OSM Organization

 HOT TOPICS:
  • Federal Strategic
   Spectrum Plan

  • Spectrum Policy
   for the 21st
   Century

  • Spectrum  Sharing    Innovation Test-
   Bed Pilot Program

  • Advanced  
   Wireless Service    Transition (1710-    1755 MHz)

  • Spectrum 
   Management    Advisory 
   Committee

  • 70/80/90GHz     Registration

  Spectrum
   Management    Training

  OSM Publications
   & Reports

• establishing and issuing policy regarding allocations and regulations governing the Federal spectrum use;
• developing plans for the peacetime and wartime use of the spectrum;
• preparing for, participating in, and implementing the results of international radio conferences;
• assigning frequencies;
• maintaining spectrum use databases;
• reviewing Federal agencies' new telecommunications systems and certifying that spectrum will be available;
• providing the technical engineering expertise needed to perform specific spectrum resources assessments and automated computer capabilities needed to carry out these investigations;
• participating in all aspects of the Federal Government's communications related emergency readiness activities; and,
• participating in Federal Government telecommunications and automated information systems security activities.

U.S. Federal Government Spectrum Use

• Federal Strategic Spectrum Plan (March 2008)
• Federal Agency Strategic Spectrum Plans (November 2007)
• Federal Agency FY2008 Progress Reports on Spectrum Policy Initiative
• Federal Spectrum Use Summary (2000)
• Spectrum Management Primer

U.S. Federal Government Spectrum Allocations

• Frequency Allocations in Manual of Regulations & Procedures for Federal Radio Frequency Management (Chapter 4)
  
• Frequency Allocations in 47 CFR Part 2 (FCC Rules and Regulations)
  

Public Access to the Federal Spectrum Management Process

• Status of Non-Federal License Applications Being Coordinated via the IRAC
  
• Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee

U.S. Federal Government Spectrum Management

• Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee (IRAC)
• Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio Frequency Management
• Spectrum Policy for the 21st Century
• Spectrum Studies and Reports
• Federal Spectrum Certification Process and Software Tools (EL-CID)