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New at NTIA - 2005 Archive
1710-1755 MHz Spectrum Relocation Information:
NTIA has released cost
and timeline information to move incumbent federal users
out of the 1710-1755 MHz band and open up spectrum for advanced
wireless broadband services.
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Posted 12-28-2005
Focus
on Wireless Issues: Assistant Secretary Michael
D. Gallagher presented the plenary address on Focus
on Wireless Issues at the US-European Commission
Information Society dialogue talks in Washington, D.C. on
December 20, 2005
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Focus
on Broadband: Assistant Secretary Michael D.
Gallagher presented the plenary address on Focus
on Broadband at the US-European Commission Information
Society dialogue talks in Washington, D.C. on December 20,
2005
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Posted 12-21-2005
The
United States and Europe: Engines For World Growth:
Assistant Secretary Michael D. Gallagher discussed
The United States and Europe: Engines for World Growth at
the European American Business Council 2005 Digital Economy
Workshop in Washington, D.C. on December 19, 2005
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Posted 12-21-2005
Grant
Application for Public Telecommunications:
The Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP)
has published a Federal
Funding Opportunity Notice detailing the FY 2006 PTFP grant
round application requirements and guidelines. The deadline
for all applications is February 7, 2006.
Posted 12-13-2005
Rethinking
Telecommunications Policy - What's So Different?:
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information
John M. R. Kneuer discussed Rethinking Telecommunications
Policy - What's So Different?" at the International
Institute of Communications Telecommunications Forum in
Washington, DC, on November 15, 2005.
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Posted 11-16-2005
Promoting
U.S. Broadband Deployment and Economic Growth:
Deputy Assistant Secretary John Kneuer spoke at the Mississippi
Technology Alliance Sixth Annual Conference on High Technology
on November 9, 2005.
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Promoting Broadband Deployment Across America:
Assistant Secretary Michael Gallagher discussed Promoting
Broadband Deployment Across America at the Western
Telecommunications Alliance 2005 Annual Conference in Phoenix,
Arizona, on November 7, 2005.
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Posted 11-08-2005
Private
Sector Perspectives on the World Summit on the Information
Society: Assistant Secretary Michael D. Gallagher
presented remarks at an industry roundtable: "Private
Sector Perspectives on the World Summit on the Information
Society" in Washington, DC on Thursday morning, Nov.
3, 2005. The roundtable was hosted by the Information
Technology Association of America (ITAA) and the U.S.
Council on International Business (USCIB). The agenda
is available on ITAA and USCIB Web sites.
Click
here for photos from the Nov. 3 Industry Round Table: Private
Sector Perspectives on the World Summit on the Information
Society. Posted
11-07-2005 Private
Sector Perspectives on the World Summit on the Information
Society: Assistant Secretary Michael D. Gallagher
will present remarks at an industry roundtable: "Private
Sector Perspectives on the World Summit on the Information
Society" in Washington, DC on Thursday morning, Nov.
3. The roundtable is being hosted by the Information
Technology Association of America (ITAA) and the U.S.
Council on International Business (USCIB). The agenda
is available on ITAA and USCIB Web sites.
Economic
Security and National Security: Assistant
Secretary Michael Gallagher discussed Economic Security
and National Security: Next Steps for the President's
Spectrum Initiative at the Department of Defense
Summit on Monday, October 31, 2005.
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Posted 10-31-2005
Assistant
Secretary Michael Gallagher Announces Commerce Spectrum
Management Advisory Committee
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• Federal
Register Notice [ -- HTML
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• Spectrum
Advisory Committee Charter
• Spectrum
Advisory Committee
The
Merger of Telecom and IT: U.S. Innovation Driving Economic
Growth: Assistant Secretary Michael Gallagher
spoke at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Association of
Corporate Counsel in Washington, DC, on October 18, 2005,
on The Merger of Telecom and IT: U.S. Innovation Driving
Economic Growth.
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Posted 10-19-2005
On September 27, the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration through its Public Telecommunications Facilities
Program (PTFP) awarded an emergency grant to Louisiana
Educational Television Authority to fund equipment damaged
by Hurricane Katrina. The award will replace a television
transmitter at WLPB-TV in Baton Rouge, which is the flagship
station of the statewide network. The WLPB-TV transmitter
is operating at 20% power due to hurricane damage. With
this emergency grant, the transmitter will be replaced
to restore full power and enable WLPB-TV to provide educational
and public broadcasting services to southeast Louisiana
including the city of New Orleans. The grant amount is
$283,320, and total project cost is $377,760.
Posted 09-28-2005
FY 2005 Public Telecommunications
Facilities Program (PTFP) Grants:
$21.4 million in federal PTFP grants will assist public
radio, public television and nonbroadcast (distance learning)
projects across the country. $11.7 million will go to
33 grantees to assist in the digital conversion of public
television facilities; $7.4 million will fund 73 radio
grants; $383,000 is for five television equipment replacement
grants; $1.5 million is for 11 distance learning grants;
and one grant was made to the University of Hawaii for
$499,415 for the PEACESAT (Pan Pacific Educational and
Cultural Experiments by Satellite) project. The total
amount awarded by PTFP in FY 2005 is $21.4 million for
123 grants.
More
information and a complete list of the FY 2005 PTFP grant
awards are available.
Posted 09-26-2005
Assistant
Secretary Michael Gallagher spoke on "Broadband over Power
Line" at a seminar hosted by Perkins Coie, CLE International
and Idacom.
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Assistant
Secretary Michael Gallagher spoke to the Federal Communications
Bar Association Rocky Mountain Chapter on "U.S. Innovation:
Driving the 21st Century World Economy
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Posted 09-16-2005
Assistant
Secretary Michael Gallagher spoke to the Cisco Systems
U.S. Sales Meeting on "U.S. Innovation: Driving the 21st
Century World Economy
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Posted 09-16-2005
Deputy
Assistant Secretary John M.R. Kneuer spoke on "NTIA: Spectrum
Policy for the 21st Century" at the Law Seminars International
Spectrum Management Conference
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Posted 09-16-2005
Statement
of NTIA Administrator Michael D. Gallagher On FCC Inquiry
into Scope and Impact of Anticompetitive Behaviour by
Foreign Carriers on U.S. Consumers
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Posted 08-15-2005
Statement
by Assistant Secretary Michael D. Gallagher on the FCC's
Adoption of Wireline Broadband Internet Access Order
Posted 08-05-2005
Statement
by Assistant Secretary Michael D. Gallagher on the FCC's
Adoption of Advanced Wireless Services Rules
Posted 08-05-2005
Eric
R. Stark New Associate Administrator for the Office of
Policy Analysis and Development: Eric R.
Stark of San Mateo, California, has joined NTIA as Associate
Administrator for the Office of Policy Analysis and Development.
In this capacity he directs the department that conducts
research and analysis and prepares policy recommendations
for Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information Michael D. Gallagher.
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Posted 07-25-2005
Internet's Domain Name and Addressing System:
In remarks to the Wireless Communications Association
(WCA) on June 30, 2005, Assistant Secretary Michael Gallagher
announced U.S. principles on the Internet's Domain Name
and Addressing System.
U.S. Principles:
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Assistant Secretary Gallagher's WCA Presentation:
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Posted 06-30-2005
Wireless
Security Forum: NTIA hosts a public wireless
security forum titled Pharmers
and Spimmers, Hackers and Bluejackers: Combating Wireless
Security Threats on July 20, 2005. The forum will
focus on existing/potential security vulnerabilities of
wireless communications; including the private sector
and governmental response to those vulnerabilities.
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Media Advisory 07-18-2005
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Security Forum
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Posted 06-22-2005
Broadband
Deployment in Rural America: Meredith Attwell,
Senior Policy Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Communications
and Information, spoke on "Promoting Broadband Deployment
in Rural America" at the Southeastern Association of Regulatory
Utility Commissioners (SEARUC) 2005 Annual Conference
in Covington, Kentucky on June 7, 2005.
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Posted 06-08-2005
Commitment
to Implementing New Technologies: Assistant
Secretary Michael D. Gallagher presented the keynote address
to the International Telecommunications Union's ITU-R
Task Group 1/8 when it met to consider ultrawideband issues
on Saturday, May 21st in San Diego, California.
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Posted 05-31-2005
Wireless
Innovation and Economic Growth: Assistant
Secretary Michael D. Gallagher spoke on "Wireless Innovation:
Driving U.S. Economic Growth" at the National Spectrum
Managers Association: Spectrum Management 2005 meeting
in Arlington, VA, on May 24, 2005.
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Posted 05-26-2005
Top
Telecommunications Priorities for 2005: Assistant
Secretary Michael D. Gallagher spoke on "Top Priorities
for 2005: Insights from the Department of Commerce and
FCC" at Law Seminars International in Seattle, WA, on
May 20, 2005.
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Posted 05-26-2005
World
Radiocommunication Conferences Recommendations:
NTIA Report 05-427: Recommendations for Improvement in
the United States Preparatory Process for World Radiocommunication
Conferences.
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Posted 05-23-2005
Radio
Frequency Identification: The Department
of Commerce has released an information paper on "Radio
Frequency Identification: Opportunities and Challenges
in Implementation." NTIA participated on the RFID Working
Group that developed this paper. The paper can be downloaded
in several formats at http://www.technology.gov/reports.htm.
Posted 05-10-2005
Voice
Over Internet Protocol (VoIP): Assistant
Secretary Michael D. Gallagher spoke on "VoIP: The Catalyst
for Universal, Affordable Broadband Access by 2007" at
the Voice on the Net 2005 Spring Conference.
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Posted 03-10-2005
Ultrawideband
Interference: NTIA
Report TR-05-419: Interference Potential of Ultrawideband
Signals Part 1: Procedures to Characterize Ultrawideband
Emissions and Measure Interference Susceptibility of C-Band
Satellite Digital Television Receivers.
Posted 03-01-2005
Spectrum
Management Impact on Innovation and Technology:
Deputy Assistant Secretary John M. R. Kneuer spoke on
"The President's Spectrum Management Memorandum: Understanding
Impacts on Innovation and Technology" at the eGov Wireless/RFID
Conference in Washington, DC.
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Posted 02-28-2005
Industry
Telecommunications Solutions: Assistant Secretary
Michael D. Gallagher spoke to the Alliance for Telecommunications
Industry Solutions Board of Directors Meeting on February
17 in Washington, DC.
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Posted 02-18-2005
Cognitive
Radio (CR) Technology: NTIA filed Comments
in the FCC's ET Docket No 03-108 proceeding, examining
issues related to the development and deployment of cognitive
radio (CR) technology.
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Posted 02-16-2005
Repeal
of Reimbursements for Spectrum Relocation:
Federal Register Notice: Repeal of Mandatory Reimbursement
Rules for Frequency Band or Geographic Relocation of Federal
Spectrum-Dependent Systems.
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Posted 02-09-2005
On-line
Registration for 70-80-90 GHz Bands: NTIA
and FCC Launch On-Line Registration for High-Speed Wireless
Links Sharing Spectrum in the 70-80-90 GHz Bands.
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Posted 02-08-2005
Federal
Rights-of-Way: Senior Advisor Meredith Attwell
spoke on "Improving Federal Rights-of-Way Management to
Spur Broadband Deployment" at the International Right
of Way Association, Washington, DC.
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Posted 02-02-2005
Broadband
Deployment in Rural America: Assistant Secretary
Michael D. Gallagher spoke on "Promoting Broadband Deployment
in Rural America" on January 12 at the Bucks for Broadband
Summit, Frankfort, Kentucky.
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Posted 01-12-2005
NTIA
and Federal Agencies Begin to Implement Spectrum Policy
for the 21st Century
Posted 01-28-2005
Grant
Application for Public Telecommunications:
The Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP)
has published a Federal Funding Opportunity Notice detailing
the FY 2005 PTFP grant round application requirements
and guidelines. The deadline for all applications is March
1, 2005.
Posted 01-27-2005
Auction
Process for 90MHz of Spectrum: Press Release:
90 MHz of Spectrum Coming to Market: NTIA Kicks Off Agency
Process for 2006 Auction.
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Posted 01-06-2005
Archived "What's New"
Material from 2004
Archived "What's New"
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Archived "What's New" Material from 2002
Archived
"What's New" Material from 2001
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"What's New" Material from prior years
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