National Institute of Standards and Technology

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130 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL

The National Telecommunications and

Information Administration (NTIA) was

established in 1978 by Reorganization

Plan No. 1 of 1977 (5 U.S.C. app.)

and Executive Order 12046 of March

27, 1978 (3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p.

158), by combining the Off‌ice of

Telecommunications Policy of the

Executive Off‌ice of the President and

the Off‌ice of Telecommunications

of the Department of Commerce to

form a new agency reporting to the

Secretary of Commerce. NTIA operates

under the authority of the National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration Organization Act (47

U.S.C. 901).

NTIA’s principal responsibilities

and functions include serving as the

principal executive branch adviser to

the President on telecommunications

and information policy; developing

and presenting U.S. plans and policies

at international communications

conferences and related meetings;

prescribing policies for and managing

Federal use of the radio frequency

spectrum; serving as the principal

Federal telecommunications research

and engineering laboratory, through

NTIA’s Institute for Telecommunication

Sciences, headquartered in Boulder, CO;

administering Federal programs to assist

telecommunication facilities, public

safety organizations, and the general

public with the transition to digital

broadcasting; providing grants through

the Broadband Technology Opportunities

Program to increase broadband

accessibility in underserved areas of

the United States; and providing grants

through the Public Telecommunications

Facilities Program to extend delivery or

public telecommunications services to

U.S. citizens, to increase ownership and

management by women and minorities,

and to strengthen the capabilities of

existing public broadcasting stations to

provide telecommunications services.

Sources of Information

Publications Since 1970, several

hundred technical reports and

memoranda, special publications,

contractor reports, and other information

products have been published by

NTIA or its predecessor agency. The

publications are available from the

National Telecommunications and

Information Administration, Department

of Commerce, Washington, DC

20230 (phone, 202–482–1551); or

the National Telecommunications and

Information Administration, Institute

for Telecommunication Sciences,

Department of Commerce, Boulder, CO

80302 (phone, 303–497–3572). More

information can be obtained by visiting

the Web site at www.ntia.doc.gov.

For further information, contact the National Telecommunications and Information Administration,

Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. Phone, 202–482–1551. Internet, http://www.ntia.doc.

gov.

National Institute of Standards and Technology

100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899

Phone, 301–975–2300. TTY, 800–877–8339. Internet, http://www.nist.gov.

Under Secretary for Standards and Technology

and Director

PATRICK D. GALLAGHER

Associate Director for Management Resources DAVID ROBINSON

Associate Director for Innovation and Industry

Services

PHILLIP SINGERMAN

Associate Director for Lab Programs and

Principal Deputy

WILLIE E. MAY

The National Institute of Standards and

Technology (NIST) operates under the

authority of the National Institute of

Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C.