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***The White House's telecommunications policy office wants federal agencies to assess their spectrum needs for the next 15 years to help it optimize use of the limited resource.

In a Nov. 28 memo, National Telecommunications and Information Administration chief David Redl, told federal agencies to submit initial reports on their spectrum requirements for the next decade and a half by Feb. 21. Final reports, he said, are due by April 23.

The assessment, according to Redl, backs the White House's October memorandum on "Developing a Sustainable Spectrum Strategy for America's Future," which calls for the development of a comprehensive, long-term national spectrum strategy by July 22, 2019.

As part of the effort, Redl said NTIA will give agencies separate guidance for reviewing and quantifying their spectrum use. He said NTIA would set up long-term processes for continued reporting of current usage and future requirements to better track the resource and technologies going forward.

*** Casey Kelley, currently a director in the General Services Administration's Information Technology Category in the agency's acquisition service, has been named regional commissioner for Pacific Rim Region 9 operations, according to a Nov. 27 internal agency memo.

Kelley stepped into his new position as a member of the Senior Executive Service, according to a memo from GSA's Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Alan Thomas obtained by FCW. Region 9 serves federal customers in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and U.S. Pacific territories as well as operations in Asia, including Japan and South Korea.

Kelley began his new job on Nov. 25, a GSA spokesperson told FCW in an email. Most recently, he served as the director of the customer engagement division in FAS' Office of Information Category, Thomas said. In that position, Kelley had been responsible for planning and implementing customer development strategies for ITC, including governmentwide acquisition contracts.

A replacement for Kelley as acting director of customer engagement in FAS ITC has not yet been named, the spokesperson said.

The long-time GSA manager has also served as acting director of Information Technology Services, where he has been a key shepherd of Alliant, one of GSA's top GWACs.

He has also been a vital leader for Alliant 2, GSA's 15-year $50 billion IT services successor to Alliant, which began accepting task orders last summer.

The sprawling Alliant 2 contract stipulates more flexibility for emerging technologies, allows supplementary non-IT support for federal customers when it is integral to the vendor solution, as well as on- and off-ramp provisions to allow quicker inclusion on newer technologies.

Kelley won a Federal 100 award in 2018 for his work on Alliant 2.