Publications

Federal Register Notice

Comments Received

May 4, 2009

John G. Keir

May 22, 2009

Howard Hoyt

May 29, 2009

Esam M. Abulkhirat, Sr. ICT Policy Officer, African Union Commission

NTIA Requested Public Comments Regarding the Deployment of DNSSEC

NTIA consulted with interested stakeholders regarding the deployment of DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) in the DNS hierarchy, including the authoritative root zone level. The Notice of Inquiry (NOI) was published in the Federal Register on October 9, 2008. Comments were due on November 24, 2008.

On September 20, 2010, the Department of Interior National Business Center’s Acquisition Services Directorate (AQD) on behalf of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded a task order to ASR Analytics, LLC to obtain services to complete an Evaluation Study of the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). The following are 8 out of 15 ASR Analytics case studies on NTIA's Public Computer Center and Sustainable Broadband Adoption grants. The remaining ASR reports will be released in the months to come.

The Department of Commerce’s Internet Policy Task Force plans to hold four roundtables on certain copyright topics in cities across the United States in May, June, and July 2014. Topics are the legal framework for the creation of remixes, the relevance and scope of the first sale doctrine in the digital environment, and the appropriate calibration of statutory damages in the contexts of individual file sharers and of secondary liability for large-scale infringement.

PLEASE NOTE: The special meeting will be from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

The FirstNet Board will hold a Special Meeting via teleconference on April 8, 2014, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time.  Members of the public may listen to the meeting by dialing toll-free 1–800–369–1868 and using passcode ‘‘FirstNet.’’ Due to the limited number of ports, attendance via teleconference will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

Section 207 of the Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act (CSEA), Title II of P.L. 108-494 requires annual reporting on federal agencies’ progress to vacate certain wireless communications systems from the 1710 megahertz (MHz) to 1755 MHz radio spectrum that has been reallocated to commercial use. NTIA published the first annual report to Congress on April 17, 2008. That report covered relocation activity occurring over the period March 2007 through December 2007.

1. Testimony of Assistant Secretary Strickling at Hearing on “Ensuring the Security, Stability, Resilience, and Freedom of the Global Internet”
2. Myths and Facts on NTIA Announcement on Intent to Transition Key Internet Domain Name Functions

Myth:

The United States Government controls the Internet through the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions contract.

Fact:

There is no one party – government or industry, including the United States Government – that controls the Internet.  The Internet is a decentralized network of networks.