Notice2023-28558
Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee
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Published
December 27, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Telecommunications and Information Administration
Abstract
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 Secretary for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator on spectrum policy matters.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89408-89409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a8c9dac1cbc0c9daccdbc7c6e8c6dcc1c986cfc7de"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="badbc8d3d9d2dbc8dec9d5d4fad4ced3db94ddd5cc">[email protected]</span></a>, 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#305142595358514254435f5e705e4459511e575f46"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5736253e343f3625332438391739233e3679303821">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 <a href="https://www.ntia.gov/category/csmac">https://www.ntia.gov/category/csmac</a>.
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 <a href="https://www.ntia.gov/sites/default/files/2023-12/csmac-membership_balance_plan.pdf">https://www.ntia.gov/sites/default/files/2023-12/csmac-membership_balance_plan.pdf</a>.
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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