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<P>NTIA filed <A HREF="./ntiahome/fccfilings/maritime102599.htm"> comments in response to the FCC's IB Docket No. 98-96</A>, on maritime mobile and maritime mobile-satellite radio services.
<H6>Posted 10-26-99</H6>
<P>
NTIA filed <A HREF="./ntiahome/fccfilings/med_tlm101899.htm">Reply Comments</A> in
response to the FCC's ET Docket 99-255 NPRM, Amendment of Parts 2 and 95 of the
Commission's Rules to Create a Wireless Medical Telemetry Service.
<h6>Posted 10-18-99</h6>
<P>
<A href="otiahome/tiiap/resources/How_ABC.pdf"><I>How
Access Benefits Children: Connecting Our Kids to the World of Information</I></A>
profiles eleven TIIAP projects and shows how young people across America
are using the Internet and other information age tools. The report is in .pdf format.
<h6>Posted 10-06-99</h6>
<P>
On behalf of the Administration, NTIA filed a
<A HREF="./ntiahome/fccfilings/e911_91399.htm">letter to the FCC</A> on
implementation of Enhanced 911 (E911) calling for commercial mobile wireless devices
(CC Docket No. 94-102, RM-8143).
<h6>Posted 09-13-99</h6>
<P>
NTIA filed <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/une1rep.htm"><i>Ex Parte</i> Comments</a>
dealing with unbundled network elements (UNEs)in the FCC's CC Docket No.
96-98 proceeding on Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions
in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and CC Docket No. 95-185 on Interconnection
between Local Exchange Carriers and Commercial Mobile Radio Service Providers.
<h6>
Posted 08-03-99</h6>
NTIA filed <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/2ghzmss_19990726rep.htm">reply
comments</a> in the FCC's IB Docket No. 99-81, Establishment of Policies
and Service Rules for the Mobile Satellite Service in the 2 GHz Band. (<a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/2ghzmss_19990726rep.wpd">WordPerfect
version</a>)
<h6>
Posted 07-26-99</h6>
NTIA filed <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/gmpcs_reply19990721.htm">reply
comments</a> in the FCC's proceeding, Amendment of Parts 2 and 25 to Implement
the Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite (GMPCS) Memorandum
of Understanding and Arrangements (IB Docket No. 99-67, RM No. 9165) (<a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/gmpcs_reply19990721.wpd">WordPerfect
version</a>)
<h6>
Posted 07-23-99</h6>
<a href="ntiahome/domainname/blileyrsp.htm">Department of Commerce response</a>
to letter from the Honorable Tom Bliley regarding DNS issues.&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 07-08-99</h6>
<a href="ntiahome/digitaldivide/">Falling Through the Net: Defining the
Digital Divide</a> has been released. This is the third report in the Falling
Through the Net series on the telecommunications and information technology
gap in America.
<h6>
Posted 07-08-99</h6>
NTIA filed <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/rm9328_comments62499.htm">comments
at the Federal Communications Commission</a> in IB Docket No. 99-81 and
RM-9328 on efforts to provide additional spectrum allocations for the development
of mobile satellite services.
<h6>
Posted 06-24-99</h6>
NTIA filed <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/nprm9165_62399.htm">comments in
IB Docket No. 99-67 and NPRM 9165</a> on efforts to implement the international
Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite Memorandum of Understanding.
<h6>
Posted 06-23-99</h6>
<a href="osmhome/wrc99pre/pv990112.htm">U.S. Preliminary
Views on World Radio Communication Conference (WRC-2000)</a> and <a href="osmhome/wrc99pre/rcsdocs.htm">additional
U.S. proposals for WRC-2000</a> have been posted.
<h6>
Posted 06-11-99</h6>
NTIA filed a <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/dslresaleltr5799.htm">letter
with the FCC in CC Docket No. 98-147</a>, Deployment of Wireline Services
Offering Advanced Telecommunications Capability.
<h6>
Posted 05-07-99</h6>
NTIA <a href="osmhome/reports/tr99362/">Report 99-362</a>, Evaluation of
Marine VHF Radios: Performance in the Savannah, Ga. and New Orleans, La.
Port Areas, and <a href="osmhome/reports/tr99363/">Report 99-363</a>, Evaluation
of Marine VHF Radios: Compliance to IEC Receiver Standards, are available
for viewing in Adobe Acrobat format.&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 04-20-99</h6>
NTIA filed a <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/041299billing.htm">letter with
the FCC</a> in CC Docket No. 98-170 expressing support for the Commission's
Truth-in-Billing and Billing Format proceeding.
<h6>
Posted 04-13-99</h6>
NTIA filed a <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/acceptableuseltr.htm">letter
with the FCC</a> in CC Docket No. 96-45 (Federal-State Joint Board on Universal
Service), encouraging the Commission to adopt a requirement that all schools
and libraries that receive Federal E-rate funds certify that they will
implement acceptable use policies before such funds are awarded to them.
<h6>
Posted 04-08-99</h6>
NTIA filed <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/rply3rdpubsafe.htm">Reply Comments</a>
in the FCC's WT Docket No. 96-86 Third Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on
Public Safety Agency Communication Requirements.
<h6>
Posted 02-18-99</h6>
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NTIA filed <A HREF="./ntiahome/fccfilings/ownlet.htm"><I>ex parte</I> comments</A> in the FCC's MM Docket No. 91-221 and
MM Docket No. 98-35 on Broadcast Ownership Rules.
<H6>
Posted 02-12-99
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NTIA filed an <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/shva_012999.htm"><i>Ex Parte</i>
Letter in CS Docket No. 98-201, RM No. 9335, RM No. 9345</a>, regarding
the definition of "over-the-air signal of grade B intensity" for purposes
of the Satellite Home Viewer Act.
<h6>
Posted 01-29-99</h6>
NTIA filed <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/pubsafe3rdnprm.htm">Comments in
the FCC's WT Docket No. 96-86, Third Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Public
Safety Agency Communication Requirements Through the Year 2010</a>.
<h6>
Posted 01-19-99</h6>
<a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/706nprm.htm">NTIA filed an Ex Parte letter
with the FCC on "Deployment of Wireline Services Offering Advanced Telecommunications
Capability, CC Docket No. 98-147</a>."
<h6>
Posted 01-11-99</h6>
NTIA Special Publication 98-39, <a href="osmhome/reports/2ghz_rpt/2ghz_rpt.pdf">Identification
of Alternate Bands, Response to Title III of The Balanced Budget Act Of
1997</a> has been released (in .pdf format). The report documents the negative
impact if the FCC identifies certain spectrum for competitive bidding,
and proposes alternative spectrum.
<h6>
Posted 11-18-98</h6>
NTIA made a <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/102798dslltr.htm">letter filing
with the FCC</a> on Tariffing of Digital Subscriber Line Services, CC Docket
Nos. 98-79, 98-103, 98-161, and 98-165.
<h6>
Posted 10-27-98</h6>
NTIA has posted the 1998 release of the <i><a href="opadhome/minown98/">Minority
Commercial Broadcast Ownership in the United States</a></i> report.
<h6>
Posted 10-16-98</h6>
NTIA released <i><a href="otiahome/tiiap/resources/safety1.htm">Safety
Nets: Protecting Lives and Property in the Information Age</a></i>, a report
on using information technologies to enhance public safety.&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 10-01-98</h6>
NTIA <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/9498shva.htm">filed a letter in FCC RM
No. 98-9335</a>, Definition of an Over-the-Air Signal of Grade B Intensity
for Purposes of the Satellite Home Viewer Act.&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 09-04-98</h6>
NTIA has posted its comprehensive 1991 spectrum policy study, "<a href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/91specagen/1991.html">U.S.
Spectrum Management Policy: Agenda for the Future</a>", which still serves
as a resource for understanding spectrum management issues.
<h6>
Posted 08-03-98</h6>
NTIA has issued an update to its July 1995
<a href="#falling">Falling Through
the Net</a> report. <a href="ntiahome/net2/">Falling Through the Net II</a>
analyzes telephone and computer penetration rates with regard to race,
income, and other demographic characteristics.
<h6>
Posted 07-28-98</h6>
Secretary of Commerce Daley and Attorney General Reno filed a joint letter
to the FCC on "<a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/72298safetyltr.htm">Required
Consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and Attorney General in WT
Docket No. 96-86</a>."
<h6>
Posted 07-22-98</h6>
NTIA, on behalf of the Administration, sent a letter to the FCC offering
<a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/sec706.htm">some guiding principles</a> on
a soon to be initiated inquiry, mandated by section 706 of the Telecommunications
Act of 1996 (1996 Act), into the deployment of advanced telecommunications
capabilities.
<h6>
Posted 07-17-98</h6>
<a href="ntiahome/domainname/6_5_98dns.htm">Statement of Policy on the
Management of Internet Names and Addresses</a>.&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 06-05-98</h6>
NTIA filed a <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/51598cc96_45ltr.htm">letter in
CC Docket No. 96-45</a> on behalf of the Clinton Administration in response
to questions raised in the Report to Congress, dated May 8, 1998, regarding
universal service support mechanisms.
<h6>
Posted 05-21-98</h6>
NTIA's <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/52098wt96_86ltr.htm">letter filing</a>
in WT Docket No. 96-86, Establishment of Rules and Requirements for Priority
Access Service.
<h6>
Posted 05-20-98</h6>
NTIA's Office of Spectrum Management released its
<a href="osmhome/reports/pub9835/raspexec.htm">Radio
Astronomy Spectrum Planning Options Report</a> (NTIA Special Publication
98–35).&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 04-17-98</h6>
NTIA <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/96_45reportltr.htm">filed a letter</a>
with the FCC in CC Docket No. 96-45, Report to Congress on Universal Service
under the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
<h6>
Posted 04-09-98</h6>
NTIA's Office of Spectrum Management has released the <a href="osmhome/reports/bba97.html"><i>Spectrum
Reallocation Report</i> (NTIA Special Pub.98-36)</a> in response to Title
III of The Balanced Budget Act of 1997. The report is in Adobe Acrobat
format.
<h6>
Posted 02-09-98</h6>
<a href="ntiahome/domainname/domainname130.htm">1/30/98 Discussion Draft
-- A PROPOSAL TO IMPROVE TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT OF INTERNET NAMES AND ADDRESSES</a>.
This paper concerns ways to improve technical management of the Internet
Domain Name System, and is a proposed rule of the Department of Commerce.
This same document will be published in the <i>Federal Register</i> in
the near future.&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 01-30-98</h6>
NTIA and the Department of Commerce have released a Discussion Draft, "<a href="reports/privacydraft/198dftprin.htm">Elements
of Effective Self-Regulation for Protection of Privacy</a>." The document
outlines preliminary views on self-regulation and the actions that the
private sector can take in order to meet an acceptable level of privacy
protection.
<h6>
Posted 01-27-98</h6>
NTIA <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/012798uswest.htm">filed a letter with
the FCC</a> opposing US WEST's petition in US West, Inc. and Continental
Cablevision, Inc., Request for Further Extension of Special Relief, File
No. CSR-4788-X.&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 01-27-98</h6>
NTIA <a href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/fccfilings/122497wt96_86.htm">filed
Comments</a> in the FCC's WT Docket No. 96-86 proceeding, <i>Development
of Operational, Technical and Spectrum Requirements For Meeting Federal,
State and Local Public Safety Agency Communication Requirements Through
the Year 2010.</i>
<h6>
Posted 12-24-97</h6>
NTIA filed <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/110597wtoltr.htm">a letter with
the FCC</a> commenting on "Rules and Policies on Foreign Participation
in the U.S. Telecommunications Market, IB Docket No. 97-142."&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 11-05-97</h6>
NTIA's Office of Spectrum Management released a report, <a href="osmhome/reports/tr97343/tr97343.html">Assessment
of Compatibility Between 25 and 12.5 kHz Channelized Marine VHF Radios</a>.
The report supports a proposal the U.S. plans to submit at the 1997 World
Radio Conference (WRC -97) to permit narrowbanding the maritime mobile
VHF band.
<h6>
Posted 10-29-97</h6>
NTIA <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/et97_157.htm">filed comments</a> in the
FCC's ET Docket 97-157 proceeding, Reallocation of Television Channels
60-69, 766-806 MHz Band. NTIA strongly supported the recommendations of
the PSWAC Final Report regarding the reallocation of spectrum within television
channels 60 to 69 to meet the short-term needs of the public safety community.&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 09-15-97</h6>
The Final US Proposals for the World Radiocommunication Conference 97 (WRC-97)
have been released in <a href="osmhome/wrcfin.doc">MS Word format</a> (648
kbytes). The files will be available in HTML format at <a href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/wrc97.html">http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/wrc97.html</a>
when the conversion is completed.
<h6>
Posted 09-08-97</h6>
(NTIA) has received a new supply of <b>Privacy and Self-regulation in the
Information Age</b>, (still available at <a href="reports/privacy/privacy_rpt.htm">http://www.ntia.doc.gov/reports/privacy/privacy_rpt.htm</a>
as well), a report containing a collection of papers from recognized experts
that explore the extent to which industry self-regulation can be effective
in reducing the risks information technologies pose for individual privacy.
The papers address the benefits, challenges, and limitations of self-regulatory
privacy regimes. Please contact Mary Wallach (<a href="mailto:mwallach@ntia.doc.gov">mwallach@ntia.doc.gov</a>)
or call 202-482-3999 for ordering information.
<h6>
Posted 08-25-97</h6>
The Commerce Department's request for comments on the current and future
system(s) for the registration of Internet domain names received approximately
500 public responses by the August 18 deadline. All comments received to
date are posted on this website at <a href="ntiahome/domainname/domainname.htm">http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/domainname.htm</a>.
Information on further activities in this proceeding will be posted here.
<h6>
Posted 08-25-97</h6>
The Department of Justice and the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration jointly submitted <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/81997rosevilleltr.htm">a
letter to the FCC</a> on the issues of statutory interpretation and long-run
competition policy raised by a Petition by the Roseville Cable Company
(CSR-4869-B).&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 08-25-97</h6>
A <a href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/spacrept.html">report by NTIA's
Spectrum Planning and Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC)</a> summarizes and
discusses policy considerations that are relevant to the transfer of radio
spectrum from Federal Government to the private sector and/or sharing of
Federal Government spectrum with private sector users. This report is the
result of the SPAC's efforts to study and advise the NTIA on the problems
inherent in recent loss of government spectrum. The report is not a publication
of the NTIA, but is intended as advice to the NTIA and other bodies governing
the use of the radio communications spectrum.&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 08-20-97</h6>
The latest revision to the NTIA "<a href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/redbook/redbook.html">Manual
of Regulations &amp; Procedures for Federal Radio Frequency Management</a>"
(including May 1997 Revisions) has been posted.
<h6>
Posted 08-20-97</h6>
NTIA filed a <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/81397rm9101oss.htm">letter with
the FCC</a> in RM 9101, in which petitioners ask the Commission to establish
nationwide performance standards for the operations support systems (OSS)
that incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) make available to competitive
local exchange carriers (CLECs).&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 08-13-97</h6>
The NTIA filed a <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/080597sbcstay.htm">letter
with the FCC</a> on August 5th concerning Southwestern Bell's petition
for a stay of the FCC's May 8th Universal Service Order.
<h6>
Posted 08-06-97</h6>
On July 31, Larry Irving sent a <a href="ntiahome/letter.htm">letter to
the FCC</a> regarding the political editorial and personal attack rules
in GN Docket No. 83-484.
<h6>
Posted 08-05-97</h6>
NTIA posted an overview and <a href="opadhome/uniserve/univweb.htm">User's
Guide</a> to the FCC's universal service order that was released in May.
The Guide, which is geared towards ultimate users of the Universal Service
Fund, provides eligibility information and planned starting dates for different
categories of assistance. (<a href="ntiahome/press/usergide.htm">Press
Release</a>)
<h6>
Posted 07-18-97</h6>
The White House released <b><i><a href="http://www.iitf.nist.gov/eleccomm/ecomm.htm">A
Framework for Global Electronic Commerce</a></i></b>. The <i>Framework</i>
establishes a set of principles to guide policy development, outlines the
Administration positions on a number of key issues related to electronic
commerce, and provides a road map for international negotiations, where
appropriate. It also identifies which government agencies will take the
lead in implementing this work.&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 07-01-97</h6>
On June 19, NTIA filed a <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/061997cs97_55ltr.htm">letter
with the FCC</a> in CS Docket No. 97-55 asking on behalf of the Administration
for a postponement in the scheduled "En Banc Hearing on Industry Proposal
for Rating Video Programming and On "V-Chip" Technology." Vice President
Gore issued a <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/61997gore.htm">statement</a>
as well.
<h6>
Posted 06-20-97</h6>
The Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA) has released <b><a href="reports/privacy/privacy_rpt.htm">Privacy
and Self-regulation in the Information Age</a></b>, a report containing
a collection of papers from recognized experts that explore the extent
to which industry self-regulation can be effective in reducing the risks
information technologies pose for individual privacy. The papers address
the benefits, challenges, and limitations of self-regulatory privacy regimes.&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 06-12-97</h6>
<P>
NTIA filed a letter <A HREF="./ntiahome/fccfilings/BCASTltr52297.htm">offering its views</A>
on changes in the Commission's local television ownership rules (MM Docket No. 91-221,
MM Docket No. 94-150).
<h6>
Posted 05-22-97</h6>
<P>
NTIA on behalf of the Department of Commerce, the Department of State,
and the United States Trade Representative, filed a <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/050597dbsltr.htm">letter
with the Federal Communications Commission</a> (RE: Application of MCI
Telecommunications Corporation for Authority to Construct, Launch and Operate
a Direct Broadcast Satellite System at 110&ordm; W.L.).&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 05-05-97</h6>
A <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/cc96-45_42997ltr.htm">joint letter filing</a>
by the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and Health and Human Services
with the FCC was made on April 29 in CC Docket No. 96-45, Rural Health
Care issues.&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 04-29-96</h6>
NTIA filed <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/cc96-262_42497ltr.htm">letter comments</a>
with the Federal Communications Commission in CC Docket No. 96-262, Access
Charge Reform.&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 04-24-97</h6>
NTIA filed <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/cc96-45_42497ltr.htm">letter comments</a>
with the FCC in CC Docket No. 96-45, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal
Service
<h6>
Posted 04-24-97</h6>
NTIA filed <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/IB96-261_rep.htm">Reply Comments
in IB Docket 96-261</a>, International Settlement Rates.&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 04-01-97</h6>
NTIA filed <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/cc96-115.htm">Reply Comments in
CC Docket 96-115</a>, Telecommunications Carriers' Use of Customer Proprietary
Network Information (CPNI) and Other Customer Information&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 03-28-97</h6>
The <b><a href="reports/telemed/cover.htm">Telemedicine Report to Congress</a></b>
is now available in hardcopy through the National Technical Information
Service (NTIS).&nbsp;
<br>The sales office is at : 703-487-4650
<br>The report number is: PB97 141030
<br>The title is the: <b><i>Telemedicine Report to the Congress</i></b>,
US Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information
Administration. Price is $47.00 plus $4.00 shipping.&nbsp;
<p>On February 7, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the Department
of State, and the Department of Commerce filed a <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/bench.htm">joint
letter</a> supporting the FCC's goals and objectives in the International
Settlement Rates Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), IB Docket No. 96-261.&nbsp;
<p>On February 21, NTIA filed a <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/dtv022197ltr.htm">letter
to the FCC</a> in MM Docket No. 87-268, Advanced Television Systems and
Their Impact Upon the Existing Television Broadcast Service.&nbsp;
<p>The Secretary of Commerce in consultation with the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services has released the <b><a href="reports/telemed/cover.htm">Telemedicine
Report to Congress</a></b>. NTIA staff made major contributions to the
preparation of this report.&nbsp;
<p>NTIA filed <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/cc96_45_rep_0197.htm">Reply
Comments in CC Docket 96-45</a>, In the Matter of Federal State Joint Board
on Universal Service. NTIA commended the Joint Board on Universal Service's
recommended decision for universal service while suggesting several modifications
to its current recommendations.&nbsp;
<p><a href="http://glossary.its.bldrdoc.gov/fs-1037">FED-STD-1037C, <b><i>Glossary
of Telecommunications Terms</i></b></a>, has been published. The hypertext
<i>Glossary</i> was developed by NTIA's Institute for Telecommunication
Sciences.&nbsp;
<p><a href="osmhome/reports/hfspo/contents.html">NTIA Special Pub 96-322</a>,
High Frequency (3-30 MHz) Spectrum Planning Options, has been released.
As part of NTIA's Strategic Spectrum Planning Program, the report examines
additional HF spectrum requirements for the maritime mobile, aeronautical
mobile, mobile, amateur, and broadcasting services. The report is available
in both HTML and WP 6.1 formats.&nbsp;
<p>NTIA filed a <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/120696dtvletter.htm">letter
with the FCC</a> in MM Docket No. 87-268, Technical Standards for Digital
Television, applauding the broadcasting, consumer electronics, and computer
industries for reaching a compromise regarding technical standards for
digital television sets.&nbsp;
<p>NTIA filed <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/cc96_45furthercom.htm">Further
Comments in CC Docket 96-45</a>, In the Matter of Federal State Joint Board
on Universal Service. NTIA's filing addresses the E-Rate proposal.&nbsp;
<p>NTIA filed a letter with the FCC in <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/disco2.htm">IB
Docket No. 96-111</a>, Amendment of Regulatory Policies to Allow Non-U.S.
Licensed Space Stations to Provide Domestic and International Service in
the United States.&nbsp;
<p><a href="/ntiahome/fccfilings/mm87_268ltr.html">NTIA letter to FCC in
MM Docket No. 87-268</a>, Advanced Television Systems and Their Impact
Upon the Existing Television Broadcast Service. (<a href="/ntiahome/fccfilings/mm87_268ltr.txt">ASCII
version</a>)&nbsp;
<p>NTIA <a href="ntiahome/fccfilings/supernet_reply.htm">Reply Comments</a>
in ET Docket 96-102, In re Amendment of the Commission's Rules to Provide
for Unlicensed NII/SUPERNet Operations in the 5 GHz Frequency Range. 08-14-96&nbsp;
<p><a href="/ntiahome/fccfilings/foxltr.html">NTIA letter</a> on Fox Broadcasting
Company Request for Declaratory Ruling. (<a href="/ntiahome/fccfilings/foxltr.txt">ASCII
text</a>)&nbsp;
<p><a href="/ntiahome/fccfilings/cc96_98r.html">NTIA Reply Comments in
FCC CC Docket 96-98</a>, Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions
in the Telecommunications Act of 1996. <a href="/ntiahome/fccfilings/cc96_98r.txt">ASCII
version</a>
<p><a href="/ntiahome/fccfilings/050896_actaletter.html">NTIA letter to
FCC</a> urging denial of a petition by the America's Carriers Telecommunication
Association (ACTA) to
regulate Internet software firms.&nbsp;
<p>NTIA has filed <a href="/ntiahome/fccfilings/kidvid_reply.html">Reply
Comments</a> in FCC MM Docket No. 93-48, Policy and Rules Concerning Children's
Television Programming. (<a href="/ntiahome/fccfilings/kidvid_reply.txt">ASCII
version</a>)&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 04-19-96</h6>
NTIA removes Federal government's primary status on 220-222 MHz spectrum
and recommends ways to improve spectrum auction. (<a href="/ntiahome/press/220rel.html">Press
Release</a>)&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 04-17-96</h6>
NTIA's <a href="/ntiahome/fccfilings/subscribe.html">Reply Comments</a>
in CC Docket No. 95-115, Amendment of the Commission's Rules and Regulations
to Increase Subscribership and Usage of the Public Switched Network. (<a href="/ntiahome/fccfilings/subscribe.txt">ASCII
version</a>)&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 04-01-96</h6>
The National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council's <i><a href="http://www.benton.org/Library/KickStart/">Kickstart
Initiative</a></i> is available through the Benton Foundation's <a href="http://www.benton.org">Home
Page</a>. NIIAC's <a href="http://www.benton.org/Library/KickStart/nation.home.html">Final
Report</a>, <b><i>A Nation Of Opportunity</i></b>, is also available.
<h6>
Posted 02/13/96</h6>
<a href="/ntiahome/ntiageneral/tabfreq.txt">Ordering Information</a> for
the new <b>Tables of Frequency Allocations and Other Extracts</b> from
GPO.&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 10/31/95</h6>
NTIA released the <a href="/osmhome/reports/slye_rpt/contents.html">Land
Mobile Spectrum Planning Options</a> report on 10/19/95.&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 10-25-95</h6>
NTIA released its report <b>Privacy and the NII: Safeguarding Telecommunications-Related
Personal Information</b>. The <a href="/ntiahome/privwhitepaper.html">HTML
version</a> is a 150K file and the <a href="/ntiahome/policy/privwhitepaper.txt">ASCII
version</a> is a 143K file. <a href="/ntiahome/press/1023privpr.html">PRESS
RELEASE</a> contains hard copy ordering information.&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 10/23/95</h6>
A report prepared by NTIA's Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, <b>The
Survey of Rural Information Infrastructure Technologies</b>, was released
on October 12. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the availability
of telecommunications technologies that can be deployed economically in
rural areas. The <a href="http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/its/spectrum/rural/ruralrep.html">report
is available in several formats</a>. A pointer to the Adobe Acrobat reader
is also provided.
<h6>
Posted 10/12/95</h6>
The Report by the Intellectual Property Rights Working Group of the Information
Infrastructure Task Force's Information Policy Committee is available as
a 570 K ASCII file and in PDF format on the World-Wide Web site of the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office at <a href="http://www.uspto.gov">http://www.uspto.gov</a>.&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 09-05-95</h6>
<a NAME="falling"></a>NTIA released <b><i><a href="ntiahome/fallingthru.html">Falling
Through the Net</a></i></b> at the summer meeting of the National Association
of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). <i>Falling Through the Net</i>
is a study of telephone penetration and computer and modem ownership and
use. (<a href="/ntiahome/newitems/urb-rur.txt">26K ASCII Text</a>) Tables
for the <b><i>Falling Through the Net</i></b> study are available in both
<a href="ntiahome/tables.htm">HTML fomat (48K file)</a> and a <a href="/ntiahome/newitems/tableswp.zip">25K
PKZIP'ed WordPerfect</a> file.&nbsp;
<h6>
Posted 08/01/95</h6>
<i><a href="connect.html">Connecting the Nation</a></i>: Libraries, and
Health Care Organizations in the Information Age was released by NTIA on
June 28, at its Special Forum with the Non-Profit Community. (<a href="connect.html">HTML</a>
version is 130K. <a href="/ntiahome/newitems/connect.txt">ASCII</a> is
84K)
<h6>
Posted 06/28/95</h6>
The Information Infrastructure Task Force (IITF) published <i><a href="reports/giiagend.html">THE
GLOBAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE: AGENDA FOR COOPERATION</a></i>.&nbsp;
<p>The Information Infrastructure Task Force (IITF), Information Policy
Committee, Privacy Working Group has released the Final Version of <a href="http://www.iitf.nist.gov/documents/committee/infopol/niiprivprin_final.html">Privacy
and the NII</a>: Principles for Providing and Using Personal Information.
NTIA staff made major contributions to the development of this document.&nbsp;</td>
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