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Book SynopsisThe Department of Commerce operates two telecommunications research laboratories located at the Department of Commerce's Boulder, Colorado, campus: the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA's) Institute for Telecommunications Sciences (ITS) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST's) Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL). ITS serves as a principal federal resource for solving the telecommunications concerns of federal agencies, state and local governments, private corporations and associations, standards bodies, and international organizations. ITS could provide an essential service to the nation by being a principal provider of instrumentation and spectrum measurement services; however, the inter-related shortages of funding, staff, and a coherent strategy limits its ability to fully function as a research laboratory. This report examines the institute's performance, resources, and capabilities and the extent to which these mee
Table of Contents1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 History of the Boulder Telecommunications Laboratories; 4 2 Assessment of the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences; 5 3 Collaboration at the Boulder Telecommunications Laboratories; 6 4 National Telecommunication Research Needs and the Future Role of the Boulder Telecommunications Laboratories; 7 Appendix A: Statement of Task; 8 Appendix B: Committee Biographies; 9 Appendix C: Briefers to the Committee; 10 Appendix D: The Value and Use of Wireless Technology; 11 Appendix E: Acronyms
