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 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).  September  27,  2002 
 FCC  CALENDAR  OF  EVENTS 
 Tuesday,  October  1 
 Commissioner  Kevin  Martin  will  address  the  United  States  Telephone  Association’s  Annual  Convention  and  Exhibition,  the  Mizner  Center,  the  Boca  Raton 
 Resort  and  Club,  Boca  Raton,  FL,  8:  30  am. 
 The  Region  42  (Virginia)  700  MHz  Public  Safety  Planning  Committee  and  Region  42  (Virginia)  800  MHz  Public  Safety  Planning  Committee  will  meet  at  the  Holiday  Inn 
 Hotel,  Tanglewood,  Roanoke,  VA,  10:  00  am  and  1:  00  pm,  respectively. 
 Wednesday,  October  2 
 The  WRC-  03  Advisory  Committee  Informal  Working  Group  7:  Regulatory  Issues  and  Future  Agendas  will  meet  at  the  Boeing  Company,  Arlington,  VA,  1:  30  pm  –  3:  30 
 pm. 
 The  Region  40  (Northern  Texas)  700  MHz  Public  Safety  Regional  Planning  Committee  will  meet  at  the  North  Central  Texas  Council  of  Governments,  Arlington,  TX, 
 2:  00  pm. 
 Thursday,  October  3 
 The  FCC’s  Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology  will  host  a  tutorial  on  “Free  Space  Optical  Communications”  at  the  FCC,  Room  TW-  C305  (Commission  Meeting 
 Room),  445  12  th  Street,  SW,  Washington,  DC,  1:  00  pm  -  3:  00  pm. 
 The  Region  6  (Northern  California)  700  MHz  Public  Safety  Regional  Planning  Committee  will  meet  at  the  Alameda  County  Office  of  Emergency  Services,  Dublin,  CA, 
 10:  00  am. 
 Friday,  October  4 
 Paul  Gallant,  Chair  of  the  FCC’s  Media  Ownership  Working  Group  will  participate  on  a  panel  entitled,  “Media  Ownership  and  the  Public  Interest:  The  Role  of  the  FCC”  at 
 the  Consumer  Federation  of  America’s  Utility  Conference,  “Residential  Utility  Services:  Meeting  Consumer  Energy  and  Communications  Needs  in  a  Dynamic  Marketplace”,  the 
 Radisson  Barcelo  Hotel,  Washington,  DC,  9:  30  am  –  10:  45  am. 
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 Tuesday,  October  8 
 The  WRC-  03  Advisory  Committee  Informal  Working  Group  1:  IMT-  2000  and  Terrestrial  Wireless  Interactive  Multimedia  will  meet  at  the  FCC,  445  12  th  Street,  SW, 
 Room  6-  B516  (6  th  Floor  South  Conference  Room),  Washington,  DC,  2:  00  pm  –  4:  00  pm. 
 Thursday,  October  10 
 The  FCC  will  hold  an  Open  Meeting  at  the  FCC,  445  12  th  Street,  SW,  Room  TW-C305  (Commission  Meeting  Room),  Washington,  DC,  9:  30  am. 


 Wednesday,  October  16 
 The  FCC  will  hold  a  public  forum  on  rights-  of-  way  issues  at  the  FCC,  445  12  th  Street,  SW,  Washington,  DC,  9:  00  am  –  4:  00  pm. 


 Tuesday,  October  22 
 The  WRC-  03  Advisory  Committee  Informal  Working  Group  1:  IMT-  2000  and  Terrestrial  Wireless  Interactive  Multimedia  will  meet  at  the  FCC,  445  12  th  Street,  SW, 
 Room  6-  B516  (6  th  Floor  South  Conference  Room),  Washington,  DC,  2:  00  pm  –  4:  00  pm. 
 Thursday,  October  31 
 The  WRC-  03  Advisory  Committee  Twelfth  Meeting  for  the  2003  World  Radiocommunication  Conference  will  be  held  at  the  FCC,  445  12  th  Street,  SW,  Room 
 TW-  C305  (Commission  Meeting  Room),  Washington,  DC,  2:  30  pm  –  4:  30  pm. 
 Wednesday,  November  6 
 The  Region  13  (Illinois)  Public  Safety  Planning  Committees  800  MHz  NPSPAC  will  meet  at  the  Illinois  State  Police,  Communications  Services  Bureau,  Springfield,  IL, 
 10:  00  am. 


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