[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 75 (Monday, April 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21710-21711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08892]


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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 and the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration (NTIA) on spectrum management policy 
matters.

DATES: The meeting will be held on May 12, 2015, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 
p.m., Mountain Daylight Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST), Communication Technology Laboratory, 
325 Broadway, Room 1A116, Building 81, Boulder, CO 80305. 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/category/csmac.

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 maximizes their public 
benefits; keep wireless networks as open to innovation as possible; and 
make wireless services available to all Americans. See Charter at 
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/other-publication/2015/csmac-2015-charter. 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/category/csmac.
    Matters to Be Considered: The Committee provides advice to the 
Assistant Secretary to assist in developing and maintaining spectrum 
management policies that enable the United States to maintain or 
strengthen its global leadership role in the introduction of 
communications technology and services and innovation, thus expanding 
the economy, adding jobs, and increasing international trade, while at 
the same time providing for the expansion of existing technologies and 
supporting the country's homeland security, national defense, and other 
critical needs of government missions. The Committee will hear reports 
of the following Subcommittees:

1. Enforcement
2. General Occupancy Measurements and Quantification of Federal 
Spectrum Use
3. Spectrum Management via Databases
4. Federal Access to Non-federal Bands (Bi-Directional Sharing)
5. Spectrum Sharing Cost Recovery Alternatives
6. Industry and Government Collaboration

    NTIA will post a detailed agenda on its Web site, http://www.ntia.doc.gov/category/csmac, 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 Committee regarding the agenda items. 
See Open Meeting and Public Participation Policy, available at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/category/csmac.
    Time and Date: The meeting will be held on May 12, 2015, from 1:30 
p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Mountain Daylight Time. The times and the agenda 
topics are subject to change. The meeting will be available via two-way 
audio link and may be webcast. Please refer to NTIA's Web site, http://www.ntia.doc.gov/category/csmac, for the most up-to-date meeting agenda 
and access information.
    Place: The meeting will be held at the NIST Communication 
Technology Laboratory, 325 Broadway, Room 1A116, Building 81, Boulder, 
CO 80305. The meeting will be open to the public and press on a first-
come, first-served basis. Space is limited. All visitors, especially 
Foreign National Visitors, must send a written request to participate 
in the meeting on site. Such visit requests must be provided to Mr. 
Washington at [email protected] no later than May 4, 2015. 
Visitors from certain states must adhere to the Real ID Act of 2005 
requirements, in order to access the NIST campus. For

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more information on the new visitor access requirements, visit: http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/visitor/. 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 ten (10) business days before the 
meeting.
    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 a meeting must send them to NTIA's 
Washington, DC office at the above-listed address and comments must be 
received five (5) business days before the scheduled meeting date, to 
provide sufficient time for review. Comments received after this date 
will be distributed to the Committee, but may not be reviewed prior to 
the meeting. It would be helpful if paper submissions also include a 
compact disc (CD) containing copies of the submissions in Word or PDF 
format. CDs should be labeled with the name and organizational 
affiliation of the filer. 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 NTIA's 
Washington, DC office at the address above. Documents including the 
Committee's charter, member list, agendas, minutes, and any reports are 
available on NTIA's Committee Web page at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/category/csmac.

     Dated: April 14, 2015.
Kathy D. Smith,
Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-08892 Filed 4-17-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-60-P