Publications

NTIA will convene meetings of a privacy multistakeholder process concerning the commercial use of facial recognition technology on November 6, 2014, and December 15, 2014 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time. The meetings will be held in the Boardroom at the American Institute of Architects, 1735 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20006. The meetings are continuations of a series of NTIA-convened multistakeholder discussions concerning facial recognition technology.

On October 3, 2014, NTIA published a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) to seek public comment on the current and potential availability of communications services in the Arctic region as called for by the Implementation Plan for the National Strategy for the Arctic Region. The NOI requests public comments no later than November 3, 2014.

Consistent with the Implementation Plan for the National Strategy for the Arctic Region, NTIA issues this Notice of Inquiry to seek public comment on the current and potential availability of communications services in the Arctic region.

Comments received are posted at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/federal-register-notice/2014/comments-arctic-noi

Public comments received on Telecommunications Assessment of the Arctic Region. See Federal Register Notice: Request for Comments

FirstNet requests public comment on certain proposed interpretations of its enabling legislation that will inform, among other things, forthcoming requests for proposals, interpretive rules, and network policies. With the benefit of the comments received from this Notice, FirstNet may proceed to implement these or other interpretations with or without further administrative procedure. Submit comments on or before October 24, 2014.

The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) and NTIA issue this joint public notice to provide information about Federal/non-Federal coordination in the AWS–3 bands in which Federal incumbents have spectrum assignments. We jointly refine certain AWS–3 Protection Zones, reducing them from nationwide scope to more specific geographic areas.

Public Comments on Model City for Demonstrating and Evaluating Advanced Spectrum Sharing Technologies. See Federal Register Notice: Request for Comments.

The next CSMAC meeting will be held on October 9, 2014, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Room 4830, Washington, DC 20230. CSMAC provides advice to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information on spectrum management policy matters. Please see the attachment below for further information.

The FirstNet Board will hold a Special Meeting via teleconference on August 15, 2014  from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. FirstNet will post an agenda for the Special Meeting on its Web site at www.firstnet.gov prior to the meeting.

Public Comments on Big Data and Consumer Privacy in the Internet Economy. See Federal Register Notice: Request for Comments