[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 76 (Thursday, April 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17368-17369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08225]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration


Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee

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

ACTION: Call for applications to serve on Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA) is seeking applications from persons interested in serving on 
the Department of Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee 
(CSMAC or committee) for two-year terms. The CSMAC provides advice to 
the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and NTIA 
Administrator on spectrum policy matters.

DATES: Applications must be postmarked or electronically transmitted on 
or before May 18, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Persons may submit applications, with the information 
specified below, to David J. Reed, Designated Federal Officer, by email 
to [email protected] or by U.S. mail or commercial delivery service to 
Office of Spectrum Management, National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Room 4600, 
Washington, DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David J. Reed at (202) 482-5955 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory 
Committee is chartered by the Department of Commerce under the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act

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(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and pursuant to Section 105(b) of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. 904(b). The committee will continue as provided in 
Executive Order 13811 effective September 30, 2017. The Department of 
Commerce re-chartered the CSMAC on September 30, 2017, for a two-year 
period. The CSMAC advises the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Communications and Information on a broad range of issues regarding 
spectrum policy. In particular, the current charter provides that the 
committee will provide advice and recommendations on needed reforms to 
domestic spectrum policies and management in order to: License radio 
frequencies in a way that maximizes their public benefit; keep wireless 
networks as open to innovation as possible; and make wireless services 
available to all Americans. The CSMAC functions solely as an advisory 
body in compliance with the FACA. Additional information about the 
CSMAC and its activities may be found at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/category/csmac.
    Under the terms of the committee's charter, it will have no fewer 
than five (5) members and no more than thirty (30) members. The members 
serve on the CSMAC in the capacity of Special Government Employee 
(SGE). As SGEs, members must comply with certain federal conflict of 
interest statutes and ethics regulations, including some financial 
disclosure requirements. Members will not receive compensation or 
reimbursement for travel or for per diem expenses. No member may be a 
registered federal lobbyist pursuant to the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995 (codified at 2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). See Office of Management and 
Budget, Revised Guidance on Appointment of Lobbyists to Federal 
Advisory Committees, Boards, and Commissions, 79 FR 47482 (Aug. 13, 
2014). No member may be an agent of a foreign principal required to 
register pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as 
amended (codified at 22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.).
    The Secretary of Commerce appoints members of the committee who 
serve at the Secretary's pleasure and discretion for up to a two-year 
term and may be reappointed for additional terms. NTIA currently seeks 
applicants for new two-year terms that will commence in October 2018 
and continue through September 2020, subject to the anticipated timely 
renewal of the committee's charter or its termination by proper 
authority.
    The committee's membership will be fairly balanced in terms of the 
points of view represented by members and the functions to be 
performed. Accordingly, its membership will reflect a cross-section of 
interests in spectrum management and policy, including non-federal 
spectrum users; state, regional, and local sectors; technology 
developers and manufacturers; academia; civil society; and service 
providers with customers in both domestic and international markets. A 
description of factors that will be considered to determine each 
applicant's expertise is contained in the committee's Membership 
Balance Plan (available at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/other-publication/2017/csmac-membership-balance-plan).
    In particular, NTIA seeks applicants with strong technical and 
engineering knowledge and experience, familiarity with commercial or 
private wireless technologies and associated businesses, or expertise 
with specific applications of wireless technologies. The Secretary may 
consider factors including, but not limited to, educational background, 
past work or academic accomplishments, and the industry sector in which 
a member is currently or previously employed. All appointments are made 
without discrimination on the basis of age, ethnicity, gender, sexual 
orientation, disability, cultural, religious, or socioeconomic status.
    Each application must include the applicant's full name, address, 
telephone number, and email address, along with a summary of the 
applicant's qualifications that identifies, with specificity, how his 
or her education, training, experience, expertise, or other factors 
would support the CSMAC's work and how his or her participation would 
help achieve the balance factors described above. Each application must 
also include a detailed resume or curriculum vitae.

    Dated: April 16, 2018.
Kathy D. Smith,
Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-08225 Filed 4-18-18; 8:45 am]
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