Agencies Opposed to Ligado Plan Talk With FCC in 'Technical Discussion'
Officials from DOD, the Transportation and Commerce departments and Office of the Director of National Intelligence met with FCC Wireless Bureau Associate Chief Charles Mathias and other commission staff “for a technical discussion of classified materials” about Ligado’s L-band plan,…
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said NTIA Chief Counsel Kathy Smith in a filing posted Friday in docket 11-109. The FCC is considering petitions for reconsideration of its approval of the Ligado proposal and NTIA's request for a stay of the commission’s order (see 2005220055). Ligado opponents are continuing to lobby the FCC on the matter (see 2008060024). Other FCC participants in the Tuesday meeting included Office of Engineering and Technology Policy and Rules Division Chief Michael Ha, International Bureau Chief Engineer Robert Nelson, OET Senior Engineer Robert Pavlik and Deputy Associate General Counsel William Richardson. DOD officials included Deputy Chief Information Officer-Command Control and Communications Frederick Moorefield and Office of the Chief Information Officer Deputy Director-Spectrum Policy and Program Kenneth Turner. NTIA Office of Spectrum Management Associate Administrator Charles Cooper and OSM Spectrum Engineering and Analysis Division Chief Edward Crocella were among Commerce attendees. DOT participants included Director-Positioning, Navigation and Timing and Spectrum Management Karen Van Dyke. From ODNI: Strategic Capabilities Team Chief James Diffell.