[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89408-89409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28558]


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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 a Federal advisory committee.

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SUMMARY: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA) is seeking applications to serve on the Department of Commerce 
Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (``CSMAC'' or ``committee'') for 
a two-year term. The CSMAC provides advice to the Assistant

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Secretary for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator on 
spectrum policy matters.

DATES: Applications must be postmarked or electronically transmitted on 
or before January 31, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Persons may submit applications, with the information 
specified below, to Antonio Richardson, 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: Antonio Richardson at (202) 482-4156 
or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory 
Committee is chartered by the Department of Commerce under the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (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 14109, effective 
September 29, 2023. The Department of Commerce re-chartered the CSMAC 
on November 21, 2023, 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 calls for the committee to provide advice and 
recommendations on needed reforms to domestic spectrum policies and 
management to: (1) license radio frequencies in a way that maximizes 
their public benefit; (2) keep wireless networks as open to innovation 
as possible; and (3) 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 https://www.ntia.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, who serve 
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 a new two-year term that will commence approximately in 
June 2024 and continue for two years from that date, 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 to be considered in determining each applicant's 
expertise is contained in the committee's Membership Balance Plan, 
available at https://www.ntia.gov/sites/default/files/2023-12/csmac-membership_balance_plan.pdf.
    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. 
A diverse membership of the Committee assures expertise reflecting the 
breadth of the Committee's responsibilities and, where possible, the 
Secretary will also consider the ethnic, racial, and gender diversity 
and various abilities of the United States population.
    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.

Stephanie Weiner,
Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-28558 Filed 12-26-23; 8:45 am]
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