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Redbook
Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio Frequency Management (Redbook)
April 17, 2020
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GUIDE to NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

Regulation and Management of Federal Government Radio Frequency Spectrum

Redbook
Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio Frequency Management (Redbook)

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is the federal agency legally authorized to regulate and manage the Federal Government agency use of the radio frequency spectrum. This landing page provides guidance on using the NTIA spectrum management documents. The documents are presented in an e-Book format consisting of:

  1. Manual of Regulations for Federal Radiofrequency Spectrum Management, (the Manual) that presents the NTIA legal authority, policies, and regulations; and
  2. A series of handbooks that present procedures on NTIA spectrum management actions
For convenience and user-friendliness, the handbooks are written to be self-contained documents; and contain some policy and regulation summaries of that appearing in the Manual. The e-Book Manual contains the following Chapters and information. The Manual table of contents provides additional information.

April 16, 2020

January 2021 Edition - January 2023 Revision

Entire Manual

Revision - June 2018

Manual by Chapter

1.1  AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS DIRECTED BY THE SECRETARY - 1-1

1.2  NTIA AND ITS FREQUENCY MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ORGANIZATION - 1-4
Organization Charts - 1-4

1.3  INTERDEPARTMENT RADIO ADVISORY COMMITTEE - 1-5
Status - 1-5
Bylaws - 1-5

1.4  REIMBURSEMENT REGARDING AUTHORIZATION FOR SPECTRUM USE - 1-14

A. Record Notes
B. Data and Procedures for Assessing Interactions Among Stations in the Space and Terrestrial Services
C. (Reserved for future use)
D. Procedure for Field Level Selection and Coordination of the Use of Radio Frequencies
E. Guidance for Submission of INMARSAT Commissioning Applications
F. Frequency Assignment Review Procedure
G. Abbreviations
H. (Reserved for future use)
I. Procedure for Evaluating Frequency Proposals in the 162 - 174 MHz and 406.1 - 420 MHz Bands
J. Guidance for Determination of Necessary Bandwidth
K. Technical Standards for Federal "Non-Licensed" Devices
L. Freely Associated States
M. Measurement Methods
N. Special Considerations for Federal Travelers Information Stations Operating on 1610 kHz
O. Relocation or Sharing by Federal Government Stations in Support of Reallocation
Summary of Changes
Index
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