Outreach News - 4/18/2011

1. The FCC has issued an Order on Reconsideration that addresses three petitions for reconsideration of an Order by the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (the Bureaus).1 The Order granted a request filed by (ReconRobotics) for a waiver of the Commission’s Part 90 rules to permit certification and use of the Recon Scout, a remote-controlled, maneuverable surveillance robot operating in the 420-450 MHz band.

RECONROBOTICS, INC. REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF PART 90 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES. Denied the McVey and Kirby petitions. Denied in part the American Radio Relay League's petition. Granted ARRL's request for a modified labeling requirement. (Dkt No. 08-63 ). Action by: Chiefs, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Public Safety Homeland Security Bureau, Office of Engineering and Technology. Adopted: 04/13/2011 by Order on Reconsideration. (DA No. 11-675). WTB
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-11-675A1.pdf
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-11-675A1.txt

2. PREPARED REMARKS OF COMMISSIONER MIGNON CLYBURN, "WOMEN IN PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE", THE ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICIALS INTERNATIONAL, ORLANDO, FL. OCMC
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-305797A1.doc
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-305797A1.pdf
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-305797A1.txt