(NTIA Proposes Formal End to Public Telecom Facilities Program) The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes to repeal all of its regulations establishing and governing the Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP). The PTFP was a competitive grant program that helped public broadcasting entities, state and local … Continue Reading
We’ve previously reported on a drone-related multistakeholder process convened by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which is part of the Department of Commerce and is responsible for telecommunications and technology policy. For several years, NTIA has considered important policy issues related to emerging technologies through these “multistakeholder processes,” which bring together industry, public … Continue Reading
Year-long multistakeholder process convened by NTIA produces voluntary standards for protecting privacy in drone use. As we reported last year, at the request of the President, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has been overseeing a multistakeholder process looking toward the development of a set of “best practices” for the commercial and private use … Continue Reading
NTIA steps up effort to develop consensus as to best practices for drone use In the race to see what agency will get gets its arms around drone management first, it looks like the dark horse is moving out in front. The FAA might ordinarily have been figured to be the odds-on favorite – it … Continue Reading
The FCC is looking to alter the way in which certain spectrum is to be shared between the government and private users. Here are the dates on which to offer your two cents' worth.… Continue Reading
Efforts to accomplish the desired result have taxed the best legal minds at the FCC. The NPRM ties itself in knots, struggling with a system that may have suddenly become obsolete -- and may signal the beginning of the end of a basic tenet of U.S. spectrum management.… Continue Reading
The upper half of LightSquared's proposed band, at 1675-1680 MHz, is not, at first glance, a good home for a high-powered cellular-type network. Remember those satellite videos showing the approach of Hurricane Sandy? Chances are they came through this band.… Continue Reading
Hoping to shape the development of national - and possible international - consensus on the privacy protections to which on-line consumers should be entitled, the Obama Administration has proposed a "Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights".… Continue Reading
GPS users were silent for most of the LightSquared proceeding, only to come forward with their objections at a relatively late stage.… Continue Reading
Those of you awaiting the unveiling of the FCC's plan for re-purposing TV spectrum may want to get warmed up by leafing through two reports just issued by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).… Continue Reading
NTIA and RUS have announced extensions of the deadlines for some, but not all, submissions in response to the Second Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.… Continue Reading
The final run of the Broadband Stimulus Special will be pulling out of the NTIA/RUS station on March 15, 2010. The second (and last) NOFA has been released, detailing how you can apply for a ticket on the gravy train. All aboard!!!… Continue Reading
