Publications

NTIA will hold the first meeting of a privacy multistakeholder process on July 12, 2012.  The goal of the first process is to develop a code of conduct to provide transparency in how companies providing applications and interactive services for mobile devices handle personal data.

In the spirit of transparency and open government and in conformance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and implementing regulations, the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (CSMAC) meetings shall be open to the public.  This policy describes how NTIA will facilitate the openness of the meetings and how the public may interact with the CSMAC.   All public meeting notices will appear in the Federal Register at least 15 calendar days prior to an advisory committee meeting.

On April 16, 2012, the Department of Commerce re-issued the Request for Proposal (RFP) SA1301-12-RP-0043 for a new Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions contract. The continued performance of these functions is critical to preserving the stability and security of the Internet’s Domain Name System. For information regarding RFP SA1301-12-RP-0043, please visit www.fbo.gov.

NTIA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and federal agencies, has established a Spectrum Sharing Innovation Test-Bed pilot program to examine the feasibility of increased sharing between federal and non-federal users. The pilot program is evaluating the ability of dynamic spectrum access (DSA) devices employing spectrum sensing and/or geo-location technologies to share spectrum with land mobile radio (LMR) systems operating in the 410-420 MHz Federal band and in the 470-512 MHz non-Federal band.

Presentation delivered by Deputy Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information Anna M. Gomez

The Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) reached an agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to continue performing the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions until September 30, 2012.  The IANA functions are the key technical functions supporting the Internet Domain Name System.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) remains committed to preserving the stability and security of the Internet's domain name system (DNS).  Critical to the DNS is the continued performance of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions.  In anticipation of the impending expiration of the IANA functions contract, NTIA, via two public notices in February and June 2011, consulted on how best to enhance the performance of the IANA functions.  Based on the input received from stakeholders around the world, NTIA added new requirements

The NTIA FY 2013 budget request for Salaries and Expenses is $46.9 million, an increase of $1.3 million from the enacted FY 2012 Budget. The slight increase will provide ongoing support to NTIA’s largest grant program, enhance efforts to support economic growth by continuing work to identify additional spectrum for commercial use, and fund efforts to address emerging Internet policy issues.