Spectrum Planning and Policy Advisory Committee; Renewal

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information

Spectrum Planning and Policy Advisory Committee; Renewal

AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration,

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of renewal of the Spectrum Planning and Policy Advisory

Committee (SPAC).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix, and General Services Administration

(GSA) Interim Rule on Federal Advisory Committee Management, 41 CFR

part 101-6, as amended, and after consultation with GSA, the Secretary

of Commerce has determined that the Renewal of the Spectrum Planning

and Policy Advisory Committee is in the public interest in connection

with the performance of duties imposed on the Department by law.

The Committee was first established on July 19, 1965 as the

Frequency Management Advisory Council. It provided advice to the

Director of the Office of Telecommunications Policy (OTP), Executive

Office of the President, until the functions of that office were

transferred to the Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications

and Information Administration (NTIA), by Executive Order 12046 of

March 27, 1978. In 1991, the Committee name was changed to the Spectrum

Planning Advisory Committee. Since the activities of the Committee

extend into policy areas of concern, the Advisory Committee was renamed

the Spectrum Planning and Policy Advisory Committee.

In reviewing the need for the Committee, the Assistant Secretary

for Communications and Information has reaffirmed its original purpose

of providing advice on radio frequency spectrum allocation and

assignment matters and means by which the effectiveness of Federal

Government frequency management may be enhanced. The Secretary has

further affirmed the need for the Committee to advise on strategic

spectrum planning issues and increased commercial access to Federal

Government spectrum. Research indicates that the Committee's function

cannot be accomplished by any organizational element or other committee

of the Department.

The Committee membership consists of 19 members, including a

balanced representation of 15 non-Federal members and four Federal

members, chaired by the Secretary of Commerce or an individual

appointed by the Secretary. The Committee will operate in compliance

with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

Copies of the Committee's current Charter have been filed with

appropriate committees of Congress and with the Library of Congress.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquiries or comments may be addressed to the Executive Secretary,

Spectrum Planning and Policy Advisory Committee, Mr. Richard A.

Lancaster, National Telecommunications and Information Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, room 1617M-7, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-4487; or Ms.

Victoria Kruk, the Department's Committee Management Analyst, U.S.

Department of Commerce, room 6020, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue

NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-4115.

Dated: February 18, 1994.

Richard A. Lancaster,

Executive Secretary, Spectrum Planning and Policy Advisory Committee,

National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-4208 Filed 2-24-94; 8:45 am]

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