National Telecommunications and Information Administration

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United States federal agency government organization

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is a U.S. government agency responsible for advising the President on telecommunications and information policy and managing federal use of spectrum.

Aliases (4)

NTIA ×3
Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration ×1
National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act ×1
Office of Spectrum Management ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal agency → government organization →
abbreviation	NTIA →
advises	President of the United States →
appliesToJurisdiction	United States →
budget	United States federal budget appropriation →
collaboratesWith	Federal Communications Commission → Federal agencies using radio spectrum →
coordinatesWith	National Telecommunications and Information Council →
country	United States →
employer	Alan Davidson →
fieldOfWork	broadband policy → information policy → internet policy → radio spectrum management → telecommunications policy →
foundedBy	United States Congress →
hasAuthorityOver	federal government spectrum users →
hasPart	Institute for Telecommunication Sciences → Office of International Affairs → Office of Policy Analysis and Development → Office of Spectrum Management →
headOfGovernmentBody	Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
inception	1978 →
jurisdiction	United States federal government →
legalForm	executive agency →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia →
missionStatement	to advise the President on telecommunications and information policy issues → to expand broadband internet access and adoption in the United States → to manage the federal government’s use of radio spectrum →
oversight	federal spectrum assignments →
ownedBy	United States government →
parentAgency	United States Department of Commerce →
participatesIn	International Telecommunication Union activities →
partOf	Executive Branch of the United States government →
positionHeld	Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information →
regulates	federal use of radio frequencies →
replaces	Office of Telecommunications Policy →
responsibleFor	administering certain broadband grant programs → developing national telecommunications and information policy → managing federal spectrum use → representing the U.S. government in international telecommunications matters →
subsidiaryAgency	Institute for Telecommunication Sciences →
topicOf	U.S. broadband deployment programs → U.S. spectrum allocation policy → telecommunications regulation in the United States →
website	https://www.ntia.gov/ →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Federal Communications Commission → National Telecommunications and Information Council →	collaboratesWith
Institute for Telecommunication Sciences → Office of International Affairs (NTIA) →	parentOrganization
Office of International Affairs (NTIA) → Office of Policy Analysis and Development →	partOf
Office of Telecommunications Policy → Office of Telecommunications Policy ("NTIA") →	replacedBy
National Telecommunications and Information Administration ("NTIA") →	abbreviation
National Telecommunications and Information Council →	advises
Institute for Telecommunication Sciences →	affiliation
Alan Davidson →	employer
National Telecommunications and Information Administration ("Office of Spectrum Management") →	hasPart
IANA Naming Function Contract →	hasParty
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information →	heads
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information ("National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act") →	legalBasis
Institute for Telecommunication Sciences →	operatedBy
IANA Naming Function Contract ("NTIA") →	oversightBy
U.S. Department of Commerce →	parentAgencyOf
Alan Davidson ("Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration") →	positionHeld
Office of International Affairs (NTIA) →	represents
Office of Telecommunications Policy →	successor