PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 1919 M STREET, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� News Media Information (202) 418-0500. Internet Anonymous FTP site: ftp.fcc.gov July 3, 1997 COMMISSION MEETING TO HEAR RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NETWORK RELIABILITY AND INTEROPERABILITY COUNCIL Representatives of the Commission's Network Reliability and Interoperability Council will present the Council's report and recommendations to the Commission at a meeting which will be held on July 15 beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the Commission meeting room (856) at 1919 M Street NW in Washington, D.C. The report deals with the implementation of Section 256 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Section 256 requires the Commission to establish procedures to oversee coordinated network planning by telecommunications carriers and other providers of telecommunications service and permits the FCC to participate in the development of public network interconnectivity standards by appropriate industry standards-setting bodies. The purposes of Section 256 as stated in the statute are (1) to promote non-discriminatory accessibility by the broadest number of users and vendors of communications products and services to public telecommunications networks and (2) to ensure the ability of users and information providers to "seamlessly and transparently transmit and receive information between and across telecommunications networks." The report will be presented to the Commission by NRIC Chairman Ivan Seidenberg, President and CEO of NYNEX. Other representatives making presentations are Casimir Skrypczak, Group President of Professional Services at Bellcore; John Gunter, Vice President of Network Strategic Planning and Support at BellSouth; William Blatt, Vice President, Major Accounts at NORTEL; and Gerald Peterson, Technical Standards Director at AT&T Labs and Chairman of Standards Committee T1 (sponsored by ATIS). A list of the organizations which constitute the NRIC is attached. For further information contact Jim Keegan (202) 418-2323, e-mail: jkeegan@fcc.gov - FCC - THE NETWORK RELIABILITY AND INTEROPERABILITY COUNCIL Member Organizations (by primary identity) Interexchange Carriers AT&T MCI Sprint Local Exchange Carriers Ameritech Bell Atlantic BellSouth GTE Corporation NYNEX Corporation Pacific Telesis Southwestern Bell US West, Inc. Frontier Corp. Research and Standards Organizations Bell Communications Research Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions Cable Labs Telecommunications Industry Association Internet Access Providers America Online Trade Associations Association for Local Telecommunications Services Competitive Telecommunications Association Organization for the Protection and Advancement of Small Telephone Companies United States Telephone Association National Cable Television Association Cable Telecommunications Association Personal Communications Industry Association Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Institutional Consumer Representatives Tele-Communications Association International Communications Association Boeing Company Residential Consumer Representatives Alliance for Public Technology National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Cable Companies Time Warner Communications PCS Representatives NextWave Telecom, Inc. Manufacturers Motorola U.S. Robotics Lucent Technologies Nortel Government Related Organizations National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners National Communications System Labor Representative Communications Workers of America Satellite Service Providers Hughes Telecommunications and Space Company -- Hughes Electronics Corporation Computer/IP Industry Information Technology Industry Council (also representing Information Infrastructure Standards Panel) Associate Members National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Dept. of Commerce Office of Science and Technology Policy, White House