Publications

The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 directed NTIA to establish a program to review applications for spectrum leasing rights and Radio Access Network construction funds for any state seeking to opt-out of FirstNet’s plan for deployment of the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network within its boundaries. NTIA’s grant program is called the State Alternative Plan Program (SAPP). By opting-out, a state is seeking permission to deploy its own RAN, which must connect to and interoperate with the nationwide network.

These are the points of contact for the BIWG as of March 2018. These individuals are available to answer questions about their Agency’s participation in the BIWG and the status of action items contained in the Progress Report.

You may address questions about WRC activities to any of the persons listed below.

Mr. Charles Glass
Chairman of the RCS
Department of Commerce, NTIA
Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 4090
14th & Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington DC 20230
Phone: 202-482-1896
Fax: 202-501-8189
Email:  [email protected]

• 05/04/2017 meeting agenda
• 05/04/2017 meeting documents
• 05/04/2017 meeting transcript

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• Meeting agenda
• Meeting documents
• Meeting transcript -- Part 1 (pdf) -- Part 2 (pdf) --

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The Department of Commerce’s Internet Policy Task Force will host a public meeting on Consumer Messaging in Connection with Online Transactions Involving Copyrighted Works on April 18, 2017, at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. The meeting will be webcast, and members of the public will have opportunities to participate.