Federal Telecommunication Standards

NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

Federal Telecommunication Standards

agency: National Communications System, Office of Technology and

Standards.

action: Notice for comment on proposed standards.

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summary: The purpose of this notice is to solicit the views of Federal

agencies, industry, the public, and State and local governments on

proposed Interim Federal Standards: 001101, ``Telecommunications: Land

Mobile Radio, Project 25 System and Standards Definition''; 001102,

``Telecommunications: Land Mobile Radio, Project 25 Common Air

Interface''; 001104, Telecommunications: Land Mobile Radio, Project 25

Encryption''; 001107, ``Telecommunications: Land Mobile Radio, Project

25 Transceiver Performance and Measurement Methods'', and 001108,

``Telecommunications: Land Mobile Radio, Project 25 Vocoder''.

dates: Comments are due on or before January 3, 1995.

addresses: Send comments to the National Communications System, Office

of Technology and Standards, Attn: NT, 701 South Court House Road,

Arlington, VA 22204-2198.

for further information contact: Mr. Robert Fenichel, National

Communications System, telephone (703) 692-7681.

supplementary information: 1. The General Services Administration (GSA)

is responsible under the provisions of the Federal Property and

Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, for the Federal

Standardization Program. On August 14, 1972, the Administrator of

General Services designated the National Communications System (NCS) as

the responsible agent for the development of Federal telecommunication

standards for NCS interoperability and the computer communication

interface.

2. Prior to the adoption of proposed Federal standards, it is

important that proper consideration be given to the needs and views of

Federal agencies, industry, the public, and State and local

governments.

3. Interim Federal Standards are non-mandatory.

4. Project 25 is a joint effort of the Federal Government, state

government (represented by the National Association of State

Telecommunications Directors), and local government (represented by the

Association of Public-safety Communications Officials, International)

to develop common standards for public safety Land Mobile Radios (LMR).

Industry (represented by the Telecommunications Industry Association)

has also been heavily involved in the Project 25 effort.

5. Proposed Interim Federal Standard 001101 will adopt

Telecommunication Industry Association (TIA) TSB 102. Proposed Interim

Federal Standard 001102 will adopt TIA TSB 102BAAA and TSB 102BAAB (now

in draft). Proposed Interim Federal Standard 001104 will adopt TIA

Interim Standard 102AAAA and National Security Agency Specification

V23-94-1 (for the encryption of classified information). Proposed

Interim Federal Standard 001107 will adopt TIA TSB 102CAAA and TSB

102CAAB (now in draft). Proposed Interim Federal Standard 001108 will

adopt TIA Interim Standard 102BABA.

6. Requests for copies of the draft proposed Interim Federal

Standards 001101, 001102, 001104, 001107, and 001108 should be directed

to the National Communications System, Office of Technology and

Standards, Attn: NT, 701 South Court House Road, Arlington, VA 22204-

2198.

Dennis Bodson,

Assistant Manager, NCS Office of Technology and Standards.

[FR Doc. 94-24488 Filed 10-3-94; 8:45 am]

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