Publications

In this report, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) presents a summary of the results of its quantitative assessments of spectrum usage in response to the 2013 Presidential Memorandum entitled Expanding America’s Leadership in Wireless Innovation. Through this memorandum, the President sought to make more spectrum available by allowing and encouraging shared access by commercial providers to spectrum that is currently allocated for federal use.

On behalf of the Executive Branch, NTIA submits these supplemental comments to further address the NPRM proposal to establish time periods for Executive Branch review of applications and petitions referred to it by the Commission, in light of the extensive comment on this issue by other entities including telecommunications companies, trade associations, and law firms. 

*Paul V. Anuszkiewicz, Vice President for Spectrum Planning, CTIA
Dr. Larry Alder, Director, Access Strategy, Google LLC
Audrey L. Allison, Senior Director, Frequency Management Services, The Boeing Company
*Mary Louise Brown, Senior Director, Spectrum and Technology Policy, Cisco Systems, Inc.
*Laurie Moe Buckhout, President and CEO, Corvus Group
Michael A. Calabrese, Director, The New American Foundation, Wireless Future Program

NTIA will convene a meeting of a multistakeholder process concerning the collaboration between security researchers and software and system developers and owners to address security vulnerability disclosure on November 7, 2016,  from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time.  The meeting will be held at the American Institute of Architects, 1735 New York Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20006.  

NTIA, as the President’s principal adviser on domestic and international telecommunications policies, and on behalf of federal agency purchasers of telecommunications services, respectfully petitions the Commission to reconsider or to clarify certain parts of its Second Report and Order (Second Report) in the Technology Transitions, et al. proceeding. NTIA and the federal government fully support the “tech transition” and we applaud the Commission for the leadership shown in the Second Report.

NTIA will webcast a meeting of the multistakeholder process concerning Internet of Things Security Upgradability and Patching.  The meeting is scheduled for October 19, 2016 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Central Daylight Time. Problem with the webcast? Email [email protected].

Comments received in response to the request for comments on a National Broadband Research Agenda:  

On August 18, 2016, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued a notice and request for public comments seeking input on the benefits, costs, and challenges they have experienced, as well as any insight into additional incentives that could aid future adoption, implementation, and support of IPv6. In response to requests for additional time in which to comment, NTIA through this notice extends the closing deadline for submitting comments to 5:00 p.m.

Measuring the Value of Cross-Border Data Flows explores challenges in assessing the value of cross-border data flows and makes recommendations for how the Commerce Department and the private sector can improve measurement and analysis. The report also highlights some of the efforts to better measure these flows and the larger digital economy that are already underway at the Commerce Department.