Publications

NTIA letter to the Register of Copyrights continuing the consultative process required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).  The Copyright Office’s Federal Register Notice containing the Librarian’s Determination and Final Rule can be found at http://copyright.gov/1201/2021.

Section 9203 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA 21) calls for the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit a report to Congress containing a plan for the modernization and automation of the NTIA infrastructure relating to managing federal spectrum use by covered agencies, to more efficiently manage such use.  This provides the modernization plan and addresses the topics called out in the NDAA 21.

NTIA comments with FCC in response to Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding expanded operational flexibility for unlicensed field disturbance sensor devices (radars) in the 60 GHz band.

NTIA, on behalf of the Executive Branch, hereby comments in response to the Commission’s recent Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“FNPRM”) in the above-referenced proceeding. The Commission’s proceeding addresses three seemingly separate but interrelated issues involving federal earth stations, launch spectrum, and operation of a new federal environmental sensing satellite.

In fulfillment of the National Strategy to Secure 5G Implementation Plan, NTIA is publishing the 5G Listening Sessions Summary of Conclusions Report. The comments come from two industry listening sessions where stakeholders were asked to identify incentives and policy options to ensure that the United States has adequate sources of secure, effective, and reliable fifth and future generation wireless communications systems and infrastructure.

NTIA submits this report pursuant to Section 207 of the Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act (CSEA), Title II of Pub. L. 108-494, which requires annual reporting on federal agencies’ progress to relocate radio communications systems from spectrum or share spectrum that has been reallocated to commercial use. This report provides details on two separate spectrum auctions conducted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that included: 1) the 1710 to 1755 megahertz (MHz) band, and 2) the 1695-1710 MHz and 1755-1780 MHz bands.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), U.S. Department of Commerce, will host an online symposium on September 21, 2021, focusing on national spectrum policy development and the evolution of new techniques and technologies for federal spectrum management, including spectrum sharing. The symposium will be held on September 21, 2021, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

As required by Section 9202(a)(1)(G) of the William M.