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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).  March  7,  2003 
 FCC  CALENDAR  OF  EVENTS 
 Thursday,  March  6 
 The  Region  33  (Ohio)  700  MHz  Public  Safety  Planning  Committee  will  hold  its  ninth  meeting  at  the  Canton  Post  of  the  State  Highway  Patrol,  Canton,  OH,  10:  00  am. 


 Friday,  March  7 
 Commissioners  Copps  and  Adelstein  will  participate  in  a  field  hearing  on  media  ownership  at  the  University  of  Washington  Hub  (Husky  Union  Building)  Auditorium, 
 Seattle,  WA,  9:  00  am  -  12:  30  pm. 
 W.  Kenneth  Ferree,  Chief,  Media  Bureau  will  speak  at  the  New  England  Cable  &  Telecommunications  Association  Conference,  Meredith,  NH,  9:  00  am  –  10:  15  am. 


 Monday,  March  10 
 Rick  Chessen,  Chair  of  DTV  Task  Force,  will  speak  at  the  HDTV-  Surmounting  the  Summit  Conference  to  be  held  at  the  Renaissance  Hotel,  Washington,  DC,  3:  15  pm. 


 Tuesday,  March  11 
 Rick  Chessen,  Chair  of  DTV  Task  Force,  will  speak  at  the  ATSC  Annual  Meeting  to  be  held  at  the  Grand  Hyatt  Hotel,  Washington,  DC,  1:  30  pm. 


 Wednesday,  March  12 
 A  Public  Forum  hosted  by  the  FCC’s  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  to  present  a  new  license  search  interface  that  will  be  available  for  the  public  to  access  Multi-point 
 Distribution  Service/  Instructional  Television  Fixed  Service  (MDS/  ITFS)  License  data  will  meet  at  the  FCC,  6  th  Floor  (South  Conference  Room),  Room  B516,  Portals  II, 
 445  12  th  Street,  SW,  Washington,  DC,  10:  30  am  –  12:  30  pm. 
 Thursday,  March  13 
 The  FCC  will  hold  an  Open  Meeting  at  the  FCC,  Room  TW-  C305  (Commission  Meeting  Room),  445  12  th  Street,  SW,  Washington,  DC,  9:  30  am. 


 Friday,  March  14 
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 The  Homeland  Security:  Network  Reliability  Council  VI  will  meet  at  the  FCC,  Room  TW-  C305  (Commission  Meeting  Room),  445  12  th  Street,  SW,  Washington,  DC, 
 10:  00  am  –  1:  00  pm. 
 Wednesday,  March  19 
 The  North  American  Numbering  Council  will  hold  a  meeting  at  the  FCC,  Portals  II,  Room  TW-  C305  (Commission  Meeting  Room),  445  12  th  Street,  SW,  Room  TW-C305, 
 Washington,  DC,  9:  00  am  –  5:  00  pm.  -2- 


 Wednesday,  April  16 
 The  Region  5  (Southern  California)  700  MHz  Public  Safety  Planning  Committee  will  meet  at  the  Orange  County  Communications,  Orange,  CA,  10:  00  am. 


 The  Region  54  (Southern  Lake  Michigan)  700  MHz  Public  Safety  Planning  Committee  will  meet  at  the  Chicago  Emergency  Communications  Center,  Chicago,  IL, 
 1:  00  pm. 
 Thursday,  May  22 
 The  Region  2  (Alaska)  700  MHz  Public  Safety  Regional  Planning  Committee  Convener  will  meet  at  the  State  of  Alaska  Information  Technology  Department 
 Administration  Building,  Anchorage,  AK,  8:  30  am. 
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