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03/18/2016 CSMAC Meeting Webcast Archive
Community BroadbandUSA Connectivity Initiative Workshop and Webinars
03/18/2016 CSMAC Meeting Notice
The next meeting of the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee will be on March 18, 2016, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. The meeting will be held at the Wiley Rein Conference Center, 1776 K Street NW., Washington, DC 20006. CSMAC provides advice to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information on spectrum management policy matters.
Notice of “Digital Northwest" Regional Broadband Summit
NTIA, through the BroadbandUSA program, in conjunction with Next Century Cities will hold a one-day regional broadband summit, “Digital Northwest,” to share information to help communities build their broadband capacity and utilization.
The Digital Northwest Broadband Summit will be held on March 21, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time. The meeting will be held at the Bell Harbor Conference Center, 2211 Alaskan Way, Pier 66, Seattle, WA 98121.
Digital Northwest Broadband Summit
NTIA, through the BroadbandUSA program, in conjunction with Next Century Cities will hold a one-day regional broadband summit, “Digital Northwest,” to share information to help communities build their broadband capacity and utilization.
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; State and Local Implementation Grant Program Closeout Documentation
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Written comments must be submitted on or before April 18, 2016. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information collection; they will also become a matter of public record.
Notice of Multistakeholder Process to Develop Best Practices for Privacy, Transparency, and Accountability Regarding Commercial and Private Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Meeting
NTIA will convene a meeting of a multistakeholder process concerning privacy, transparency, and accountability issues regarding commercial and private use of unmanned aircraft systems on February 24, 2016. The meeting will be held from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Time in the Boardroom at the American Institute of Architects, 1735 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20006.
Twenty-Sixth Quarterly Status Report to Congress Regarding BTOP
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 (BTOP). This Report focuses on the Program’s activities from April 1 to June 30, 2015.
Fifth Quarterly Report on the Transition of the Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions
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 are posted here. This fifth report covers activities from October 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015. As required by Public Law 114-113, NTIA will update this report on a quarterly basis.
White Paper on Remixes, First Sale, and Statutory Damages
This White Paper by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Internet Policy Task Force addresses important issues at the intersection of copyright law and Internet policy. It is the result of a comprehensive, multi-year review of three key topics: 1) the legal framework for the creation of remixes; 2) the relevance and scope of the first sale doctrine in the digital environment; and 3) the application of statutory damages in the context of individual file-sharers and secondary liability for large-scale online infringement.