Publications

The Finance Committee of the FirstNet Board will hold a Special Meeting via teleconference on April 25, 2014 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight 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.

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.

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 March 28, 2014, 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. Please see the attachment below for further information.

Federal Register Notice: Request for Comments on Department of Commerce Green Paper, Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy

Previous Comments Received on 11/13/2013

Comments received in this proceeding are posted below. If you do not see your comment posted, please let us know.

In notice document 2013–31493 appearing on pages 639 through 642 in the issue of Monday, January 6, 2014 make the following correction:
On page 639, in the second column, under the DATES heading, in the third line ‘‘February 5, 2013’’ should read ‘‘February 5, 2014’’.

Federal Register Notice of FirstNet Categorical Exclusions

Draft FirstNet Administrative Record

Comments received in this proceeding are posted below. If you do not see your comment posted, please let us know.

FirstNet publishes this notice to request public comments on proposed 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, 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq. (NEPA). Comments on the proposed list of categorical exclusions must be received by February 5, 2014.