National Telecommunication and Information Administration (NTIA): The Promoter of Digital Humanities and Sociology-A Case Study

P.K. Paul¹ , P.S. Aithal² , A. Bhuimali³ , Krishna Raj⁴

1. DCIS, Raiganj University, Raiganj, India.
2. Vice Chancellor, Srinivas University, Mangalore, India.
3. Vice Chancellor, Raiganj University, Raiganj, India.
4. CESP, Institute of Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru, India.

Correspondence should be addressed to: prantoshkpaul@gmail.com.

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Isroset-Journal
Vol.5 , Issue.4 , pp.24-27, Aug-2017

Online published on Aug 20, 2017

Copyright © P.K. Paul, P.S. Aithal, A. Bhuimali, Krishna Raj . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
National Telecommunication and Information Administration (NTIA) is a prominentnodal agencyin the United States which is under the Department of Commerce which is responsible for the technological innovation and promotion of digital innovation for economic development in the US and other countries.It is associated with many other internet and information infrastructure and networks of related associations which include the ISOC, RIR, ICANN, IETF, IGF and also other non-profit making internet and technology related organization such as IEEE, ACM. This plays an executive role principally responsible and dedicated to the telecommunication and other information related policy matters. This paper aims to overviewthe aims, objectives and function of the National Telecommunication and Information Administration (NTIA) with a paradigm shift in the telecommunication and information technology policy towards economic growth with an analysis ofthe past and present activities.This paper also highlights the structure and activities which are aimed at realizing digital innovation and economic growth.

Key-Words / Index Term :
National Telecommunication and Information Administration, NTIA, Telecommunication Policies, Development, Information Policies, IT, Knowledge Management, Internet Governance, Information Infrastructure, United States

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