Letters and Meetings
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| November 19, 2009 | Letter from Justin Rodriguez, Intergovernmental Relations Council Committee, San Antonio, TX, to John Morabito. | (PDF) |
| November 5, 2009 | NTIA participated in a meeting with FiberTower and Dutko Worldwide to discuss policy issues to be addressed in the second round of BTOP funding. | Summary (PDF) |
| September 24, 2009 | Letter from Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak to Assistant Secretary Lawrence E. Strickling. | (PDF) |
| September 23, 2009 | NTIA participated in a meeting of various consumer and public interest organizations to provide an update on the BTOP program. | Summary (PDF) |
| September 22, 2009 | Representatives of NATOA discussed potential rule revisions for the second round of funding under the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program. |
Summary (PDF) |
| September 18, 2009 | NTIA met with representatives of the American Library Association and National LamdaRail. The discussion centered on the second round of funding under BTOP, specifically with respect to potential rule changes. | Summary (PDF) |
| September 17, 2009 | US Conference of Mayors' letter to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke -- Urging "careful attention to reconsidering the restrictive criteria that requires public safety and anchor institutions meet an underserved or unserved test before being eligible for broadband funding in the first round of the Broadband Technology and Opportunities Program (BTOP)..." | (PDF) |
| September 17, 2009 | NTlA met with CEO and others from British Telecom (BT) to discuss NTIA's policy priorities on open access (in particular "special access") and competitive supply in U.S. broadband markets, as well as to discuss the UK's Digital Britain broadband plan. | Summary (PDF) |
| September 8, 2009 | Letter from Providence Mayor David Cicilline to Secretary Gary Locke. | (PDF) |
| September 8, 2009 | Letter from the Sandoval County Administrative Offices to Secretary Gary Locke and Secretary Tom Vilsack. | (PDF) |
| September 2, 2009 | Letter from Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to Secretary Gary Locke. | (PDF) |
| September 1, 2009 | Letter from Sonoma County Public Safety Commission Joint Powers Authority to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke – urging change to the grant guidelines/requirements for the Recovery Act Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) for the next round of funding. | (PDF) |
| August 11, 2009 | Letter from Hawaii State Legislature to Assistant Secretary Lawrence E. Strickling, NTIA, "endorsing the recommendations made by the Schools, Health and Libraries Coalition...; and encourage the NTIA to issue an addendum to its NOFA and application deadlines regarding the importance of service to state anchor institutions." | (PDF) |
| August 10, 2009 | Letter from Commissioner Paul J. Coscgrave, NYC Information Technology & Telecommuncations, to Assistant Secretary Lawrence E. Strickling. | (PDF) |
| August 6, 2009 | Letter stating that the undersigned associations and three largest providers of broadband service, remain committed to helping NTIA complete the important and difficult task of mapping broadband availability and believe that the modifications suggested above will improve and expedite these efforts. While we have expressed other concerns, we have limited this proposal to those that we are most confident will in no way detract from achieving NTIA’s goals. If the agency is willing to implement these modifications, we would commit to encouraging the full cooperation of our companies and member companies in providing data to the state mapping awardees. | (PDF) |
| August 4, 2009 | The participants discussed the following issues in the context of the broadband mapping Notice of Funds Availability: granularity of data reporting requirements with respect to broadband availability, speed, and infrastructure; and the scope of public disclosure of data collected from broadband providers. | Summary (PDF) |
| August 3, 2009 | Letter from the Chatman County Board of Commissioners, to David J. Villano, Rural Utilities Service, requesting that the challenges rural areas face in meeting the BIP or BTOP requirements are considered in any subsequent rounds of funding. | (PDF) |
| July 31, 2009 | The participants discussed the type, specificity, and use of broadband data that NTIA seeks to collect via the broadband mapping Notice of Funds Availability. | Summary (PDF) |
| July 29, 2009 | JANCO Partners Inc. Objection to "Sale or Lease of Project Assets" Provision in Notice of Funds Availability Issued July 2,2009 | EMail (PDF) |
| July 29, 2009 | Participants at the meeting discussed the following aspects of the broadband mapping NOFA: confidentiality of data, granularity of address-level broadband availability data requirements; reporting of braodband infrastructure deployment; report of provider revenue data; reporting of actual broadband speeds; and reporting or wireless frequency bands used by providers. | Summary (PDF) |
| July 24, 2009 | Letter from the Board of Officers and membership of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International to Assistant Secretary Lawrence E. Strickling. | (PDF) |
| July 23, 2009 | Letter from American Library Association to Assistant Secretary Lawrence E. Strickling. | (PDF) |
| July 22, 2009 | Fred Humphries, Managing Director of Federal Government Affairs, and Paul Boyd, Regulatory Counsel, expressed Microsoft's support of BTOP funding for libraries and other anchor institutions. We also discussed the tentative timeline for the second and third BTOP application windows and the process by which NTIA might seek additional public comment concerning the program. | Summary (PDF) |
| July 20, 2009 | Letter from US Telecom to Assistant Secretary Lawrence E. Strickling. | (PDF) |
| July 16, 2009 | Letter from Media and Democracy Coalition to Assistant Secretary Lawrence E. Strickling. | (PDF) |
| July 14, 2009 | Letter from Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition to Lawrence E. Strickling requesting that NTIA issue an addendum to the NOFA and to the application guidelines recognizing the importance of service to anchor institutions and reflecting the points noted in the letter. | (PDF) |
| July 14, 2009 | Letter from Broadband Opportunity Coalition to Secretary Gary Locke and Secretary Tom Vilsack. | (PDF) |
| July 2, 2009 | Letter from President of 360 Networks to Secretary Gary Locke. | (PDF) |
| June 22, 2009 | Letter from Infinera Corporation discussing the "Buy American" provision. | (PDF) |
| June 23, 2009 | Meeting between the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition and NTIA Chief of Staff Tom Power |
Meeting Summary (DOC) |
| June 19, 2009 | Ex Parte Meeting between Sand Cherry Associates and NTIA | Meeting Summary (DOCX) SCA Presentation (PPT) |
| June 17, 2009 | Ex Parte Meeting between representatives from National Association of Regional Councils, POCKETS Distributed Workplace Alternative, Inc and NTIA |
Meeting Summary (DOC) |
| June 4, 2009 | State of Alaska meeting with NTIA | Meeting Summary (DOC) |
| May 27, 2009 | DC Office of the Chief Technology Officer - Intergovernmental Initiatives |
Meeting Summary (PDF) |
| May 20, 2009 | Meeting between representatives of ADTRAN, Inc. and staff from NTIA's domestic policy office | Meeting Summary (DOC) |
| May 20, 2009 | Rey Ramsey, CEO of One Economy Corporation, spoke with Tom Power of NTIA | Meeting Summary (DOC) |
| May 19, 2009 | Telephone conversation between John Marinho, Alcatel-Lucent, and John Morabito, NTIA | Conversation Summary (PDF) |
| May 19, 2009 | Meetings between NTIA and Congressional Offices | Memo (PDF) |
| May 18, 2009 | Meeting with Hispanic Communications Network | Meeting Summary (DOC) |
| May 14, 2009 | Telephone conversation between Jeffrey Campbell, Cisco Systems, and John Morabito, NTIA | Conversation Summary (DOC) |
| May 13, 2009 | Ex Parte Telephone Conversation between NTIA and TIA | Conversation Summary (DOC) |
| May 7, 2009 | Ex Parte Meeting with Officials from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | Meeting Summary (PDF) Presentation (PDF) Broadband Stimulus Initiative (PPT) |
| May 5, 2009 | Ex Parte contact on May 5, 2009 to NTIA's Office of Congressional Affairs, from Kevin Overmyer, Marshall County (Indiana) Commissioner regarding the Marshall County Metronet | Meeting Summary (PPT) |
| May 1, 2009 | Conversation between John Marinho, Vice President of Public Affairs for Alcatel-Lucent Americas, and Mark Seifert, NTIA | Conversation Summary (DOC) |
| May 1, 2009 | Discussion between Debbie Goldman, Communications Workers of America, and Mark Seifert, NTIA | Meeting Summary (PDF) |
| May 1, 2009 | Telephone conversation between Jeffrey Campbell, Cisco Sytems, and Mark Seifert, NTIA | Conversation Summary (DOC) |
| April 28, 2009 | Meeting between Broadband Diversity Supporters, White House staff memebers Susan Crawford, National Economic Council and Dr. David Washington, Office of Public Liasion | Meeting Summary (PDF) |
| April 24, 2009 | Meeting between NTIA and representatives of multiple New York State agencies | Meeting Summary (DOC) |
| April 23, 2009 | Meeting between NTIA and Delta Regional Authority | Meeting Summary (DOCX) |
| April 23, 2009 | Meeting between NTIA and Congressional Offices | Meeting Summary (DOC) |
| April 23, 2009 | Meeting between NTIA and National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners' | Meeting Summary (PDF) NTIA Advocay Materials (PDF) |
| April 22, 2009 | Telephone meeting with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Conversation Summary (DOC) |
| April 22, 2009 | Meeting between NTIA and City of Chicago | Meeting Summary (DOC) Presentation (PPTX) |
| April 21, 2009 | Email from Gregory L. Rosston, Deputy Director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research to Susan Crawford of the National Economic Council | Meeting Summary (DOC) |
| April 20, 2009 | Meeting between NTIA and Gregory L. Rosston, Deputy Director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research | Meeting Summary (DOC) |
| April 17, 2009 | Meeting between Gregory L. Rosston, Deputy Director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and personnel from NTIA, RUS, OMB, FCC and the National Economic Council | Meeting Summary (DOC) |
| April 15, 2009 | Ex Parte Submission by Empiris | Proposal (DOC) Richmond Total Broadband (JPG) Richmond HH Income Broadband Coverage (JPG) |
| April 14, 2009 | Meeting between NTIA staff and David Townsend and Dr. Mark Kennet | Meeting Summary (DOC) Broadband Model Overview (PPT) Implementing the Broadband Stimulus (DOC) |
| April 14, 2009 | Meeting between NTIA and Minority Media Telecommunications Counsel | Meeting Summary (PDF) Email 1 (PDF) Email 1 Attachment (PDF) Email 2 (PDF) Email 3 (PDF) Email 4 (PDF) Email 5 (PDF) Email 6 (PDF) |
| April 8, 2009 | Meeting between NTIA staff and representatives of the New York City Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications | Meeting Summary (DOC) Presentation (PDF) |
| April 8, 2009 | Meeting between NTIA and Apex | Meeting Summary (DOC) |
| April 7, 2009 | Meeting between NTIA Staff and Center for Innovative Technology | Meeting Summary (DOC) |
| April 7, 2009 | Meeting between NTIA Staff and ConnectArkansas | Meeting Summary (DOC) |
| April 1, 2009 | Meeting between NTIA and The Vermont Office of Economic Stimulus | Meeting Summary (DOC) |
| March 27, 2009 | Meeting between NTIA and The Vermont Office of Economic Stimulus | Meeting Summary (DOC) |
| March 24, 2009 | Telephone conversation between Mark Seifert, NTIA, and representatives of Alcatel-Lucent | Conversation Summary (DOC) |
| March 23, 2009 | Telephone conversation between Mark Seifert, NTIA, and Jeffrey Campbell of Cisco Systems | Conversation Summary (DOC) |
| March 23, 2009 | Meeting between NTIA Staff and the Massachusetts Dept of Telecommunications & Cable | Meeting Summary (DOC) Cover Letter (PDF) Maps (PPTX) Broadband Data Reply Comments (PDF) Mapping Slides (PPT) |
| March 20, 2009 | Meeting between NTIA Domestic Policy Staff and Space Data | Meeting Summary (DOC) |
| March 20, 2009 | Meeting Between NTIA Staff and Pew Internet Study | Meeting Summary (DOC) |
| March 18, 2009 | Meeting between NTIA and the California Public Utility Commission | Meeting Summary (DOC) |
| March 17, 2009 | Telephone meeting with Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson and Staff | Conversation Summary (DOC) |
| March 12, 2009 | Meeting between NTIA Domestic Policy Staff and representatives of Apex CoAdvantage | Meeting Summary (DOC) Mapping Presentation To NTIA (PDF) Charlotte Blocks and Tracts (XSLX) Charlotte Tracts (XLSX) |
| March 11, 2009 | Meeting between NTIA Domestic Policy Staff and CostQuest Associates | Meeting Summary (DOC) Presentation (PDF) |
| March 4, 2009 | Meeting between NTIA Domestic Policy Staff and representatives of Connected Nation | Meeting Summary (DOC) |
