Publications

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) on September 28, 2012, seeking public comment on two conceptual presentations made at the inaugural Board meeting of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) as well as to invite input on other network design and business plan considerations.   The comment deadline was November 1, 2012, at 5 p.m.

NTIA issues this Notice of Inquiry on behalf of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) to seek public comment on the conceptual network architecture presentation made at the FirstNet Board of Directors’ meeting held on September 25, 2012, as well as to invite input on other network design and business plan considerations.  NTIA also seeks comment on the general concept of how to develop applications for public safety users as discussed at the FirstNet Board meeting.  FirstNet intends to use the input received from this process to shape its efforts to establish the intero

The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 created the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) as an independent authority within NTIA. The Act directs FirstNet to establish a single nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband network. The FirstNet Board is responsible for making strategic decisions regarding FirstNet’s operations. The FirstNet Board will hold its first public meeting on September 25, 2012.

NTIA issues this Notice to announce requirements for the State and Local Implementation Grant Program authorized by section 6302 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Act). The Notice describes the programmatic requirements under which NTIA will award grants to assist state, local, and tribal governments with planning for a nationwide interoperable public safety broadband network.

This notice announces a public meeting of the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (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 October 4, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time.

The Committee will receive recommendations from subcommittees on matters related to the accomplishment of the President’s ten year goal of identifying 500 megahertz of radio spectrum for wireless broadband.

NTIA will convene  a series of meetings through December 2012 of a privacy multistakeholder process concerning mobile application transparency.

The multistakeholder process information page is at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/other-publication/2012/privacy-multistakeholder-process-mobile-application-transparency

Federal Register Notice -- Technical Panel and Dispute Resolution Board NPRM

NTIA proposes to adopt regulations governing the Technical Panel and dispute resolution boards established by Congress to facilitate the relocation of, and spectrum sharing with, U.S. Government stations in spectrum bands reallocated from Federal use to non-Federal use or to shared use. This action is necessary to ensure the timely relocation of Federal entities’ spectrum related operations and, where applicable, the timely implementation of arrangements for the sharing of radio frequencies. Comments are due on or before August 1, 2012.

Comments in this docket are available for review at: http://www.nist.gov/itl/botnetcomments.cfm