WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 - On November 20, 2009, the Federal Communications Commission will convene a staff workshop on distracted driving that will explore technology innovations and applications that may eliminate or significantly reduce the problem of distracted driving as well as ways to educate the public about such dangerous behavior. The workshop will be held at FCC Headquarters and is open to the public. The agenda will be released when final. Registration is not required.

This workshop will be held from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Federal Communications Commission, Commission Meeting Room, TW level, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington D.C. 20554. For more information on how the FCC, other government agencies, communications industry, and organizations are working to reduce distracted driving, please visit http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/driving.html.

For more information, please contact Lauren Kravetz, Consumer and Governmental

Affairs Bureau, at 202-418-7944 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities will be available if requested in

advance. Please make such requests as early as possible and include a description of the

accommodation(s) you will need and a way to contact you if more information is needed.

To request accommodations, send an e-mail to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (tty).