NTIA Announces April 8 Meeting for Drone Best Practices Guide Development

The NTIA-driven multistakeholder process crafting a privacy, transparency and accountability best practices guide for commercial and private drone operators scheduled its next meeting April 8, 1-5 p.m., at the American Institute of Architects boardroom, said a Federal Register notice published Thursday. Participants, who have been working on this issue since last summer, are discussing a couple of draft guides -- a combined one developed by the Center for Democracy and Technology and Hogan Lovells, and another presented by a news media coalition represented by Holland & Knight (see 1602240048). Issues largely involve how detailed the document should be and how it might affect news companies. The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Wednesday approved a broad aviation policy bill that requires NTIA to provide a report by July 31 on the ongoing multistakeholder process (see 1603150014 and 1603160028).