Publications

Today, members of the Digital Economy Board of Advisors sent a series of recommendations to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker that identified key actions the U.S. Department of Commerce can take to support the digital economy, encourage growth and increase opportunity. The recommendations were issued by three working groups, established by the Board last spring, that focused on areas where the digital economy has fundamentally transformed the economy.

NTIA provides quarterly reports on all aspects of the proposed transition of the U.S. government's stewardship role over the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions. NTIA's previous reports and detailed background can be found here. This report covers activities from July 1, 2016 to October 24, 2016.1 NTIA’s contract for the stewardship of the IANA functions with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) expired as of October 1, 2016.

The Digital Economy Board of Advisors met on December 15, 2016. 

• 12/15/2016 DEBA Meeting Agenda
• Notice of 12/15/2016 DEBA Meeting
• 12/15/2017 DEBA Meeting Transcript

DEBA Meeting Documents:

The Department of Commerce’s Internet Policy Task Force will be holding a public meeting on December 9, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET on Developing the Digital Marketplace for Copyrighted Works. The meeting will be held at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA 22314.

This notice announces an open meeting of the Digital Economy Board of Advisors. The meeting will be held on December 15, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST) at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.  For further information, please contact Evelyn Remaley, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), at (202) 482-3821 or [email protected]

Pursuant to Section 6001(d)(4) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA or Recovery Act) (Public Law No. 111-5), NTIA provides this Quarterly Report on the status of the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program. This Report focuses on the Program’s activities from January 1 to March 31, 2016.

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