National Telecommunications and Information Administration

This small federal office has a big task in the digital divide

“OMBI is a federally funded grant making office, All of the funding has already been distributed. And it went to 93 universities,” Dominique Harrison said.

Workforce

Getty Images/iStockphoto/Mikhail Makarov

NTIA’s waiver for broadband expansion poses national security risks

Congress

NTIA seeks feedback on risks, rewards of ‘open-weight’ AI models

Artificial Intelligence

Is there light at the end of the stalemate on resuming spectrum auctions?

Defense

House Appropriators, Federal workforce, Congress Debt Limit

Congress aims to reauthorize Commerce telecom agency for first time in three decades

IT Modernization

FILE - A 5G sign placed at the Orange booth during the Mobile World Congress 2021 in Barcelona, Spain, on June, 29, 2021. A European Union watchdog warned on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022 that the EU faces much bigger economic and security threats unless member countries step up cooperation. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

The Commerce Department pushes for greater utility in the 5-G spectrum

Technology

Rob Cannon Photo/Rob Cannon

Accelerating Government with ACT-IAC – Episode 25: Climate Change

Accelerating Government

After a long-term study, evidence-based decisions need trustworthy data

Open Data/Transparency

broadband, spectrum, telecommunication. National Telecommunications and Information Administration, workers, NTIA

A former Commerce official on the internet policy work yet to be done

Technology

This image provided by Apple shows Apple CEO Tim Cook making a presentation on 5G and the new iPhone 12, which was unveiled Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. A much-hyped network upgrade called “5G” means different things to different people. To industry proponents, it’s the next huge innovation in wireless internet. To the U.S. government, it’s the backbone technology of a future that America will wrestle with China to control. To many average people, it’s simply a mystery. (Apple via AP)

DoD offering up to $3 million to help make 5G more compatible

Defense

FILE - This Feb. 25, 2019 file photo shows a banner of the 5G network is displayed during the Mobile World Congress wireless show, in Barcelona, Spain. The U.S. communications regulator will hold a massive auction to bolster 5G service, the next generation of mobile networks, and will spend $20 billion for rural internet. 5G will mean faster wireless speeds and has implications for technologies like self-driving cars and augmented reality. The Federal Communications Commission said Friday, April 12, that it would hold the largest auction in U.S. history, of 3,400 megahertz, to boost wireless companies’ networks. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

NTIA, FCC need updated spectrum agreements for 5G, GAO says

Technology

Industry presses for more time on cyber EO’s software transparency initiative

Industry is concerned about an initiative under President Biden’s executive order that could lead to requirements for a “software bill of materials.”

Cybersecurity

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2020, file photo a Boeing 777X airplane takes off on its first flight with the Olympic Mountains in the background at Paine Field in Everett, Wash. Boeing on Wednesday, May 27, is cutting more than 12,000 jobs through layoffs and buyouts as the coronavirus pandemic seizes the travel industry. And the aircraft maker says more cuts are coming. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File).

DoD study suggests it’s very hard to contract COVID-19 on an airplane

According to the study, under normal conditions on a commercial jetliner, it would take several consecutive days onboard an aircraft for one COVID-infected…

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J., speaks during a House Committee on Energy and Commerce on the Trump administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)

Lawmakers wonder why Commerce isn’t playing bigger role in creating national 5G network

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee have questions for the Commerce Department regarding it’s lack of standing in owning and operating a national 5G network.