Publications

NTIA and the Federal Communications Commission’s FCC Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) issue this Joint Public Notice to seek public comment on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) recommendation that the Secretary of Commerce establish a public-private partnership to facilitate the creation of an urban test city that would support rapid experimentation and development of policies, underlying technologies, and system capabilities for advanced, dynamic spectrum sharing.  The test services (referenced herein as a “Model City”) for demonstrating a

NTIA will convene a meeting of a privacy multistakeholder process concerning the commercial use of facial recognition technology on July 24, 2014. The meeting will be held on July 24, 2014 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time.   The meeting will be held in the Boardroom at the American Institute of Architects, 1735 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20006.

On April 18, 2014, the Department of Commerce's Internet Policy Task Force (Task Force) announced its plan to hold four roundtables in cities across the United States in May, June, and July 2014 regarding the topics as set forth in the Green Paper on Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy (Green Paper). This notice announces the location of the third meeting to be held in Los Angeles, California on July 29, 2014, and provides an update to the location of the fourth meeting to be held in Berkeley, California on July 30, 2014.

This notice announces a public meeting of the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee. CSMAC provides advice to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information on spectrum management policy matters. The meeting will be held on July 10, 2014, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Eastern
Daylight Time at the Wiley Rein Conference Center, 1776 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006. Please see the attachment below for further information.

NTIA is requesting comment on “big data” developments and how they impact the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights. NTIA and the Department of Commerce invite public comment on these issues from all stakeholders, including the commercial, academic, and public interest sectors, legislators, and from governmental consumer protection and enforcement agencies.

Comments are due on or before 5 p.m. Eastern Time on August 5, 2014.

On June 2, 2014 between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time there will be sequential meetings of FirstNet’s four Board Committees: (1) Governance and Personnel; (2) Outreach; (3) Technology; and (4) Finance. The full FirstNet Board will hold a meeting on June 3, 2014, between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time. Board members will meet in Ballroom 4 of the Westin Westminster Hotel, 10600 Westminster Boulevard, Westminster, CO 80020.

NTIA issues this Notice on behalf of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) as part of the annual process to seek expressions of interest from individuals who would like to serve on the FirstNet Board.  Four of the 12 appointments of non-permanent members to the FirstNet Board are expiring in August 2014.  NTIA issues this Notice to obtain expressions of interest in the event the Secretary must fill any vacancies arising on the Board.  Expressions of interest will be accepted until May 23, 2014. 

FirstNet publishes this notice of its final procedures for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). These procedures become effective April 29, 2014.

FirstNet publishes this notice of its categorical exclusions (CEs) of actions that FirstNet has determined do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and, thus, should be categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement under
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). These categorical exclusions
become effective on April 29, 2014.