Notice And Request For Comments State Alternative Plan Program (SAPP) and the First Responder Network Authority Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network

NTIA publishes this Notice to provide preliminary guidance concerning how a qualified state may apply to NTIA for authority to enter into a spectrum capacity lease with the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and receive a grant to construct its radio access network (RAN) should it opt to do so as allowed under the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112-96, Title VI, 126 Stat. 256 (codified at 47 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) (Act). NTIA also seeks public comment on this preliminary guidance through this Notice.

Comments are posted at https://www.ntia.doc.gov/federal-register-notice/2016/comments-sapp-and-firstnet-nationwide-public-safety-broadband-network.