Publications

Guest blog post by Ari Schwartz, Internet Policy Adviser at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and member of the Internet Policy Task Force at the Department of Commerce.

As we all know, the Internet has led to incredible commercial growth and an unprecedented means for self-expression and innovation.  Some industry analysts now estimate that the Internet now carries some $10 trillion in online transactions annually.

by Cameron Kerry, General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Commerce.

The time has come for Congress to pass strong Internet consumer privacy legislation that provides clear rules of the road for businesses and consumers while preserving the innovation and free flow of information that are hallmarks of the Internet economy.

Comments received in Response to Federal Register Notice 110527305-1303-02 are posted on the National Institute of Standards and Technology's website at http://www.nist.gov/itl/greenpapercomments.cfm

The IPv6 Readiness Tool for Businesses is a comprehensive checklist for businesses preparing to deploy and adopt IPv6. The tool was developed by experts from industry and the Internet technical community in response to a call from U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra at an IPv6 workshop hosted by NTIA in September 2010.

About the IPv6 Readiness Tool

NTIA and NIST jointly drafted this requirements document to provide baseline architecture, security, and basic functionality requirements for the implementation and operation of DNSSEC at the root zone.

NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS

1.0 INTRODUCTION

I. PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM (PM)

To amend section 3007 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to shift the statutory deadlines for completion of auctions of and collection of receipts for spectrum licenses in the 1710-1755 MHz and 2110-2150 MHz bands from September 30, 2002, to September 30, 2004.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) executed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on spectrum coordination. The MOU, signed by FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell and Assistant Secretary of Commerce Nancy J. Victory, will apply to coordination of spectrum issues involving both federal and non-federal users.