Reports, Filings and Notices

Public Comments: NTIA Comments on National Broadband Plan: NTIA filed a letter addressing the public safety, homeland security and cybersecurity elements of the National Broadband Plan being drafted by the FCC. NTIA also submitted a supplementary White Paper entitled “Executive Branch Views on Public Safety, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity Elements of a National Broadband Plan.”  (PDF 6.6 MB)
Posted 12-11-2009

NTIA Submits Third Quarterly Status Report to Congress: NTIA submitted the third quarterly status report on the Broadband Technology and Opportunities Program (BTOP) to Congress on November 16, 2009. (Adobe PDF 229 Kb)
November 18, 2009

Public Comments: NTIA Comments on Requests for Waiver of the FCC's Rules in the 700 MHz Band: NTIA filed comments on requests for waiver of the FCC’s rules in PS Docket No. 06-229, Implementing a Nationwide, Broadband, Interoperable Public Safety Network in the 700 MHz Band. (Adobe PDF 139 Kb)
Posted 11-09-2009

A National Plan for Migrating to IP-Enabled 9-1-1 Systems prepared by the National E9-1-1 Implementation Coordination Office, September 2009: In the New and Emerging Technologies 911 Improvement Act of 2008 (NET 911 Improvement Act), Congress tasked the National E9-1-1 Implementation Coordination Office (ICO) to develop “a national plan for migrating to a national [Internet Protocol] IP-enabled emergency network capable of receiving and responding to all citizen-activated emergency communications and improving information sharing among all emergency response entities.” The ICO, managed jointly by the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), drew upon three years of research and development on Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) technologies, available industry resources and feedback from emergency communications stakeholders in preparing this plan. (PDF 714 Kb)
October 19, 2009

Report: 1710-1755 MHz Spectrum Band Relocation: NTIA has released the Second Annual Progress Report on the Relocation of Federal Systems from the 1710-1755 MHz Spectrum Band, which details progress from the commencement of relocation activity in March 2007 through December 2008. This is the first federal spectrum band selected for relocation pursuant to the Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act. (PDF 183 Kb)
Posted April 21, 2009

NTIA Federal Register Notices

Online Documents from the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences

Spectrum Engineering Reports

FED-STD-1037C: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms

Ordering info for Spectrum Wall Chart

Spectrum Manual (Redbook)

Archive of Reports and Filings 2004

Archive of Reports 2000 - 2003

Archive of Reports prior to 2000