um, what will be ntia's role in developing that network? >> guest: well, congress in its wisdom determined to hand that assignment off to ntia in terms of standing up a new organization first net which will be an independent authority within ntia consisting of a board of 15 people including the attorney general, the secretary of homeland security and the head of omb, and their mission will be to design, build and operate a national, interoperable public safety network. this is something that we've known has needed to be done for years. it was a recommendation from the 9/11 commission to improve the interoperability of these public safety communications. frankly, we owe it to our first responders to give them a modern communications network, and that's exactly what this legislation does. so, um, so congress created firstnet, put it under ntia and then indicated that $7 billion from auction revenues would be made available to firstnet to go ahead and design and construct this network. so we're in the process right now of putting together the

sfo >> so ntia does not have an office at spectrum? >> no, the fact we are reallocating for spectrum use is that much of that can be considered for option by the f.c.c. in addition there is an opportunity to look for some spectrum that might be made available for unlicensed use. congress directed us to take a look at a couple bands up in the 5 gig hertz range which is typically higher than what the commercial cellular industry would use today. but we are going to be studying that pursuant to the legislation with an idea that it might be made available for unlicensed use which would allow anyone to come in and use that to try out new technologies, new ideas. new technologies, new ideas. which, of course, has led to the development of wifi in this country. that was the use of unlicensed spectrum, and frankly, i don't think any of us, including the existing cellular carriers could exist today without the robust wifi service that's available today. i know your agency recommended in february that there was no practical, immediate solution t

the ntia, national telecommunications and information administration at the commerce department, the president's adviser on telecommunications and information policy issues, has a notice out, i think it actually closes today, soliciting public input on what issues this multistakeholder process should start to look at and how to run the process. ethink you can expect in the next couple of months you'll be hearing from ntia about how those efforts will be handled. let me stress, though, that in our privacy blueprint the government, ntia here, is the convener, not the regulator or the decider about what privacy policies ought to be. we're looking to ntia to make sure there's a thoughtful discussion about how to implement the consumer privacy bill of rights in a specific context. looking to make sure that there's a fair and open table that issues get discussed carefully and everyone who wants to have input is able to do that. but at the end of the day it will be that process that will come to decide what these enforce able code of conduct are. ntia is not making that decision, does not h

that is a process we are going to manage that ntia. we just concluded a comment.were we asked industry as well as the consumer groups what topics we should take on what these codes and what process we should use. one of the issues will always be if you don't have someone making the decision at the end, how do you know and how do you reach consensus? how do you ensure transparency? how do you ensure that people have pulled visitation rights? >> these are things we want to get right. the they are just as important to the success of this effort is what we end up, which is the actual substance of a particular code of conduct. again, we are focusing on what we think is creating important protections for consumers in

how important is it not only for your view of success, in ntia's view of success but also meeting a level of adequacy when it comes to the european commission's privacy directive? >> it's an excellent question. i'd say that we think that a long run -- in the long run, legislation is essential here. and there's two reasons. first of all, i think that there was a sense in the mid '90s when we first engaged the question of internet privacy in the united states, that this was a very new environment, that we didn't want to certainly overregular late it, we wanted to allow it to continue to evolve and we still feel that way. i think what we've learned that is we actually, in the framework that we described in the legislative model that we described, that we can maintain the kind of flexibility for continued innovation while at the same time providing increased certainty for consumers. we think it's the right time to do this. we think that we have a decade or more of experience of this kind of interaction, and i think what we've learned from that decade that is consumers do want a clear sense of

. -- over to ntia for developing this program. the new board that congress establish will be set up in august and we are not sure yet exactly what will happen. we are continuing to move forward although ntia has cautioned us to slow down a little bit. we were trying to meet every single 1 of the federal deadlines because the original finding was -- funding was rf funding. we have to slow down. we did have a phone conversation with 1 of the undersecretaries in washington and i feel confident that will continue to move forward and we will be 1 of the first to build out our system. san francisco is 1 of 5 counties funded by the state of california to pilot the disaster program. this is a first in the nation effort to strengthen government- affiliated volunteer programs and integrate a volunteer resources. disaster core, we are hoping to get volunteers shortly. these volunteers will be able to do things for us that others cannot do because of the background checks and the classifications that they had as being a member of disaster cor

i'm glad ntia's coming out with their report. we'd like to have seen it last fall, but i think it's due out very, very soon, i'm told, and that's a good thing. we're knot done with spectrum, you know -- not done with spectrum, you know? we're at an important part of that where the legislation's now law, but government has a lot of spectrum. we're going to go very deeply on government spectrum as well. >> host: and greg walden is chairman of the commerce subcommittee on communications and technology, he has been our guest on "the communicators." chairman walden, thank you. tony romm of ""the politico"," thank you as well. >> guest: thank you. >> just ahead, richard cordray, director of the consumer financial protection bureau, on the new rules being considered by his agency. then a look at ballot initiatives effecting women in this year's elections. and later a white house official talks about the obama administration's proposal for protecting consumer data privacy. >> during the two week congressional recess, we'll be featuring s

a great deal of responsibility likes with ntia. there are pieces we'll work on at the fcc. we have a public safety and homeland security bureau that's very focus on it. making sure we harness modern communications for our first responders with the mobile broad band public safety network with next generation 911. with outboundmo

so congress created first put it under ntia and then indicated that $7 billion from auction revenues would be make available to first net to go ahead and design and construct this network. >> tonight national telecommunication and information administration head on spectrum policy and other telecommunications issues at 8:00 eastern on the communicators on c-span2. >> it's been nearly ten years since the release of robert caro's volume of the years of lyndon johnson. in a few weeks the fourth volume will be powered. here he is on q and a in 2008 with an update on how volume four was taking shape. >> this is really a book not just about lyndon johnson but about robert kennedy and jack kennedy and the interplay of their personalities particularly robert. and thest a very complicated story. but i don't think people know of two very complicated people and robert kennedy and lyndon johnson. and i had to really go into that and try to explain it. it is part of the story all the way through the end of jok's presidency. that's done and i suppose chronologically at the moment johnson is passin

so congress created first and put it under ntia and then indicated that $7 billion of auction revenue is made available to go ahead and design this network. >> tonight, national telecommunications and information administration head on telecommunications issues at 8:00 eastern on the communicators on c-span#. >> it's been nearly ten years since the release of robert caro's vom of "the years of lyndon johnson" and in just a few weeks, the fourth volume will be published. it follows 198 #'s "the path to power," means of asent in 1990" and 2003's "master the senate. here he is on q&a in 2008 with an update on how volume four is taking shape. >> this is really a book, not just about lyndon johnson but about jack kennedy and their personalities, particularly robert. and it's a very complicated story. i don't they people know of two very complicated people and robert kennedy and lyndon johnson. i had to really go into that and try to explain it. i suppose chronologically at the moment johnson is passing the 1965 voting rights act and that sort of in one way where i'm up to now. watch the re

i hope that the provisions of the states have a real altgeld provision and that ntia will recognize that. we were thinking you could leverage with the states and regions have already done which is to say we are interoperable and worked on the national basis. that's been diminished the way this came out. there's great value you get several states from others that have been building all the networks that are seeking waivers but now we are not sure under the law what they even have statutory authority to grant the waivers. so there's some things that still need to be worked out to the estimate the question is when do the members of congress in putting yourself a expect the nation to receive and outside of the areas. >> i think that clearly the d block so they don't have to wait for the incentive option we set up a way so they get funding earlier rather than leader based on future proceeds so they will be the first out of the box and the sooner the better. we want to make sure that they have this interoperable broadband wireless network that is the most sophisticated in the country and in th

let me stress though that in our privacy blueprint, the government, ntia here, really is the convener, not the regulator or the decider about what privacy policies ought to be. we are looking to ntia to make sure that there is a thoughtful discussion about how to implement the consumer privacy bill of rights in a specific context, looking to make sure that there is a fair and open table and issues get discussed carefully and everyone who wants to have input is able to do that. .. health information or financial privacy, we have lots of good privacy protection laws. we have an outstanding privacy protection enforcement authority but we have a pretty significant gap where there is actually no stat story privacy protection for consumers in the realm of general consumer, general commercial interactions. this is more or less everything that falls within the scope of the federal trade commission act section 5 authority. if the ftc find that a company has broken its promise in that context they obviously can begin an enforcement action, however, companies aren't obliged to make any particula

ntia is not making that decision. they do not have the authority to make that decision. they really will use itself is a convener of first and foremost. we have come along with this, the process that i described that we think can make a lot of progress, no one is going to be compelled to participate in that process, no company can be legally compelled to actually take on these additional privacy commitments. in our look at the privacy landscape, the legal landscape for privacy in the united states, what we found over the last two years -- while we have very strong privacy protection laws, as you know, in a number of different sectors, whether it is consumer credit, or help and financial privacy, we have lots of good laws. we have an outstanding privacy protection enforcement authority, but we have a pretty significant gap where there is actually no statutory privacy protection for consumers in the realm of general consumer -- general consumer interaction. this is more or less everything that falls within the scope of the federal trade commission act, section five authori

ntia administrator and jasmin melvin, telecommute patients reporter for reuters. thank you for being on the program. >> thank you. >> mr. clemons, once again, i remind you that you are under oath. why would laura pettit will number about the conversation? >> once again, a kinkiness remembers -- i would've known it but he would've done. [inaudible] he has come to me to ask about the events of it. on the five-year anniversary of the virginia tech shootings, members of gun violence prevention meant to talk about gun regulations. this is an hour and a half. >> good afternoon. i am dan gross, and i'm not just president of the brady campaign. but today my brother matthew gross and i are proud to be part of the 32. we want to welcome all of you here today. it is a beautiful day and an exciting day, but it is a somber day. five years ago today, 32 people were killed at virginia tech. in the worst mass shooting in u.s. history. but this is not just a somber day because of the tragic anniversary that it represents. it is a somber day because today, 32 more will be murdered

congress created first net, put it under ntia, and then indicated that $7 billion from auction revenuesld be made available to first net to go ahead and design and construct this network. >> tonight national telecommunications and information administration head, lawrence, on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. >> host: bob cusack is managing editor for "the hill" and mrs. shiner. biggest thing on the agenda? >> i think what you are going to see dominate are the two dueling tax plans, one from the senate, one from the house. we are going to start in the senate voting on the buffet rule which is the 30% tax on americans making more than $1 million. it fits into the democratic narrative of tax reform. you saw the democrats pushing it with recess with the variety of press call. they are focused on the message close to tax day. and later this week you'll be seeing the house republicans bring the small business tax bill to the floor. the effort is championed by eric cantor, both parties will use it to stake out their place. particularly in an election year and when the parties are tr

them a network and that is exactly what this legislation does so congress created first, put it under ntiad then indicated that $7 billion from auction revenues would be made available to first net to go ahead and design and construct this network. >> now to veterans tell their different experiences from getting help from the veterans administration to avoid homelessness. they spoke before the senate veterans affairs committee which also hears from homeless advocates. this hearing is chaired by senator patty murray. it's about an hour and 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning everyone. thank you all for joining us for this very important hearing today. you know it goes without saying that no one had the last sacrifice to serve our nation in uniform should ever be without a roof over their head, yet homelessness is a harsh reality for tens of thousands of veterans are going to thousand nine, secretary shinseki laid out the full scope of andy homelessness among veterans in five years. as we reached the halfway point today's hearing will examine the progress to date as well as

so congress created first net and put it under ntia and indicated $7 billion from auction revenues would be made available to first net to go ahead and design and construct this network. >> this year's studentcam competition asked students across the country what part of the constitution was important to them and why. today's third prize winner selected article i. >> tens of millions of copyrighted songs are being downloaded illegally today on these systems. these are businesses that have been set up for the purpose of permitting copyright infringement. ♪ . >> when the constitutional convention was held i highly doubt the founding fathers were concerned about the future of music. first mp3 player was not invented for 200 years. whether they knew it or not the copyright clause laid out in the constitution would set the foundation for the legality of music as we know it. >> in an initial sense we were looking idea of old patent office. i've got this invention. i've got this innovation. i've got this new moment and i want to take it into the office, this is stamp i own it and this is my inv