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Spectrum Sharing Innovation Test-Bed Pilot Program -- Notice, request for comments

Comments filed in this proceeding:

A public meeting of the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (Committee) will be held on May 30, 2012. The Committee provides advice to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information on needed reforms to domestic spectrum policies and management in order to license radio frequencies in a way that maximizes their public benefits, keep wireless networks as open to innovation as possible, and make wireless services available to all Americans.

This notice describes and seeks comment on the types and depth of testing that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) intends to conduct in Phase II/III of the Spectrum Sharing Innovation Test-Bed pilot program to assess whether devices employing Dynamic Spectrum Access techniques can share the frequency spectrum with land mobile radio systems.

Comments are due on or before April 27, 2012.

NTIA announces that the closing deadline for submitting comments responsive to the March 5, 2012 request for public comments on the multistakeholder process to develop consumer data privacy codes of conduct has been extended until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on April 2, 2012.

Public Comments on Multistakeholder Process To Develop Consumer Data Privacy Codes of Conduct.    See Federal Register Notice: Internet Privacy Request for Comments

NTIA is requesting comment on substantive consumer data privacy issues that warrant the development of legally enforceable codes of conduct, as well as procedures to foster the development of these codes.  NTIA invites public comment on these issues from all stakeholders with an interest in consumer data privacy, including the commercial, academic and civil society sectors, and from federal and state enforcement agencies.  Written comments may be submitted by e-mail to [email protected].

The Department of Commerce publishes this notice to announce the deletion of a Privacy Act System of Records entitled, COMMERCE/NTIA–1 ‘‘Applications Related to Coupons for Digital-to-Analog Converter Boxes.’’ The Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Program has been terminated and this system of records will be deleted to comply with the applicable Disposition Authority. This system of records will be deleted on February 8, 2012.

The Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee will meet March 1, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Pacific Standard Time. The meeting will be held at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Room 130, 366 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA 04305. The Committee will deliberate on the findings and recommendations from its four subcommittees (Search for 500 MHz, Spectrum Sharing, Spectrum Management Improvements, and Unlicensed), and identify future requirements for assessments.

Notice to delete a Privacy Act System of Records

In accordance with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11)), the Department of Commerce is issuing this notice of its intent to delete the system of records entitled ``COMMERCE/NTIA-1, Applications Related to Coupons for Digital-to-Analog Converter Boxes.'' The Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Program has been terminated and this system of records is to be deleted to comply with the applicable Disposition Authority.

AGENCY:  National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

ACTION:  Notice of Inquiry, Notice of Public Meeting