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InternetNews June 25, 2004 Roy Mark	White House Issues Spectrum Policy Proposals Bush administration calls for limiting spectrum interference protections. The goal is universal, affordable access to broadband by 2007.
InternetNews January 5, 2010	Obama Administration Calls for Spectrum Reform Filing from key Commerce Department agency echoes Justice Department appeal and could set the stage for a lively political fight.
National Defense October 2014 Stew Magnuson	DoD Relinquishes Spectrum to Sate Wireless Industry Demands The Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration were asked to free up 500 megahertz of federal and non-federal spectrum by 2020 in order to make it available for fixed and mobile wireless communications.
Wired February 2004 John Geirland	The Quiet Zone Cell phones, pagers, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth -- the wireless revolution is everywhere. Except here, a site in rural West Virginia virtually free of man-made electromagnetic pollution, the perfect place for studying radio waves from space. But it's a tough job keeping the spectrum quiet.
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IEEE Spectrum April 2011 K.J. Ray Liu	Cognitive Radio and Game Theory As our radios get smarter, they'll be competing for overcrowded airwaves. Game theory can make them cooperate.
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National Defense February 2011 Stew Magnuson	Supporters of D Block Auction Plan Fire Back at Critics Advocates of the Federal Communications Commission's plan to sell unused portions of spectrum that would be reserved for first-responder broadband systems are urging that an auction of the valuable airwaves move forward this year.
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National Defense January 2011 Stew Magnuson	Military Expected To Share Airwaves As Wireless Market Explodes As the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Commerce begin a desperate search to free up airwaves, U.S. military officials concede that they are going to have to relinquish exclusive control over some of the frequency bands in which the services currently operate.
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