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Notice of CSMAC Meeting January 17, 2013
This notice announces a public meeting of the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee. CSMAC provides advice to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information on spectrum management policy matters. The meeting will be held on January 17, 2013, at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Room 4830, Washington, DC.
Federal Register Meeting Notice 11/20/2012 (HTML)
FirstNet General Manager Recruitment Prospectus
We are seeking a highly qualified and motivated candidate to become the General Manager of FirstNet. This position shall be responsible for implementing the policies and strategies approved by the Board, and overseeing all of the day-to-day operations of FirstNet, akin to a Chief Executive Officer or President in a corporate setting. The General Manager shall report to the Board of Directors of FirstNet.
Privacy Multistakeholder Process: November 13, 2012 Telephone Briefing
November 13, 2012 telephone briefing, 2:00 p.m to 4:00 p.m. ET (organized by consumer and privacy NGOs)
Conference bridge dial-in: 1-888-346-3659, passcode 06472# (participants are asked to mute their phones during presentations)
Agenda
Welcome
Moderator for First Half – Susan Grant, Director of Consumer Protection, Consumer Federation of America
2 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Academic Presentations on Transparency: Issues, Challenges and Solutions
First Responder Network Authority Board Meeting
First Responder Network Authority Board Meeting
Notice Of Open Public Meetings.
Summary
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will convene open public meetings of the Board of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet).
FirstNet Notice of Open Public Meetings
NTIA will convene open public meetings of the Board of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). The meetings will be held on December 11, 2012; April 23, 2013; August 13, 2013; and October 15, 2013, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time in Washington, D.C. Additional meetings will be held February 12, 2013, and December 17, 2013 in Boulder, Colorado; and June 11, 2013, in San Francisco, California.
FirstNet Federal Register Notice of Open Public Meetings (HTML)
Analysis and Resolution of RF Interference to Radars Operating in the Band 2700-2900 MHz from Broadband Communication Transmitters
Abstract: This report describes the methodology and results of an investigation into the source, mechanism, and solutions for radiofrequency (RF) interference to WSR-88D Next-Generation Weather Radars (NEXRADs). It shows that the interference source is nearby base stations transmitters in the Broadband Radio Service (BRS) and the Educational Broadband Service (EBS) and that their out-of-band (OOB) emissions can cause interference on NEXRAD receiver frequencies.
Notice of Inquiry; Reopening of Comment Period for Development of the Nationwide Interoperable Public Safety Broadband Network
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) on September 28, 2012, seeking public comment on two conceptual presentations made at the inaugural Board meeting of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) as well as to invite input on other network design and business plan considerations. The comment deadline was November 1, 2012, at 5 p.m.
Antenna Models For Electromagnetic Compatibility Analyses
This technical memorandum contains recommendations for antenna models that can be used in performing electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) analysis related to spectrum management. The technical memorandum contains two compilations of antenna parameters. The first one is the collection of rules, regulations, and recommendations regarding antennas that are published by regulators, as well as improving, EMC. NTIA conducted an extensive review and analysis of the existing rules, regulations, and recommendations and compiled the findings in this technical memorandum. The second compilation is the recommendations of antenna parameters for spectrum managers to use in conducting EMC analysis associated with: system review for equipment approval, frequency assignment, and spectrum sharing studies. NTIA evaluated the characteristics of the radio services, the federal usage of the radio spectrum, and the technical merit and practicality of the antenna parameters in the rules, regulations, and recommendations, and then developed recommendations of antenna parameters for conducting these EMC analysis tasks of all of the radio services.
SUMMARY OF PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORTS CONCERNING STATE AND LOCAL PUBLIC SAFETY SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT POLICIES & PROCEDURES
As required by the President’s Executive Memorandum on the Spectrum Policy Initiative, the Department of Commerce, through NTIA, conducted outreach in the form of public meetings to help in the development of recommendations to improve the public safety spectrum management process. Two separate events were held to solicit input. The first meeting, a Roundtable discussion with State and local public safety frequency coordinators, national public safety organizations, and public safety agencies, was held on November 12, 2003. The second meeting, held on February 10-11, 2004, included a much broader participation from the public safety community, academia, manufacturers, and the general public.
From these meetings, a comprehensive set of findings was extracted and are represented below. Specific supporting findings are detailed in Section 3. The combined findings of these two outreach efforts should be considered as broad in scope based on a limited investigation into the spectrum management issues of State and local public safety as they related to the four objectives in the memorandum. They are generally representative of the public safety community, but are not intended to be a finite and limiting set. Throughout the United States, there are reportedly as many as 55,000 public safety agencies of varying size, mission, and structure. Each has unique problems and solutions regarding its own communications requirements, issues and solutions. It may be unfair and unrealistic to assume that these findings are completely representative of this extraordinarily large base of users.