NTIA has released the eighth notice in
its series of public notices requesting comment on the nine
exceptions
to the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce (ESIGN)
Act.
The notices released to date request comment on exceptions to the Act
covering
housing foreclosure, repossession, and default notices; court records;
hazardous materials; product recall notices; domestic and family law
documents;
wills, codicils, and testamentary trusts; health and life insurance
cancellation
notices; and state uniform commercial code. NTIA will publish notices
on
the remaining exception within the next few weeks.
Posted 12-19-2002
Press
Release: FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell and Assistant Secretary
Nancy J. Victory met formally to plan and coordinate the efforts of the
FCC and NTIA to improve U.S. spectrum policy.
Posted 12-10-2002
NTIA has released the seventh notice in
its series of public notices requesting comment on the nine
exceptions
to the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce (ESIGN)
Act.
The notices released to date request comment on exceptions to the Act
covering
housing foreclosure, repossession, and default notices; court records;
hazardous materials; product recall notices; domestic and family law
documents;
wills, codicils, and testamentary trusts; and health and life insurance
cancellation notices. NTIA will publish notices on the remaining two
exceptions
within the next few weeks.
Posted 12-10-2002
Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael D. Gallagher's speech on "Broadband
Deployment and Spectrum Policy," delivered at the Shidler Center
for
Law, Commerce & Technology, University of Washington School of Law,
Series on Serving the Public Interest After the Bubble Economy, October
28, 2002, has been posted.
Posted 11-27-2002
Nancy J. Victory, Assistant Secretary for Communications and
Information,
has appointed
Al Vincent as Associate Administrator for Telecommunication
Sciences
and Director of the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration
(NTIA) Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) in Boulder, Colo.
In this capacity, Mr. Vincent will serve as Victory's principal advisor
on telecommunication sciences.
Posted 11-14-2002
NTIA announced
the development of new and innovative techniques to measure the
quality
of digital video pictures.
Posted 11-14-2002
NTIA has released the sixth notice in
its series of public notices requesting comment on the nine
exceptions
to the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce (ESIGN)
Act.
The notices released to date request comment on exceptions to the Act
covering
housing foreclosure, repossession, and default notices; court records;
hazardous materials; product recall notices; domestic and family law
documents;
and wills, codicils, and testamentary trusts. NTIA will publish notices
on the remaining three exceptions within the next few weeks. Comments
filed
on the court records and hazardous materials exceptions have
been posted.
Posted 11-14-2002
Comments filed on the court records and hazardous materials exceptions
to the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce (ESIGN)
Act
have
been posted. NTIA has released five in its series of public notices
requesting comments on the nine exceptions to the ESIGN Act. The
notices
released to date request comment on the court records; hazardous
materials;
product recall notices; domestic and family law documents; and wills,
codicils,
and testamentary trusts exceptions to the Act. NTIA will publish
notices
on the other four exceptions within the next few weeks.
Posted 11-07-2002
NTIA exercised
the option to extend the term of the contract with ICANN for IANA
functions
for Option Period Two (Item No. 0003) for the six-month period of
10/01/2002
through 03/31/2002.
Posted 10-30-2002
NTIA's Public Telecommunications Facilities Program has published a
Federal
Register Notice for the FY 2003 Television Grant Cycle. The
deadline
for receipt of all television applications is 6 p.m., Tuesday, November
19, 2002. A deadline for receipt of radio and nonbroadcast television
applications
will be announced later.
Posted 10-17-2002
In a letter filed with the FCC on October 10, Commerce Secretary Don
Evans Urges
FCC To Grant Relief To Winning Bidders of FCC Auction No. 35.
Posted 10-10-2002
NTIA has released a fifth notice in
its series of public notices requesting comment on the nine
exceptions
to the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce (ESIGN)
Act.
The notices released to date request comment on the court records;
hazardous
materials; product recall notices; domestic and family law documents;
and
wills, codicils, and testamentary trusts exceptions to the Act. NTIA
will
publish notices on the other four exceptions within the next few
weeks.
Posted 10-10-2002
NTIA announced the award of $36 million in Public
Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP) grants to assist 97
public
broadcasting stations across the country complete federally mandated
conversions
to digital technology. An additional $6 million in PTFP grants were
awarded
for public radio, distance learning, and replacement of television
equipment.
[Press
Release | Factsheet]
Posted 09-30-2002
NTIA has released a fourth notice in
its series of public notices requesting comment on the nine
exceptions
to the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce (ESIGN)
Act.
The notices released to date request comment on the court records,
hazardous
materials, product recall notices, and domestic and family law
documents
exceptions to the Act. NTIA will publish notices on the other five
exceptions
within the next few weeks.
Posted 09-30-2002
NTIA has released a third notice in
its series of public notices requesting comment on the nine
exceptions
to the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce (ESIGN)
Act.
The notices released to date request comment on the court records,
hazardous
materials, and product recall notices exceptions to the Act. NTIA will
publish notices on the other six exceptions within the next few
weeks.
Posted 09-23-2002
NTIA has released public
notices requesting comment on two of the nine exceptions to the
Electronic
Signatures in Global and National Commerce (ESIGN) Act. These notices
request
comment on the court records and hazardous materials notices exceptions
to the Act. NTIA will publish notices on the other seven exceptions
within
the next few weeks. [Media
Advisory]
Posted 08-30-2002
NTIA is posting comments filed in its inquiry in response to the
Children's
Internet Protection Act on the effectiveness of Internet protection
measures
and safety policies. All
comments filed by August 27 are now available.
Posted 08-28-2002
An archived webcast
audio stream of NTIA's August 14 Roundtable on Convergence of
Communications
Technologies is now available. We apologize for the low volume in the
first
portion of the webcast.
Posted 08-27-2002
Media
Advisory: NTIA Roundtable on Wednesday, August 14, to address
convergence
issues, Telephone Mapping Protocol known as "ENUM" among topics on
agenda.
[Agenda
for
Roundtable]
Posted 08-08-2002
Assistant Secretary Nancy J. Victory delivered
remarks to the NARUC Telecommunications Committee Summer Meetings,
Portland, Oregon.
Posted 07-29-2002
Media
Advisory: Commerce Department to announce spectrum plan at
Tuesday
press conference. (Please note time change to 10:00 a.m.)
Posted 07-22-2002
Assistant Secretary Nancy J. Victory delivered the keynote
address at the Media Institute, speaking on "The Quest for a New
Golden
Age: The Challenges of Building a Digital Mass Media."
Posted 07-18-2002
On Wednesday, August 14, NTIA will host a roundtable
to address issues relating to the convergence of communications
technologies,
including the Telephone Number Mapping (ENUM) Protocol that facilitates
convergence between the Internet and the public-switched telephone
network.
The roundtable will address how such convergence technologies function,
alternatives to ENUM in the competitive marketplace, and policy issues
including privacy and security that may arise with use of such
convergence
technologies. The afternoon roundtable will be webcast on the day of
the
event.
Posted 07-15-2002
NTIA Comment Letter on FCC Analog Cellular Proceeding: NTIA filed
a letter with the FCC in WT Docket No. 01-108, Year 2000 Biennial
Regulatory
Review -- Amendment of Part 22 of the Commission's Rules to Modify or
Eliminate
Outdated Rules Affecting the Cellular Radiotelephone Service and Other
Commercial Mobile Radio Services.
Posted 07-11-2002
Assistant Secretary Nancy J. Victory delivered the keynote
address at the GBDe Sherpa Meeting.
Posted 07-11-2002
Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Gallagher's prepared
speech before the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Second
Meeting of the Commission on Spectrum Management.
Posted 07-11-2002
Assistant Secretary Nancy J. Victory delivered the keynote
address to the annual meeting of the United Telecom Council in Las
Vegas, Nevada.
Posted 06-25-2002
Assistant Secretary Nancy J. Victory testified before the Senate
Committee
on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Subcommittee on Science,
Technology
and Space on ICANN
Governance.
Posted 06-12-2002
Media
Advisory Summit to Address Critical Homeland Security Issue:
Public
Safety Communications.
Posted 06-10-2002
The agenda
for the Public Safety Communications Interoperability
Summit (jointly sponsored by Public Safety Wireless Network Program
and NTIA) has been posted.
Posted 06-07-2002
NTIA Invites
Comments Evaluating Effectiveness of Technology and Policies
Protecting
Children's Safety on the Internet. [Press
Release]
Posted 06-03-2002
NTIA has issued its Draft
Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity,
Utility,
and Integrity of Information. Comments on these proposed standards are
due by close of business June 22.
Posted 05-31-2002
Commerce Secretary Don Evans says a June 19 date for 700 MHz auctions
would be "premature and contrary to public interest." In a letter
to FCC Chairman Michael Powell, Secretary Evans writes that "too
much
uncertainty remains to move forward with the auctioning of this
spectrum."
Posted 04-18-02
Assistant Secretary Nancy J. Victory delivered the keynote
address to the Computer Law Association and Federal Communications
Bar Association Conference on The Response to Terror.
Posted 04-18-02
NTIA's Minority Telecommunications Development Program (MTDP) has begun
adding upcoming industry events to its Resources
page.
Posted 04-18-02
NTIA has exercised
the option to extend the term of the contract with ICANN for IANA
functions
for the six-month period of 04/01/2002 through 09/30/2002.
Posted 04-01-02
NTIA filed a letter
with the FCC on Promoting Efficient Use of Spectrum Through
Elimination
of Barriers to the Development of Secondary Markets, WT Docket No.
00-230.
[Press
Release]
Posted 03-07-02
NTIA has posted Amendment
1 to the contract with NeuStar for management of the .us ccTLD.
Posted 02-13-02
Assistant Secretary Nancy J. Victory gave the keynote address to the
Alliance for Public Technology Broadband Symposium, speaking on "Creation
of a Broadband Universe"
Posted 02-08-02
The Executive
Summary of NTIA's FY 2003 Budget as presented to Congress has been
published.
Posted 02-04-02
NTIA has published Special Publication 01-49, Current and Future
Spectrum Use by the Energy, Water, and Railroad Industries. The
report
is available in .pdf
format [2.4MB} and in WordPerfect
format
Posted 02-01-02
Archived "What's New" Material from
2003
Archived
"What's
New" Material from 2001
Archived
"What's New"
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