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| Sep 17-18 | CGSIC (Nashville) |
| Sep 17-21 | ION GNSS 2012 (Nashville) |
| Oct 1-5 | IAC 2012 (Naples) |
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Legislative Updates
- Commerce Committee Announces Hearing on LightSquared (Sep 14) The House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, will hold a hearing on Friday, September 21, at 9:30 a.m. The hearing is titled "The LightSquared Network: An Investigation of the FCC's Role."
- August Newsletter Released (Aug 15) Our latest issue of "GPS Tracker" highlights the latest FY 2013 Air Force GPS funding, the recent House hearing on GPS spoofing of aerial drones, and use of GPS by 4-H youth.
- Senate Appropriators Follow Authorizers' Recommendations on GPS Funding (Aug 6) We updated the FY 2013 funding page with the Senate Appropriations Committee's marks for the Air Force GPS program. The Senate numbers line up with those in the National Defense Authorization Act passed by the House and awaiting Senate floor action.
- Senate Appropriators Complete Defense Markup (Aug 3) This week, the Senate Appropriations Committee marked up and passed its version of the defense spending bill for FY 2013. No details have been released yet about the GPS line items.
- House Approves Cuts to Air Force GPS Funding (Jul 20) Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the FY 2013 defense appropriations act with $48.3 million in reductions to the Air Force's $1.26 billion GPS program. The bill now awaits Senate consideration.
Latest News Items
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PNT.gov Website Discontinued
(Aug 21) We closed down the PNT.gov website, which provided information about GPS policy and management for the past 6-7 years. Virtually all the information from that site is now available in the new Governance section of GPS.gov, where it should be easier to find and understand. Please update any bookmarks or links to material on PNT.gov. More... -
PNT Advisory Board Presentations Online
(Aug 15) Presentations from the August 14-15 meeting of the Advisory Board are now available on GPS.gov (instead of PNT.gov). More... -
PNT Advisory Board Agenda Available
(Aug 10) The agenda for next week's open meeting of the National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board has been released for public distribution. More... -
Registration Open for 52nd CGSIC Meeting
(Aug 2) The next full meeting of the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC) will take place on September 17-18, 2012, in Nashville, TN, in conjunction with the ION GNSS 2012 conference. In addition, the CGSIC States and Local Government Subcommittee will meet August 14 in Seattle, WA. Both meetings are free and open to the public. For agenda and registration information, please visit the Coast Guard Navigation Center. More... -
PNT Advisory Board Meeting Announcement
(Jul 30) The next meeting of the National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board has been scheduled for August 14-15 in Arlington, VA. More... -
U.S. Remarks from GNSS Vulnerabilities and Solutions Conference
(Jun 4) A U.S. government representative delivered remarks about GPS interference issues during the 6th GNSS Vulnerabilities and Solutions Conference in Baška, Croatia, on May 22. More... -
PNT Advisory Board Meeting Minutes
(Mar 15) The official minutes of the November 9-10, 2011, meeting of the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Advisory Board are now available. The meeting included a public discussion of the LightSquared-GPS interference issue. More...
LightSquared and GPS Interference
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