Publications

NTIA issues this Notice to announce requirements for the State and Local Implementation Grant Program authorized by section 6302 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Act). The Notice describes the programmatic requirements under which NTIA will award grants to assist state, local, and tribal governments with planning for a nationwide interoperable public safety broadband network.

Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank appointed twelve of the nation’s leading experts on public safety and wireless broadband communications to serve on the Board of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). FirstNet is congressionally mandated to establish a nationwide wireless broadband network that enables police, firefighters, emergency services personnel, and others in public safety to better communicate with one another during emergencies and use new technology to improve response time, keep communities safe, and save lives.

Updated public safety communications presentation slide deck.

This web page provides details concerning the August 29, 2012 privacy multistakeholder meeting. This meeting is the third in a series of NTIA-convened discussions concerning mobile application transparency. Stakeholders will engage in an open, transparent, consensus-driven process to develop a code of conduct regarding mobile app transparency. In addition, the meeting will provide a venue for stakeholders to agree on the schedule, location, and format of future meetings.

This web page provides details concerning the August 22, 2012 privacy multistakeholder meeting. This meeting is the second in a series of NTIA-convened discussions concerning mobile application transparency. Stakeholders will engage in an open, transparent, consensus-driven process to develop a code of conduct regarding mobile app transparency. In addition, the meeting will provide a venue for stakeholders to agree on the schedule, location, and format of future meetings.

This notice announces a public meeting of the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (Committee). The Committee provides advice to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information on spectrum management policy matters. The meeting will be held on October 4, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time.

The Committee will receive recommendations from subcommittees on matters related to the accomplishment of the President’s ten year goal of identifying 500 megahertz of radio spectrum for wireless broadband.

NTIA will convene  a series of meetings through December 2012 of a privacy multistakeholder process concerning mobile application transparency.

The multistakeholder process information page is at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/other-publication/2012/privacy-multistakeholder-process-mobile-application-transparency

Federal Register Notice -- Technical Panel and Dispute Resolution Board NPRM