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 The  full  text  of  these  and  other  recommendations  previously  adopted  by  the  Council  are  available  at  http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  MSRC. 
 The  recommendations  were  presented  to  members  of  the  MSRC  at  its  biannual  meeting  at  the  FCC  on  November  6,  2003.  The  41-  member  Council  completed  voting  on  these 
 recommendations  November  26,  2003. 
 MSRC  is  a  Federal  Advisory  Committee  that  reports  to  FCC  Chairman  Michael  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. 


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 Media  Bureau  contacts:  Barbara  Kreisman  at  (202)  418-  1605  Susan  Mort  at  (202)  418-  1043 
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