Nominations Sought for Emergency Response Interoperability Center Public Safety Advisory Committee

The Federal Communications Commission is seeking nominations and expressions of interest for membership on the Emergency Response Interoperability Center Public Safety Advisory Committee (Committee).

The purpose of this Committee is to make recommendations that will assist the Commission's Emergency Response Interoperability Center (ERIC), an entity established within the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, in the development of a technical framework and requirements for interoperability in order to ensure that the public safety wireless broadband network is interoperable on a nationwide basis. In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Commission published on July 23, 2010, a notice of its intent to establish the Committee. The charter was then filed on August 6, 2010. The charter terminates on August 6, 2012, although it may be renewed.

Under the terms of its charter, the Committee will be responsible for assisting ERIC as it implements the following policy objectives: (1) the adoption of technical and operational requirements and procedures to ensure a nationwide level of interoperability; (2) the adoption and implementation of requirements and procedures to address operability, roaming, priority access, gateway functions and interfaces, the interconnectivity of public safety broadband networks, and other matters related to the functioning of the nationwide public safety broadband network; (3) the adoption of authentication and encryption requirements for common public safety broadband applications and network use; (4) the coordination of ERIC's policies with other entities, including other federal agencies; and (5) such other policies for which ERIC may have responsibilities from time to time.

Nominations should be received by the Commission as soon as possible, but no later than September 17, 2010.