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   DA 99-713                                                              Released: April 15, 1999
                    

Office of Engineering and Technology Announces Workshop for Telecommunication
Certification Bodies (TCBs) to be Held in Washington, D.C. on April 28, 1999


The Office of Engineering and Technology invites interested parties to attend a workshop on
April 28, 1999, from 1-5 PM, on Telecommunication Certification Bodies (TCBs).

The Commission's December 17, 1998 Report and Order (R&O) in GEN Docket 98-68 amended
the Commission's rules to permit TCBs to certify equipment as complying with FCC
requirements.  The R&O established the general qualification criteria for TCBs, and the
Commission's Office of Engineering and Technology is responsible for developing the specific
details.  This workshop will be used to discuss TCB qualification criteria and to allow interested
parties an opportunity to participate in the development of such criteria.

The workshop will be held in conjunction with the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) workshops on the US-EC Mutual Recognition Agreement on April 27, 1999
and the workshop on the National Voluntary Conformity Assessment Systems Evaluation
(NVCASE) on the morning of April 28, 1999.  The FCC TCB workshop will be held in the
afternoon (1-5 PM) on April 28, 1999.

All three workshops will be held in the Department of Commerce Auditorium at 14th Street and
Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.  There is no fee to attend either workshop, but parties
must pre-register by providing the full names and affiliations of planned participants by April 21,
so that NIST can make appropriate arrangements.  Parties may pre-register by e-mail at
scp@nist.gov, by fax at 301-975-5414, or by writing to:

EMC/Telecom Workshop Coordinator
National Institute of Standards and Technology
100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2100
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2100

For further information about the workshops, please call NIST at 301-975-5120, or Art Wall of
the FCC at (301) 362-3041, fax: (301) 344-2050, email: awall@fcc.gov.