2006
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Release: Hatfield Named as Chair of Spectrum
Advisory Committee:
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information
John Kneuer today announced Dale Hatfield, an independent
consultant and adjunct professor in the University
of Colorado Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program,
as chairman of the Commerce
Department’s Spectrum Advisory Committee at the
Committee’s first meeting.
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Posted 12-13-2006
Press Release: .Com Domain Registry Agreement:
NTIA approved today a new .com domain name registry
agreement between the Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers (ICANN) and VeriSign Inc. The new
agreement allows VeriSign to operate the .com domain through
2012.
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Posted 11-30-2006
Press Release: Spectrum
Management Advisory Committee: Secretary
of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez today announced the appointment
of a diverse group of representatives from the private
sector for a two-year term to the Spectrum Management
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Posted 11-03-2006
Press Release: The
Commerce Department announced it has signed a Joint Project
Agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers (ICANN) to continue the transition of the coordination
of the technical functions relating to the management of
the Internet Domain Name and Addressing System to the private
sector.
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Posted 09-29-2006
Press
Release:
ICANN Awarded Contract for Internet Domain Name Technical
Functions: NTIA today announced the award of
a sole source contract to the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to perform technical functions
supporting the Internet Domain Name system.
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Posted 08-15-2006
Media
Advisory: NTIA
to Hold Public Meeting on Transition of the Internet
DNS to Private Sector: NTIA
will host a public meeting on Wednesday, July 26, to
get input from interested stakeholders on the transition
of the technical coordination and management of the Internet
Domain Name and Addressing System to the private sector.
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Posted: 07-25-2006
NPRM: Digital-to-analog
Converter Box Coupon Program: NTIA has released
a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment on
ways to implement the digital-to-analog converter box coupon
program pursuant to the Digital Television Transition and
Public Safety Act of 2005.
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Posted: 07-24-2006
Press
Release: NTIA Seeks Public Comment on Creation of
Spectrum Sharing Innovation Test-bed: Pilot
Program to study feasibility of increased spectrum sharing
between federal and non-federal users
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Posted: 06-07-2006
Press
Release: The Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration has published a notice of its intent to award a sole source contract to ICANN to perform key technical functions supporting the Internet Domain Name System.
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Posted 05-19-2006
Press
Release:
Public Safety Wireless Network Demonstration: The
Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications
and Information Administration today announced it has
selected a Washington, D.C. public safety wireless network
to evaluate its effectiveness in sharing the radio spectrum
with federal, state and local governments during emergencies.
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Posted 04-25-2006
Deputy
Secretary of Commerce to Address Spectrum Management
Workshop: Deputy Secretary of Commerce David
A. Sampson will deliver opening remarks and kick off
a two-day policy reform workshop
on the use of economic or other incentives in order to
increase the efficiency of spectrum use. The workshop
will address incentives that apply both to federal government
as well as non-government spectrum users. Session topics
will include spectrum valuation, rights and secondary
markets, sharing and fees.
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Posted 2-16-2006
Statement by Assistant Secretary
Michael D. Gallagher on 5 GHz Agreement
Posted 2-8-2006
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