Federal Telecommunications Standards

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Federal Telecommunications Standards

AGENCY: Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, GSA.

ACTION: Notice of comments on proposed interim Federal

Telecommunications Standards.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of the notice is solicit the views of Federal

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

proposed interim Federal Telecommunications 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 July 5, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the General Services Administration, Office

of Information Technology, Policy and Regulations Division (MKR), 18th

and F Streets, NW, Room 3224, Washington, DC 20405. (Attn. LMR Stds).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Keith Thurston, General Services Administration, telephone (202)

501-3194.

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

2. On October 4, 1994, a notice was published in the Federal

Register (59 FR 50630) that proposed the above interim Federal

Telecommunications Standards for Land Mobile Radios (LMR). Due to the

on-going level of interest in these Standards, GSA is providing this

additional public comment period to provide a final opportunity for all

parties to provide comments.

3. The justification package as approved by the Federal

Telecommunications Standards Committee (FTSC) and the National

Communications Systems (NCS) was presented to GSA by NCS with a

recommendation for adoption of the standards.

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4. Interim Federal Telecommunications Standards are non-mandatory.

5. LMR standards, also called Project 25, is a joint effort that

includes state governments, represented by the National-Association of

State Telecommunications Directors (NASTD), and local governments

represented by the Association of Public-safety Communications

Officials, (APCO) to develop common standards for (LMR).

6. Proposed Interim Federal Standard 001101 will adopt

Telecommunication Industry Association (TIA) TSB 102. Proposed Interim

Federal Standard 001102 will adopt TIA TSB 102BAAA and TIA 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.

7. Requests for copies of the proposed Interim Federal Standard

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.

Dated: May 22, 1996

G. Martin Wagner,

Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation.

[FR Doc. 96-13895 Filed 6-3-96; 8:45 am]

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