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FCC Commissioner Gets Presidential Nod to Continue; Awaits Senate Confirmation
President George W. Bush announced his intention to nominate Deborah Taylor Tate to a full term as a Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission. Tate is currently serving out the remainder of former FCC Chairman Michael Powell. Current FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said of Bush’s announcement, “If confirmed, I look forward to continuing to work closely with Commissioner Tate. She has served admirably at the Commission for the past year and a half, and I appreciate her continued dedication to public service. Debi brings important insight to the Commission, including her distinguished career as a leader in state government. Her thoughtfulness, dedication, and leadership have made Debi an invaluable member of the Commission.” Among her responsibilities, Tate serves as Chair of both the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service (Universal Service Joint Board) and the Federal-State Joint Board on Jurisdictional Separations.
FCC Dismisses Petition for Vanity Request
Vanity Request Denied
The FCC today also denied the request of Jerry Janow, N5IMJ, for a vanity call sign of NM5UFO. Janow had originally applied for this call sign under the vanity call sign program on December 11, 2006. This vanity call sign would replace KE5LRJ, the call sign of the Saucer Ridge Amateur Radio Association of Roswell, New Mexico, of which Janow serves as trustee. The Commission dismissed the initial request on December 29, 2006; Janow appealed the decision that same day.
The FCC said that Janow "believe[s] that the assignment of the requested call sign would be in keeping with the theme that Roswell, New Mexico has been known since 1947as the crash site of a UFO."
According to the FCC, NM5UFO is not a valid call sign. "Only call signs that are in the sequential call sign system may be requested as vanity call signs. The Commission issues public announcements detailing the procedures of the sequential call sign system. As noted on the Commission's webpage, only call signs of a 2-by-3 format with the first letter K or W -- but not N -- are available for assignment in the sequential call sign system. Consequently, call sign NM5UFO is not available for assignment in the sequential call sign system and is thus not available as a vanity call sign. We therefore conclude that your application was properly dismissed."
FCC Amateur Radio Enforcement Correspondence Posted
The FCC has posted additional Amateur Radio enforcement correspondence and documents on its
"Amateur Radio Service Enforcement
Actions" page. Special Counsel in the FCC Spectrum Enforcement Division Riley Hollingsworth
has sent letters to John C. Kimbrough, WR3S (Removal of Automatic Control Privileges);
Name removed upon request ;
Robert A. DiMezza, W2GGI
(Request for Information);
Frank C. Richards
(Memorandum Opinion and Order), and Frederick C. Severa, AH8I (Warning Notice).
The FCC Enforcement Bureau now posts Amateur Radio enforcement-related
correspondence and documents -- with some exceptions -- on its own Web
site. Direct all questions concerning the Amateur Radio Service
Enforcement Actions Web postings via e-mail only to Riley Hollingsworth in the FCC Spectrum Enforcement Division.
FCC Releases Post-Katrina Order, "Final Rule"
On July 11, the FCC released its Order
regarding the recommendations of the independent panel reviewing the impact of hurricane Katrina on
communications networks (Katrina Panel).
It contained their conclusions that followed a review of the comments filed in response to the FCC's
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). The
Commission asked for comments
a week after the release of the report and recommendations of the
Katrina Panel and directed the Public Safety & Homeland Security
Bureau (PSHSB)
to implement several of the recommendations. The FCC also adopted rules
requiring some communications providers to have emergency/back-up power
and to conduct analyses and submit reports on the redundancy and
resiliency of their 911 and E911 networks. The FCC's actions go into
effect August 10.
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