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MEDIA ADVISORY: FCC CHAIRMAN JULIUS GENACHOWSKI TO BE JOINED BY SENATOR CHARLES E. SCHUMER, D.C. MAYOR VINCENT GRAY, MAJOR CITY POLICE CHIEFS & WIRELESS INDUSTRY TO UNVEIL NEW INITIATIVES TO PROTECT CONSUMERS AND CURB SMARTPHONE DEVICE AND DATA THEFT 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                          NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:

April 9, 2012                                                                            Neil Grace 

 

FCC CHAIRMAN JULIUS GENACHOWSKI TO BE JOINED BY SENATOR CHARLES E. SCHUMER, D.C. MAYOR VINCENT GRAY, MAJOR CITY POLICE CHIEFS & WIRELESS INDUSTRY TO UNVEIL NEW INITIATIVES TO PROTECT CONSUMERS AND CURB SMARTPHONE DEVICE AND DATA THEFT 

 

Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday April 10, 2012, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will be joined by Sen. Charles E. Schumer, police chiefs of major cities and representatives from the wireless industry to announce new efforts to stem the growing problem of smartphone thefts.

 

WHAT:                       

FCC Chairman Genachowski and Sen. Schumer will deliver remarks. Mayor Gray, Commissioner Kelly, Chief Lanier, Chief Ramsey, Chief Taborn and Chief Mitchell will also speak briefly.  

 

WHO:             

Charles E. Schumer, Senator (D-NY)

Julius Genachowski, Chairman, FCC

Vincent Gray, Mayor, Washington, D.C.

Ray Kelly, Commissioner, New York Police Department

Cathy Lanier, Chief, Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia

David Mitchell, Chief, University of Maryland Department of Public Safety

Charles Ramsey, Commissioner, Philadelphia Police Department

Michael Taborn, Chief, Metro Transit Police Department

Christopher Guttman-McCabe, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, CTIA

                                    

WHEN:           

10:00 AM Eastern 

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

 

WHERE:                    

John A. Wilson Building - Room G-9 

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20004

 

ONLINE:       

The event will also broadcast live online at www.fcc.gov/live.

 

PRESS:           

For FCC media inquiries, contact Press Secretary Neil Grace. For DC MPD media inquiries, contact Communications Director Gwendolyn Crump 

 

- FCC -

 

For more news and information about the FCC please visit: www.fcc.gov

 

 

Neil Derek Grace

Press Secretary, Office of the Chairman

Federal Communications Commission

 

Gwendolyn Crump

Director, Office of Communications

Metropolitan Police Department

300 Indiana Avenue, NW, Room 5130 

Washington, DC 20001

 



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"Commemorating the Struggle for Freedom, Justice and Equality"
Monday, April 16, 2012 - District of Columbia Official Holiday - Parade, Festival, Fireworks 
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