[ARRL-OK] [OKtraders] ARLB008 Laura L. Smith Named to Amateur Radio Enforcement Role

Tue Jan 27 00:03:26 EST 2009

Good. Maybe she'll do something about all of these convicted felons in
Oklahoma that hold an amateur radio license.

Matt - WX5LIB

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 9:20 PM, D C *Mac* Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com>wrote:

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> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB008ARLB008 Laura L. Smith Named to Amateur Radio
> Enforcement Role ZCZC AG08QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 8 ARLB008From ARRL
> Headquarters Newington CT January 26, 2009To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL
> ARLB008ARLB008 Laura L. Smith Named to Amateur Radio Enforcement RoleLaura
> L. Smith of Pennsylvania has been named by the FCC to fill thevacancy
> created when Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, retired in 2008 asSpecial Counsel
> for the Spectrum Enforcement Division of the FCC'sEnforcement Bureau.
> Hollingsworth served in that position for morethan 10 years as the FCC's
> enforcement watchdog over the AmateurRadio Service.A 1990 graduate of the
> Pepperdine University School of Law, Smithbegan her legal career with the
> FCC, working in the Mass MediaBureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.
> She also served asDeputy Division Chief of the Public Safety and Private
> WirelessDivision. Smith is currently licensed to practice in theCommonwealth
> of Virginia.In 1998, Smith left the FCC to become Executive Director
> ofGovernmental Affairs for the Industrial TelecommunicationsAssociation
> (ITA), now Enterprise Wireless Alliance. In that role,she monitored FCC and
> legislative proceedings and participated inall regulatory proceedings
> relevant to the private wirelessindustry. In 2001, Smith became ITA's
> President and Chief ExecutiveOfficer. While in that position, she was
> instrumental in theformation of the Consensus Group, a group of public
> safety andprivate wireless entities responsible for drafting the
> "ConsensusPlan," a proposed resolution for interference in the 800 MHz
> band;this was adopted by the FCC in 2004.Smith returns to the FCC after
> serving Of Counsel with the Marylandlaw firm of Shulman Rogers. While there,
> she dealt withtelecommunications matters and provided counsel to numerous
> entitiesin the private radio and public safety communities. Smith has
> servedas an industry consultant and written columns for a variety of
> tradepublications including Mobile Radio Technology Magazine and ThePrivate
> Wireless Magazine.In an October 2008 letter to then-FCC Chairman Kevin
> Martin, ARRLPresident Joel Harrison, W5ZN, urged Martin to name a successor
> toHollingsworth: "The appointment of a replacement Special Counsel inthis
> position is of critical importance to the Amateur RadioService, as the delay
> in finalizing the appointment stands toundermine in very short order an
> exceptionally successful andlow-cost program of enforcement in the Amateur
> Service."Calling the FCC's Amateur Radio enforcement program
> "spectacularlysuccessful," Harrison reminded Martin of the "long period in
> thelate 1980s and 1990s during which the Commission was
> essentiallyuninvolved in enforcement in the Amateur Service. The
> AmateurService, consisting of some 680,000 licensees of the Commission, isin
> essence a self-regulating service; however, due to the sharedfrequency
> allocations in the Service and the long distancepropagation of amateur
> communications, a very few rule violators cancause severe disruption in the
> Service. On the other hand, even aminimal Commission presence has a very
> strong deterrent value."When Hollingsworth was appointed as Special Counsel
> for AmateurRadio Enforcement, Harrison said that Hollingsworth "established
> avisible presence in the Service and very quickly, and with verylittle
> investment of Commission resources, using little more thanthe awareness of
> an enforcement presence, created strong deterrenceagainst rule
> violations."Upon learning of Smith's move to the Amateur Radio enforcement
> role,Harrison remarked that he was "very pleased to see the Commissionmove
> forward with the hiring of a new Special Counsel responsiblefor enforcement
> of the Amateur Radio Service rules," said Harrison."Ever since Riley
> Hollingsworth announced his retirement, we havemet with the Enforcement
> Chief numerous times and corresponded withFCC Chairman Martin to ensure this
> position remains intact at FCC.The Commission acknowledges the
> self-regulating environment wemaintain, but also understands that we need
> their assistanceoccasionally to resolve a few situations. They have
> continuallyreassured us that this is an important matter for them, and
> MsSmith's hiring confirms that."NNNN
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