The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) provides research and development support for theNational Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) by performing basic research inradio science that provides the technical foundation for NTIA’s policy development and spectrummanagement activities, as well as solves telecommunications challenges for other Federal agencies, stateand local Governments, private corporations and associations, and international organizations.Additionally, ITS addresses emerging telecommunications, information technology, and securitychallenges and contributes to the creation of telecommunications standards that support the full and faircompetitiveness of the U.S. communications and information technology business sectors.
