NTIA Needs Congressional Help on Spectrum Authority: Marcus
NTIA may need Capitol Hill's help addressing spectrum authority issues, Michael Marcus, former FCC engineer and adjunct professor at Northeastern University, said in comments to NTIA on a national spectrum strategy. Section 323 of the Communications Act, which addresses interference…
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issues, has never been amended, runs to just 214 words and uses terms that are “woefully anachronistic,” Marcus said. NTIA should request legislation replacing Section 323 with “legislative guidance on how the President and FCC resolve their respective rules.” But Marcus noted that crafting and approving legislation is difficult and it is rarely able to keep pace with a changing industry. One key issue is improving agency confidence in NTIA decisions, he said. NTIA and the FCC need additional resources to do a “more objective and timely analysis of the technical issues in spectrum sharing,” Marcus added.