National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Located within the Department of Commerce, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is the Executive Branch agency principally responsible by law for advising the President on telecommunications and information policy issues. NTIA's programs and policymaking focus on securing U.S. dominance in next-generation technologies, promoting efficient use of spectrum to advance America’s national and economic security, ensuring universal broadband availability in America, enhancing public safety communications, conducting cutting-edge research to inform technology policy decisions, and ensuring that the internet remains an engine for free expression and American-led innovation. These goals are critical to maximizing America’s digital infrastructure and ensuring our global economic leadership and national security. **Specific NTIA activities include:** - Accelerating the commercial sector's innovative use of spectrum, and NTIA's more efficient management of spectrum, by improving spectrum management and promoting more efficient use by both commercial and federal users; - Administering grant programs that ensure the universal availability of broadband in America; - Advancing policies that promote U.S. leadership in digital commerce and next generation technologies, foster innovation, promote free markets, and enhance U.S. economic and national security through both domestic and internationally focused efforts; - Promoting the stability and security of the internet’s domain name system through its participation on behalf of the U.S. government in Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) activities; and - Performing telecommunications research and engineering with both Federal government and private sector partners. ? In addition to working with other Executive Branch agencies to develop Administration positions, NTIA represents the Executive Branch in both domestic and international telecommunications and information policy activities.