[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 16 (Thursday, January 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3483-3484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1708]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

[Docket No. 011109273-1273-01]
RIN 0660-XX13


Closing Comment Period on Deployment of Broadband Networks and 
Advanced Telecommunications

AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On November 19, 2001, the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration (NTIA) published a Notice in the Federal 
Register inviting the public to submit comments on broadband deployment 
in the United States.\1\ Interested parties were requested to submit 
comments in response to the Notice on or before December 19, 2001. 
Comments received after the December 19, 2001 deadline were received 
and posted as late-filed comments. As of January 18, 2002, the comment 
period in this docket is closed. NTIA will no longer accept or place in 
the record late-filed documents.
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    \1\ 66 FR 57941 (2001). The initial Notice contained an 
incorrect date for the deadline, but a correction was published the 
following week. See 66 FR 59050 (Nov. 26, 2001).

DATES: The comment period in this docket is closed as of January 18, 
2002.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    NTIA is the executive branch agency responsible for developing and 
articulating domestic and international telecommunications policy. NTIA 
is the principal advisor to the President on telecommunications 
policies pertaining to the Nation's economic and technological 
advancement and to the regulation of the telecommunications industry. 
The request for comment on the deployment of broadband and advanced 
services is a part of NTIA's ongoing effort to obtain more information 
about broadband issues. The comments submitted in this proceeding will 
be used to assist the Administration in developing a domestic 
telecommunications policy and NTIA's continuing support for removing 
obstacles to broadband deployment.
    Due to the complexity of the issues in this proceeding and to 
facilitate a fully developed record, NTIA allowed interested parties to 
submit comments after the December 19, 2001 deadline. Since that time, 
NTIA received a substantial number of comments. Effective January 18, 
2002, however, NTIA will no longer accept or place in the public record 
comments in this proceeding.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquiries should be directed to the 
Office of Public Affairs, National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration, at (202) 482-7002.

Kathy D. Smith,
Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-1708 Filed 1-23-02; 8:45 am]
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