[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 62472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24741]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Federal-Commercial Spectrum Data; Workshop
AGENCY: The National Coordination Office (NCO) for Networking and
Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD).
ACTION: Notice--Federal-Commercial Spectrum Data: Understanding
Information Exchange Needs, Issues, and Approaches.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Wigen at 703-292-4873 or
[email protected]. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through
Friday.
DATES: October 21, 2014.
SUMMARY: Representatives from Federal research agencies, private
industry, and academia will identify R&D in the area of spectrum data
requirements that will promote progress toward more efficient spectrum
utilization and sharing.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Overview
The Wireless Spectrum Research and Development Senior Steering
Group (WSRD SSG) will hold its next workshop, Federal-Commercial
Spectrum Data: Understanding Information Exchange Needs, Issues, and
Approaches, on October 21, from 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., at the National
Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd. Room I-1235, Arlington, VA.
Dynamic information sharing and management creates innovative
opportunities in many areas including network and business
intelligence, devices, applications, public safety operations and
security; but developing the next generation of spectrum management
tools is complex. It requires consensus among stakeholders on several
important issues such as: The purpose of collecting and sharing
information, the type and minimal amount of data needed, how to get it
into the SAS, the necessary level of security, and enforcement.
The NTIA and the FCC are increasing their efforts to identify and
make available new spectral bands with the understanding that this will
necessitate the use of spectrum sharing techniques. To ensure success,
it is critical to first determine the spectrum data requirements of the
stakeholders in order to create new policy and develop new techniques
and procedures for dynamic spectrum usage. The event agenda and
information about the webcast will be available the week of the event
at: http://www.nitrd.gov/nitrdgroups/index.php?title=Wireless_Spectrum_Research_and_Development_(WSRD)#title
Background
The Presidential Memorandum, Presidential Memorandum on Unleashing
the Wireless Broadband Revolution (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-memorandum-unleashing-wireless-broadband-revolution), released on June 14, 2013, directed the implementation of
``policies for sharing with authorized non-federal parties of
classified, sensitive, or proprietary data regarding assignments,
utilization of spectrum, system configurations, business plans, and
other information''. The Presidential Council of Advisors on Science
and Technology (PCAST) released a report (http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/pcast_spectrum_report_final_july_20_2012.pdf) in July 2012 that
advocated setting up Spectrum Access System (SAS) databases, with a
uniform interface analogous to the Internet's Domain Naming System
(DNS), to provide federal information and access restrictions.
Over the past three years, the WSRD has held a series of workshops
that addressed the challenge defined in these documents. Information
gathered from this workshop will be instrumental in helping the WSRD
SSG develop recommendations that will be released in a workshop report
prepared for the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Submitted by the National Science Foundation for the National
Coordination Office (NCO) for Networking and Information Technology
Research and Development (NITRD) on October 14, 2014.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2014-24741 Filed 10-16-14; 8:45 am]
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