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The NIST-NTIA presentation slides from the 11/06/2013 Innovative Spectrum Sharing Technology Day are attached.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker appointed Barry Boniface to serve on the Board of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 created FirstNet as an independent entity within NTIA, and charged it with establishing a nationwide public safety broadband network.

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce; National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

Barry Boniface
Private equity investor and telecommunications executive

Innovative Spectrum Sharing Technology Day

Co-hosted by

U.S. Commerce Department’s
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and
the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Tuesday, November 5, 2013
10:00 am to 3:00 pm EST

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 April 1 to June 30, 2013.

NTIA and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), with the support of the National Coordination Office of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program, will co-host the Innovative Spectrum Sharing Technology Day on November 5, 2013. The Technology Day will showcase advances in spectrum sharing and other innovations and initiatives aimed at satisfying the nation’s surging demand for wireless services, devices and applications. The event  will be held on from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Standard at the U.S.

NTIA will convene a meeting to discuss ‘‘lessons learned’’ from NTIA’s Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (CSMAC) Working Group process. The meeting will be held on December 13, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Room 4830, Washington, DC 20230.

Reference material:
Framework for Work within CSMAC

This notice announces a public meeting of the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee. The Committee provides advice to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information on spectrum management policy matters. The meeting will be held on December 13, 2013, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. The meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Room 4830, Washington, DC 20230.