{"id":481,"date":"2025-07-02T19:12:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T19:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/?p=481"},"modified":"2025-07-02T23:50:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T23:50:45","slug":"scott-blake-harris-is-a-great-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/?p=481","title":{"rendered":"Scott Blake Harris is a Great Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-opt-id=1212964188  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/ml6vmqguit1n.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ml6vmqguit1n.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-11.png 1024w, https:\/\/ml6vmqguit1n.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:225\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-11.png 300w, https:\/\/ml6vmqguit1n.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:576\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-11.png 768w, https:\/\/ml6vmqguit1n.i.optimole.com\/w:1096\/h:822\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-11.png 1096w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/copilot.microsoft.com\/shares\/Bt34FNCFxCBD99TR3kuwW\">How is Scott Blake Harris&#8217; NTIA efforts coming along?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scott Blake Harris, formerly the <strong>Senior Spectrum Advisor and Director of the National Spectrum Strategy<\/strong> at the NTIA, played a pivotal role in shaping the U.S. government&#8217;s approach to spectrum management. His efforts culminated in the <strong>National Spectrum Strategy<\/strong>, which laid out a detailed plan to study nearly <strong>2,800 MHz of federal spectrum<\/strong> for potential repurposing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s where things stand:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udce1 National Spectrum Strategy Progress<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The NTIA, under Harris\u2019s leadership, launched studies on key bands like <strong>lower 37 GHz<\/strong>, <strong>7\/8 GHz<\/strong>, and <strong>lower 3 GHz<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>lower 37 GHz band<\/strong> was found suitable for shared use between government and commercial entities\u2014a promising step for 5G and beyond.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Studies on the more contested <strong>7\/8 GHz and lower 3 GHz bands<\/strong> are scheduled to conclude by <strong>October 2026<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f Policy and Legislative Landscape<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The NTIA\u2019s strategy emphasizes <strong>interagency coordination<\/strong>, with defined roles and deadlines\u2014unusual for federal plans and a testament to Harris\u2019s legal and strategic rigor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>However, the <strong>FCC\u2019s auction authority<\/strong> lapsed in 2023, complicating the path to commercializing spectrum. There\u2019s bipartisan momentum to restore it, with competing bills from Senators Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83e\udded Post-NTIA: Crest Hill Advisors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Harris has since launched <strong>Crest Hill Advisors<\/strong>, a consultancy focused on spectrum, telecom, and energy policy. He remains an influential voice, urging continuity in spectrum planning regardless of political shifts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re tracking how this affects RF enforcement, 5G rollout, or even speculative tools like your \u201cSignal Scythe,\u201d I can help map those implications next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/broadbandbreakfast.com\/spectrum-strategy-director-stick-to-the-plan\/\">1 broadbandbreakfast.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hwglaw.com\/2024\/03\/28\/hwg-co-founder-to-launch-crest-hill-advisors\/\">2 hwglaw.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cresthill.us\/team\/scott-harris\/\">3 cresthill.us<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How is Scott Blake Harris&#8217; NTIA efforts coming along? Scott Blake Harris, formerly the Senior Spectrum Advisor and Director of the National Spectrum Strategy at the NTIA, played a pivotal role in shaping the U.S. government&#8217;s approach to spectrum management. His efforts culminated in the National Spectrum Strategy, which laid out a detailed plan to&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/?p=481\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Scott Blake Harris is a Great Guy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-political-pandering","category-sidling-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=481"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":580,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481\/revisions\/580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}