roundtable: NTIA Update

roundtable: NTIA Update

NTIA Update

DGARDNER@ntia.doc.gov
Wed, 19 Jul 1995 11:03:39 -0400 

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Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 11:03:39 -0400
From: DGARDNER@ntia.doc.gov
To: roundtable@cni.org
Subject:  NTIA Update


Here's the lastest NTIA Update:

David Gardner
<dgardner@ntia.doc.gov>



NTIA Update

Room 4892, HCH Building, Washington, DC  20230; Voice 202.482.1835,
Fax 202.482.0979, E-mail: dgardner@ntia.doc.gov

Tuesday, July 18             A summary of NTIA and NII events and news

NTIA Speaks...

Larry Irving     July 18
Participates in U.S.-European
Union Bilateral Talks
(Brussels, Belgium)

Larry Irving     July 25
Speaks at NARUC's Summer
Meeting
(San Francisco, CA)

Larry Irving     July 27
Participates in roundtable with
KY. CEOs at Partnerships for a
Competitive Economy Conf.
(Washington, DC)



Event Schedule

IITF Technology Policy
Committee Meeting, Washington,
DC, July 27 at 2:45-4pm in Rm
1412 in the Commerce Bldg. at
14th and Penn. Streets.  This
open meeting will address
advertising issues in the
Information Age.   Call Tatia
Williams at 202/482-0516
 
National Information
Infrastructure Advisory Council
(NIIAC), Seattle, Aug. 8.  Call
Elizabeth Lyle for more
information at 202/482-0516.
    
 
Quotable...

"We are confident the [TIIAP]
grant is largely responsible to
moving our economic
development efforts to new
heights and will result in
thousands of new, higher paying
jobs in this area."

Wayne Little
VP, Technology of Smart Cities


NTIA On-Line

NTIA's on-line resources include:
dial-up access: 202. 482.1199 at
speeds up to 14,400 baud. 
Internet access points:
http://www.ntia.doc.gov,
ftp. ntia.doc.gov, and 
gopher.ntia.doc. gov.


NTIA Files VDT Reply Comments With FCC

Last week NTIA filed reply comments with the FCC that outlined
requirements for allowing local exchange carriers (LECs) to provide
in-region video programming.  The filing suggests several necessary
safeguards to protect against anti-competitive behavior, including the
regulation of video common carriage under Title II of the Communications
Act and requiring a separate subsidiary for the LEC's video programming
activities.  "The comments in this filing would help promote competition,
foster programming diversity, and stimulate the development of the
National Information Infrastructure (NII)," said Assistant Commerce
Secretary Larry Irving.  The filing also urged that Title VI, the section 
of the Communications Act that applies to cable television, not apply to
video programming offered by LECs.  If, however, the FCC chooses to
apply Titles II and VI, the filing recommends that the FCC carefully apply
the requirement of each title to avoid duplicative, inefficient regulation.
For a copy of NTIA's  filing or further information, please contact the
Office of Chief Counsel at 202/482-1816.    


NTIA Responds To Spectrum Analysis Study

In response to "Spectrum: Who Uses How Much, What The Public Gets
For It, And How The Public Could Derive More Benefits From It" authored
by several broadcasting companies and associations, NTIA expressed
agreement with the broadcasters that we should increase the efficiency
of spectrum use by private industry and the Federal Government, and
with the report's suggestion that NTIA has an important role in promoting
and producing greater spectrum efficiency in the future.  NTIA is also
encouraged that the broadcasters' figures released on Federal
Government spectrum today more accurately reflect the true spectrum
allocation than figures released previously.  NTIA looks forward to
meeting with the authors of this study in order to understand their
methodology and the report's conclusions.  For more information on this
issue, please contact Fred Wentland at 202/482-1850. 


Irving Discusses GII With EU Officials Today

Today Assistant Commerce Secretary Larry Irving participates in
bilateral discussions with key government officials from the European
Commission in Brussels, Belgium. The Administration is seeking
consensus on five principles concerning the Global Information
Infrastructure (GII): encouraging private sector investment, promoting
competition, providing open access to the network for all information
providers and users; creating a flexible regulatory environment, and
ensuring universal service.  Results of the discussions will be
forthcoming after its conclusion today.  For more information, contact
Joanne Kumekawa at 202/482-0516.


After Distinguished Tenure, NTIA Deputy Sugrue
Steps Down; Farquhar Becomes Acting Deputy

Last week NTIA announced the departure Deputy Assistant
Secretary Thomas Sugrue to become a name partner in the law firm
of Halprin, Temple, Goodman, and Sugrue.  "We will miss Tom Sugrue's
tremendous leadership and dedication," said Assistant Commerce
Secretary Larry Irving.  "During his six years at NTIA, Sugrue has
been involved in many of NTIA's most notable accomplishments, including
the development and promotion of spectrum auction policies that
provided the basis for the FCC's recent spectrum auctions which are
estimated to return $9 billion to the U.S. Treasury," Irving said.  Michele
Farquhar, who currently serves as NTIA's chief of staff, assumed the
position of acting deputy assistant secretary effective yesterday.

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