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ARLB024 ARRL, FCC ink pact
 
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ARRL Bulletin 24  ARLB024
>From ARRL Headquarters  
Newington CT  March 3, 1994
To all radio amateurs 
 
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ARLB024 ARRL, FCC ink pact
 
ARRL, FCC ink pact
 
The ARRL and the Field Operations Bureau (FOB) of the Federal
Communications Commission have signed a new agreement concerning the
use of amateur volunteers.
 
The agreement is a revised and expanded version of one entered into
in 1984, and spells out the roles of amateurs, as trained and
registered Official Observers, as well as the role of the FOB. The
volunteers continue to be known as the ARRL Amateur Auxiliary to the
Field Operations Bureau (''AA'').
 
While the new agreement continues to place initial information
gathering at the local level, ie, in conjunction with regional FOB
offices, it specifies a more centralized system for presenting
information to the FOB in cases where enforcement is requested.
This will be done between the office of the Chief, FOB, and the
League's Washington office.
 
The new agreement also adds an FOB agreement to protect the
identities of Amateur Auxiliary members, to the extent allowed by
law, when the FCC institutes an enforcement proceeding involving
information provided by the AA.
 
The FOB also agrees to assist the ARRL in the training of volunteers
and in publicizing the objectives and accomplishments of the
program.
 
The new agreement became effective February 26, 1994.
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