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Overview
The Joint Advisory Committee on Communications Capabilities of Emergency Medical and Public Health Care Facilities ("Joint Advisory Committee") was established by the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, U.S. Department of Commerce pursuant to the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (the "Act"). The Joint Advisory Committee's mission was to examine the communications capabilities and needs of emergency medical and public health care facilities. Specifically, the Joint Advisory Committee was to assess:
- Specific communications capabilities and needs of emergency medical and public health care facilities, including the improvement of basic voice, data, and broadband capabilities;
- Options to accommodate growth of basic and emerging communications services used by emergency medical and public health care facilities; and
- Options to improve integration of communications systems used by emergency medical and public health care facilities with existing or future emergency communications networks.
As required by the Act, on February 4, 2008 (i.e., six months after the statute's enactment), the Joint Advisory Committee submitted a report on its findings to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce.
The Joint Advisory Committees welcomes the submission of written comments on the issues listed above. Written comments should be sent to Lisa M. Fowlkes, Deputy Chief, Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission via email (Lisa.Fowlkes@fcc.gov) or via U.S mail ( 445 12th Street, SW, Room 7-C753, Washington, DC 20554).
Publicly available documents regarding the Joint Advisory Committee are available for inspection and copying at the FCC's Public Reference Center, 445 12th Street, SW, Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. Further information about the Joint Advisory Committee, including publicly available, documents may also be posted on the Joint Advisory Committee's website.
Questions regarding the Joint Advisory Committee may be directed to Lisa M. Fowlkes at (202) 418-7452 or Lisa.Fowlkes@fcc.gov or to Eric Werner, Senior Policy Advisor, National Telecommunications & Information Administration at (202) 482-0014 or ewerner@ntia.doc.gov.