WRC Advisory Committee Working on Hefty Space Agenda
The FCC's World Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee has a particularly heavy load of 16 space-related agenda items on its plate in advance of WRC-27, Co-Chairwoman Kimberly Baum said Monday at WRC's first meeting. The meeting was largely housekeeping, including discussions…
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of the informal working group structure and logistics of WAC and IWG meetings, as well as issues such as meeting procedures and records keeping. NTIA has a preparatory process through the Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee (IRAC), FCC Office of International Affairs lawyer Greg Baker said. Proposals that are reconciled between the FCC and NTIA are forwarded to State, he said. Charles Glass, NTIA international spectrum policy division chief, said IRAC has two groups dealing with WRC issues: one an ad hoc committee working on recommendations to send to the FCC regarding implementation of WRC-23 outcomes, and another dealing with preliminary proposals for WRC-27. Glass said there is one preliminary view that will go before IRAC this week for approval, with several more considered during IRAC's meeting next month. Baum said WAC's aim is to have preliminary views and even preliminary proposals prepared before September's Inter-American Telecommunication Commission meeting.