Federal CTO Says Congress is on Verge of Passing Spectrum Measure

摘要

The federal chief technology officer said Congress is “really close” to passing spectrum nlegislation in a bill to extend a cut in the payroll tax. House-Senate conference negotiations nover the bill probably will pull in spectrum, CTO Aneesh Chopra said at a Politico event. He nsaid he sees “bipartisan agreement” on voluntary incentive auctions. Chopra supports FCC nChairman Julius Genachowski's request to allow flexibility for the commission to shape auction nrules, because it's the expert agency on spectrum. There's growing consensus to provide nabout $7 billion for the public safety network, he said. President Barack Obama “in no way nwants a public safety system that doesn’t take advantage" of tihe of latest communications ntechnology, Chopra said. The White House prefers the Senate’s approach to spectrum nlegislation, he said.