order  to  study,  develop 
 and  report  on  best  practices  designed  to  assure  the  optimal  reliability,  robustness  and  security  of  the  broadcast  and  multichannel  video  programming  distribution  industries. 


 The  Communications  Infrastructure  Security,  Access  and  Restoration  Working  Group  and  the  Public  Communications  and  Safety  Working  Group  will  provide  updates  to  the  Council 
 on  ongoing  areas  of  study. 
 Members  of  the  general  public  may  attend  the  meeting.  Real  Audio  and  streaming  video  access  to  the  meeting  will  be  available  at  http://  www.  fcc.  gov/.  The  public  may  submit  written 
 comments  before  the  meeting  to  Barbara  Kreisman,  the  Commission’s  Designated  Federal  Officer  for  MSRC. 


 The  meeting  will  run  from  10:  00  a.  m.  -11:  30  a.  m.  in  the  Commission  Meeting  Room,  TW-  C305,  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
 Media  Bureau  contacts:  Barbara  Kreisman  (202)  418-  1605  Susan  Mort  (202)  418-  1043. 


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