U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)
Member Department Profile
Executive Committee Principal
The Honorable John J. Sullivan
Deputy Secretary of Commerce
Additional Leadership
The Honorable William J. Brennan
Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
Mr. Karl Nebbia
Associate Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Mission
The Department of Commerce creates the conditions for economic growth and opportunity by promoting innovation, entrepreneurship, competitiveness, and stewardship.
Role in Space-Based PNT
- Promotes the interests of commercial GPS users, manufacturers, and service providers.
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Manages the U.S. network of Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS).
- Hosts the National Coordination Office for Space-Based PNT.
- Co-manages (with the Federal Communications Commission) the radio spectrum used by GPS.
- Promotes fair trade in the global market for PNT-related goods and services.
- Conducts economic studies related to space-based PNT.
- Sets guidelines for the licensing of GPS-related exports.
- Performs research and development of next-generation atomic clocks.
- Applies space-based PNT to a broad variety of governmental activities, including: fishery boundary enforcement, maintaining the National Spatial Reference System, surveying, remote sensing, implementation of geographic information systems, precision time transfer, weather forecasting, space weather prediction, satellite operations, and census activities.
Relevant Units
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- International Trade Administration (ITA)
- Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
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Point of Contact
Jason Y. Kim
Senior Policy Analyst
Office of Space Commercialization
(202) 482-6125