NEWS Federal Communications Commission 445 12th 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 Contact: April 24, 2008 Robert Kenny at 202-418-2668 robert.kenny@fcc.gov PUBLIC TO BE GIVEN THREE WEEKS NOTICE OF OPEN MEETING AGENDA TOPICS Washington, D.C. – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin today announced that topics selected for open meeting agendas will now formally be made public and posted on the Commission’s website three weeks prior to the upcoming monthly meeting. This step enhances the openness and transparency of the Commission’s processes and deliberations. The Communications Act of 1934, as amended, requires the Commission to formally meet at least monthly.1 The Commission’s practice has been to issue a public notice of the “Commission Meeting Agenda” one week beforehand and announces the items that are scheduled for the agenda. With the Chairman’s action today, items the Chairman has scheduled for consideration by the Commissioners at the next agenda meeting will be issued and made available to the public through the Commission’s web site at: www.fcc.gov . In addition, the Commission will continue to issue the Commission Meeting Agenda at least one week beforehand as a standard practice. The Chairman has circulated the following items for consideration by the Commissioners at the public agenda meeting scheduled for May 14, 2008: · A Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would revisit the Commissions decisions concerning the mandatory 700 MHz Public/Private Partnership between the D Block licensee and the Public Safety Broadband Licensee; and · A Fourth Memorandum Opinion and Order on narrowbanding that would address a petition for reconsideration and a request for clarification of the Third Report and Order. -FCC- News and other information about the Federal Communications Commission is available at www.fcc.gov. 1 See 47 U.S.C. § 155(d) (stating that “[m]eetings of the Commission shall be held at regular intervals, not less frequently than once each calendar month . . . .”).