Event: FCC Announces the Membership and First Meeting of the Communications Reliability, Security and Interoperability Council

Submitted by Mz22 on June 14, 2017 - 9:28am

Date: Friday, June 23, 2017, at 1:00 PM www.fcc.gov/live

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) renewed the charter for the Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council (CSRIC).  The charter is for two years through March 18, 2019.  CSRIC’s first meeting will be at FCC headquarters in Washington, DC on June 23, 2017, at 1:00 PM.  You may attend the meeting in person or via the web at www.fcc.gov/live.  FCC Chairman, Ajit Pai has appointed Brian King, Senior Vice President of the National Technology Service Delivery and Operations at T-Mobile USA, to chair the committee, and three working groups will assist the CSRIC.  The three working groups are 

• Transition Path to NG911

• Comprehensive Re-imagining of Emergency Alerting

• Network Reliability and Security Risk Reduction

Members of the CSRIC represent stakeholders from industry (Verizon, Monroe Electronics Inc., Oracle Communications, etc.), government (California Governor Office of Emergency Services, US Department of Transportation, Federal Emergency Management Agency, etc.), education (Texas A&M University Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center), and other stakeholders such as the National Emergency Number Association (NENA), NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association, and National Association of State 911 Administrators.

For a full list of committee members and to learn more about CSRIC, go to the following link:   http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0612/DA-17-574A1.pdf

U.S. Federal Register Notice: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/06/07/2017-11809/federal-advisory-committee-act-communications-security-reliability-and-interoperability-council

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