Publications

a. Resolution to Adopt FirstNet Bylaws
b. Resolution on State and Local Consultation Process
c. Resolution on Grant Program Consultation Process

The FirstNet Board of Directors will meet 9:00 am – 12:30 pm September 25 at the Department of Commerce. A link to the webcast will be available on the NTIA homepage before the meeting starts. Please contact websitecomments@ntia.doc.gov if you need assistance.

At the August 29, 2012 meeting, stakeholders voiced support for holding informational briefings regarding mobile application technology and existing work concerning mobile app privacy. In order to facilitate those briefings, NTIA has canceled the privacy multistakeholder meeting previously scheduled for September 19, 2012.  Stakeholders have organized four briefings; the briefings are scheduled for September 13, 2012, September 14, 2012, September 19, 2012, and September 28, 2012.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information Lawrence E. Strickling met on August 29, 2012, to discuss their agencies’ complementary roles with respect to commercial and Federal use of spectrum. The meeting, covering both domestic and international spectrum planning issues of joint interest, is in line with Federal law which directs the agency heads to meet biannually to conduct joint spectrum planning.

07-24-2012 Meeting Transcript

CSMAC Meetings Page

Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank appointed twelve of the nation’s leading experts on public safety and wireless broadband communications to serve on the Board of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). FirstNet is congressionally mandated to establish a nationwide wireless broadband network that enables police, firefighters, emergency services personnel, and others in public safety to better communicate with one another during emergencies and use new technology to improve response time, keep communities safe, and save lives.

Updated public safety communications presentation slide deck.

This web page provides details concerning the August 29, 2012 privacy multistakeholder meeting. This meeting is the third in a series of NTIA-convened discussions concerning mobile application transparency. Stakeholders will engage in an open, transparent, consensus-driven process to develop a code of conduct regarding mobile app transparency. In addition, the meeting will provide a venue for stakeholders to agree on the schedule, location, and format of future meetings.

This web page provides details concerning the August 22, 2012 privacy multistakeholder meeting. This meeting is the second in a series of NTIA-convened discussions concerning mobile application transparency. Stakeholders will engage in an open, transparent, consensus-driven process to develop a code of conduct regarding mobile app transparency. In addition, the meeting will provide a venue for stakeholders to agree on the schedule, location, and format of future meetings.