Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis

							                              Office of Strategic
                                   Planning and
                                 Policy Analysis

         Commission Report on
 2003 Accomplishments and 2004 Outlook
Federal Communications Commission
Agenda Meeting
Thursday, January 15, 2004
                               FCC Strategic Goals

                                     Broadband
                        Modernize
                           the                     Competition
                          FCC
                                      Modernize
                                        Public
                                      Homeland
                                        Media
                                     Broadband
                                      Spectrum
                                          the
                                     Competition
                                       Interest
                                       Security
                                         FCC
                         Homeland                   Spectrum
                          Security

                                       Media

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                                  Strategic Goals
                          Foundation to Advancing Public Interest

• Policy Path to                             FCC Strategic Goals
  Digital Future
                                                           Broadband

• Guide for FCC                                Modernize
                                                  the                  Competition
                                                 FCC
  Work                                                       Public
                                                            Interest
                                               Homeland
• Investment, Job                               Security               Spectrum


  Creation, and                                             Media



  Economic Growth

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                                   Working Together


                               OSP                 OMD
                       • Policy                 • Budget
                       • Planning               • Resources
                       • Strategy               • Operations



                               Integrating Policy and Budget

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                               Better Agency Management

• Focus on Strategic Goals
                                                FCC Strategic Goals
     – Tie Budget and Resources to Goals
• Strengthen “Good Management”                   Modernize
                                                    the
                                                             Broadband


                                                                         Competition
                                                   FCC

  Practices                                      Homeland
                                                               Public
                                                              Interest




     – Measure Operations Performance
                                                  Security               Spectrum

                                                              Media


       Towards Goals
                                                   Perform, Measure,
• Provide Feedback for Strategic Plan                and Report




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                               OSP Mission

 The Office of Strategic Planning and
 Policy Analysis is responsible for working
 with the Chairman, Commissioners,
 Bureaus and Offices on the short- and
 long-term policy objectives of the agency.



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                        An Interdisciplinary Staff of 26
               14   JDs
               10   PhDs
                                      1.7 Advanced
               10   MAs                Degrees per
                2  MSs
            +   3   MBAs              Professional!
              39 Advanced Degrees




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                               Interdisciplinary Expertise

                                      OET
                                MB            IB

                        EB                         WTB
                                      OSP
                    WCB                            OCBO


                           OMD                 OLA
                                   OGC CGB
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                               Practical Contributions to
                                      Proceedings
                                                                        FCC Strategic Goals
• Base of Observations and                                                                               Broadband


  Knowledge                                                                        Modernize
                                                                                      the
                                                                                     FCC
                                                                                                                       Competition

                                                                                                           Public
                                                                                                          Interest


• Trends and the State of the                                                     Homeland
                                                                                   Security

                                                                                                          Media
                                                                                                                        Spectrum




  Industry
• Empirical Measurements to                           Federal Communications Commission                                   Federal Communications Commission
                                                      Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis                    Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis




  Quantify Progress
                                                      445 12th Street, SW                                                 445 12th Street, SW
                                                      Washington, DC 20554                                                Washington, DC 20554




                                                   OSP Working Paper Series                                            OSP Working Paper Series

                                                                                                                         Unlicensed and Unshackled
                                              40     Dynamic Pricing and                                          39     A Joint OSP-OET White Paper
                                                     Investment from Static                                              on Unlicensed Devices and
                                                     Proxy Models                                                        Their Regulatory Issues

                                                     September 2003                                                      May 2003

                                              David M. Mandy                                                      Kenneth R. Carter
                                              William W. Sharkey                                                  Ahmed Lahjouji
                                                                                                                  Neal McNeil




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                   Collaboration with Industry and
                              Academia
                                                     FCC Strategic Goals
• Uniquely Positioned                                             Broadband
                                                      Modernize
                                                         the


• Intellectual Capital
                                                                              Competition
                                                        FCC
                                                                    Public
                                                                   Interest
                                                      Homeland
                                                       Security               Spectrum




• Stimulate Direct                                                 Media




  Opportunities
                                                      Third Combinatorial Auction and
                               The Road to                 Exchange Conference
                               Convergence
                               Conference

                                  January 22, 2004


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                               OSP’s 2004 Objectives
• Plan for the Future
• Integrate and
  Harmonize Policy
  Approaches across
  Bureaus/Offices
• Enable Better Informed
  Decisions
• Advance FCC Strategic
  Goals
       “We’re trying to catch the wave before it hits us.”
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    Thank you.

Have a great New Year!