[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 116 (Friday, June 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35941-35942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-14659]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration


Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting of the Commerce 
Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (Committee). The Committee 
provides advice to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Communications and Information on spectrum management policy matters.

DATES: The meeting will be held on July 24, 2012, from 1:30 p.m. to 
5:30 p.m., Mountain Daylight Savings Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Institute for 
Telecommunication Sciences, Conference Room 1107, 325 Broadway, 
Boulder, CO 80305-3328. Public comments may be mailed to Commerce 
Spectrum Management Advisory Committee, National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Room 4099, 
Washington, DC 20230 or emailed to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bruce M. Washington, Designated 
Federal Officer, at (202) 482-6415 or [email protected]; and/or 
visit NTIA's Web site at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/advisory/spectrum.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: The Committee provides advice to the Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information on needed 
reforms to domestic spectrum policies and management in order to: 
license radio frequencies in a way that maximize their public benefits; 
keep wireless networks open to innovation as possible; and make 
wireless services available to all Americans (See charter, at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/advisory/spectrum/csmac_charter.html). This Committee 
is subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 
2, and is consistent with the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration Act, 47 U.S.C. 904(b). The Committee 
functions solely as an advisory body in compliance with the FACA. For 
more information about the Committee visit: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/advisory/spectrum.
    Matters To Be Considered: The Committee will receive 
recommendations from subcommittees on matters related to the 
accomplishment of the President's ten-year goal of identifying 500 
megahertz of radio spectrum for wireless broadband. The Sharing, 
Unlicensed, and Spectrum Management Improvements Subcommittees will 
report on the status of their determinations and findings and 
facilitate discussion on recommended next steps. In addition, the 
Committee will receive reports from designated committee members on the 
progress of the following five working groups to repurpose the 1695-
1710 MHz and 1755-1850 MHz bands for wireless broadband:
    1. WG1 1695-1710 MHz Weather Satellite Receive Earth Stations,
    2. WG2 1755-1850 MHz Law Enforcement Surveillance and other short-
range fixed,
    3. WG3 1755-1850 MHz Satellite Control Links and Electronic 
Warfare,
    4. WG4 1755-1850 MHz Fixed Point-to-Point and Tactical Radio Relay, 
and
    5. WG5 1755-1850 MHz Airborne Operations.
    NTIA will post a detailed agenda on its Web site, http://www.ntia.doc.gov, prior to the meeting. To the extent that the meeting 
time and agenda permit, any member of the public may speak to or 
otherwise address the advisory committee regarding agenda items. During 
the portion of the meeting when the public may make an oral 
presentation, speakers may address only

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matters the subject of which are on the agenda.
    Time and Date: The meeting will be held on July 24, 2012, from 1:30 
p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Mountain Daylight Savings Time. The times and the 
agenda topics are subject to change. The meeting may be webcast or made 
available via audio link. Please refer to NTIA's web site, http://www.ntia.doc.gov, for the most up-to-date meeting agenda and access 
information.
    Place: The meeting will be held at the Institute for 
Telecommunication Sciences, Conference Room 1107, 325 Broadway, 
Boulder, CO 80305-3328. The meeting will be open to the public and 
press on a first-come, first-served basis. Space is limited. The public 
meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Individuals requiring accommodations, such as sign language 
interpretation or other ancillary aids, are asked to notify Mr. 
Washington, at (202) 482-6415 or [email protected], at least 
seven (7) business days before the meeting. In order to gain access to 
the site (ITS), all attendees are required to have two forms of 
identification (one MUST include a photo). Details regarding access to 
the facility are available at http://www.boulder.nist.gov/police/Foreign_Nationals.html.
    Status: Interested parties are invited to attend and to submit 
written comments to the Committee at any time before or after the 
meeting. Parties wishing to submit written comments for consideration 
by the Committee in advance of this meeting must send them to NTIA's 
Washington, DC office at the above-listed address and comments must be 
received by close of business on July 17, 2012, to provide sufficient 
time for review. Comments received after July 17, 2011, will be 
distributed to the Committee, but may not be reviewed prior to the 
meeting. Paper submissions must also include a compact disc (CD) in 
HTML, ASCII, Word or WordPerfect format. CDs must be labeled with the 
name and organizational affiliation of the filer, and the specified 
name of the word processing program and version used to create the 
document. Alternatively, comments may be submitted electronically to 
[email protected]. Comments provided via electronic mail 
also may be submitted in one or more of the formats specified above.
    Records: NTIA maintains records of all Committee proceedings. 
Committee records are available for public inspection at the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. 
Documents including the Committee's charter, membership list, agendas, 
minutes, and any reports are available on NTIA's Committee Web page at 
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/advisory/spectrum.

    Dated: June 12, 2012.
Kathy D. Smith,
Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-14659 Filed 6-14-12; 8:45 am]
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