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GAO-08-846R 1 (2008-09-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptawtz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: S=GAO Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 September 9, 2008 Congressional Committees Subject: Assessment of the Explanation That Immigration and Customs Enforcement Provided for Its Subsequent Transfer from the Spectrum Relocation Fund Congress has taken a number of steps to facilitate the deployment of innovative, new commercial wireless services to consumers, including authorizing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to assign licenses through auctions and requiring more spectrum to be transferred from federal government use to commercial use. In addition, in 2004, Congress passed the Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act (CSEA),' which established a Spectrum Relocation Fund (the Fund) to cover the costs incurred by federal entities within certain spectrum bands as they relocate to new frequency assignments or transition to alternative technologies.2 The Fund is administered by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in consultation with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the Department of Commerce. In September 2006, FCC concluded an auction of licenses for Advanced Wireless Services on radio spectrum in the 1710 megahertz (MHz) to 1755 MHz band that is currently used by federal agencies. The auction raised almost $6.9 billion in net winning bids from the sale of these frequencies, which was deposited into the Fund to be available to the federal entities for their eligible relocation expenses.4 Any auction proceeds remaining in the Fund after payment of relocation costs are to revert to the General Fund of the U.S. Treasury not later than 8 years after the date of their deposit.5 'Title II of Pub. L. No. 108-494, 118 Stat. 3986, 3991-3997 (Dec. 23, 2004). 2Eligible relocation expenses are those costs incurred by a federal entity to achieve comparable capability of systems, regardless of whether that capability is achieved by relocating to a new frequency assignment or utilizing an alternative technology. 47 U.S.C. § 923(g)(3). 3NTIA's Office of Spectrum Management is responsible for managing the federal government's use of radio frequency spectrum. 4The 1710-1755 MHz band of spectrum was paired with the 2110-2155 MHz band for the auction. Although the auction raised $13.7 billion, the portion of the auction proceeds associated with the transferred government spectrum amounted to almost $6.9 billion and was deposited into the Fund. '47 U.S.C. § 928(d)(3). GAO-08-846R Spectrum Relocation Fund Subsequent Transfer to ICE

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