[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 62472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24741]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Federal-Commercial Spectrum Data; Workshop

AGENCY: The National Coordination Office (NCO) for Networking and 
Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD).

ACTION: Notice--Federal-Commercial Spectrum Data: Understanding 
Information Exchange Needs, Issues, and Approaches.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Wigen at 703-292-4873 or 
[email protected]. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for 
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 
1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through 
Friday.

DATES: October 21, 2014.
SUMMARY: Representatives from Federal research agencies, private 
industry, and academia will identify R&D in the area of spectrum data 
requirements that will promote progress toward more efficient spectrum 
utilization and sharing.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Overview

    The Wireless Spectrum Research and Development Senior Steering 
Group (WSRD SSG) will hold its next workshop, Federal-Commercial 
Spectrum Data: Understanding Information Exchange Needs, Issues, and 
Approaches, on October 21, from 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., at the National 
Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd. Room I-1235, Arlington, VA. 
Dynamic information sharing and management creates innovative 
opportunities in many areas including network and business 
intelligence, devices, applications, public safety operations and 
security; but developing the next generation of spectrum management 
tools is complex. It requires consensus among stakeholders on several 
important issues such as: The purpose of collecting and sharing 
information, the type and minimal amount of data needed, how to get it 
into the SAS, the necessary level of security, and enforcement.
    The NTIA and the FCC are increasing their efforts to identify and 
make available new spectral bands with the understanding that this will 
necessitate the use of spectrum sharing techniques. To ensure success, 
it is critical to first determine the spectrum data requirements of the 
stakeholders in order to create new policy and develop new techniques 
and procedures for dynamic spectrum usage. The event agenda and 
information about the webcast will be available the week of the event 
at: http://www.nitrd.gov/nitrdgroups/index.php?title=Wireless_Spectrum_Research_and_Development_(WSRD)#title

Background

    The Presidential Memorandum, Presidential Memorandum on Unleashing 
the Wireless Broadband Revolution (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-memorandum-unleashing-wireless-broadband-revolution), released on June 14, 2013, directed the implementation of 
``policies for sharing with authorized non-federal parties of 
classified, sensitive, or proprietary data regarding assignments, 
utilization of spectrum, system configurations, business plans, and 
other information''. The Presidential Council of Advisors on Science 
and Technology (PCAST) released a report (http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/pcast_spectrum_report_final_july_20_2012.pdf) in July 2012 that 
advocated setting up Spectrum Access System (SAS) databases, with a 
uniform interface analogous to the Internet's Domain Naming System 
(DNS), to provide federal information and access restrictions.
    Over the past three years, the WSRD has held a series of workshops 
that addressed the challenge defined in these documents. Information 
gathered from this workshop will be instrumental in helping the WSRD 
SSG develop recommendations that will be released in a workshop report 
prepared for the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
    Submitted by the National Science Foundation for the National 
Coordination Office (NCO) for Networking and Information Technology 
Research and Development (NITRD) on October 14, 2014.

Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2014-24741 Filed 10-16-14; 8:45 am]
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