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''' | The '''National Telecommunications and Information Administration''' ('''NTIA''') is an agency for the United States Department of Commerce ([[DOC]]) that acts as the Executive Branch, responsible for recommending the United States President on various telecommunications and information policies. NTIA was formed in 1978 with an aim to work with other Executive Branch Agencies on crucial issues regarding telecommunications and information policies and also to report the administration’s current role and position in this policies and issues. | ||
NTIA has been always at the forefront of critical issues and have played an important role in providing the guidelines to create and execute new policies to address these issues. It also represents the Executive Branch in national and international telecommunications and information policy activities. NTIA also oversees Federal use of spectrum, it does research on various telecommunications and engineering related fields. It also manages the resolution of issues between the government and the private sector related to telecommunications and also provides grants to infrastructure and public telecommunications facilities. <ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/about.html ntia.doc.gov]About</ref> | NTIA has been always at the forefront of critical issues and have played an important role in providing the guidelines to create and execute new policies to address these issues. It also represents the Executive Branch in national and international telecommunications and information policy activities. NTIA also oversees Federal use of spectrum, it does research on various telecommunications and engineering related fields. It also manages the resolution of issues between the government and the private sector related to telecommunications and also provides grants to infrastructure and public telecommunications facilities. <ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/about.html ntia.doc.gov]About</ref> | ||