Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Hearings Scheduled for Week of March 3-7

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Thursday, February 27, 2003

Contact: Pia Pialorsi (McCain)
(202) 224-2670

Andy Davis (Hollings)

(202) 224-6654

Hearings Scheduled for Week of March 3-7

Washington, DC – Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today announced the following hearings for the week beginning March 3:

Nominations hearing

Full Committee hearing for the following nominees:

Charles McQueary to be Under Secretary for Science and Technology, Department of Homeland Security

Jeffrey Shane to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, Department of Transportation

Emil Frankel to be Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, Department of Transportation

Robert Sturgell to be Deputy Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration.

The hearing will be on Tuesday, March 4, at 10:00 a.m. in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. Senator McCain will preside.

E-911 Implementation

Communications subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, March 5, at 9:30 a.m. in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT) will preside. Members will discuss implementation of enhanced 911 (E-911) services for wireless phones. Following is the tentative witness list (not necessarily in order of appearance):

Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, United States Senator

Honorable John Shimkus, United States Representative

Honorable Anna G. Eshoo, United States Representative

Honorable David Koon, New York State Assemblymember

Panel I

Honorable Kathleen Abernathy, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission

Honorable Jonathan Adelstein, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission

Panel II

Ms. Jenny Hansen, Manager, State of Montana Public Safety Services Office, Information Technology Services Division

Mr. John Melcher, President, National Emergency Number Association

Ms. Thera Bradshaw, Association of Public Safety Communications Officials International

Mr. Michael Amarosa, Vice President, Public Affairs, TruePosition, Inc.

Mr. S. Mark Tuller, General Counsel, Verizon Wireless

Future of Spectrum Policy

Full Committee hearing on Thursday, March 6, at 9:30 a.m. in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. Senator McCain will preside. The purpose of the hearing is to review the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Spectrum Policy Task Force Report and major spectrum issues facing policymakers. Following is the tentative witness list (not necessarily in order of appearance):

Panel I

Mr. Steven K. Berry, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association

Dr. Kevin Kahn, Intel Fellow, Intel Corporation

Dr. Paul J. Kolodzy, Stevens Institute of Technology, and former Chair, FCC Spectrum Task Force

Dr. Gregory L. Rosston, Deputy Director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research at Stanford University

Mr. Michael Calabrese, Director, Spectrum Policy Program, New America Foundation

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