GPS INNOVATION ALLIANCE
1133 19TH STREET NW 410, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 www.gpsalliance.org

---

Organizations Filed Purposes: THE GPS INNOVATION ALLIANCE RECOGNIZES THE EVER INCREASING IMPORTANCE OF GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) AND OTHER GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE "O")IS FIRMLY COMMITTED TO FURTHERING GPS INNOVATION, CREATIVITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. THE GPS INNOVATION ALLIANCE SEEKS TO PROTECT, PROMOTE AND ENHANCE THE USE OF GPS.

THE ALLIANCE IS FIRMLY COMMITTED TO FURTHERING GPS INNOVATION, CREATIVITY & ENTREPRENEURSHIP. THE ALLIANCE SEEKS TO PROTECT, PROMOTE AND ENHANCE THE USE OF GPS.

MEMBERSHIP SERVICES:IN THE YEAR 2019, GPSIA SAW AN EXPANSION OF ITS MEMBERSHIP, AND INCREASED ITS OUTREACH ACTIVITIES TO INFORM POLICY MAKERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE OPERATIONS, MAJOR BENEFTIS AND IMPORTANCE OF GPS IN NATIONAL SECURITY, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE NATIONAL ECONOMY. THE ORGANIZATION REMAINED ACTIVE WITH INCREASING EFFORTS AND EVENTS INVOLVING OTHER INDUSTRY GROUPS, DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY BODIES, AND US FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, PARTICULARLY IN THE LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL ARENAS. AMONG THE HIGHLIGHTS OF GPSIA ACTIVITIES IN 2019 ARE: BOLSTERED GPSIA'S PRESENCE ON CAPITOL HILL- ORGANIZED OVER 100 MEETINGS WITH CONGRESSIONAL STAFF AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS INTRODUCING THEM TO GPSIA AND SERVING AS A POINT OF CONTACT AND RESOURCE FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GPS INDUSTRY.-SUBMITTED WRITTEN TESTIMONY TO THE U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE & TRANSPORTATION AND U.S. HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN SUPPORT OF INFRASTRUCTURE MODERNIZATION.- SUPPORTED THE LAUNCH OF THE BIPARTISAN HOUSE AND SENATE GPS CAUCUS, LED BY SENATORS DUCKWORTH AND ERNST AND REPS. LOEBSACK AND BACON.- PROVIDED TECHNICAL GUIDANCE IN SUPPORT OF THE INTRODUCTION OF A GPS RESOLUTION, H.RES.219 AND S.RES.216.- ORGANIZED GPSIA'S APRIL 2019 INAUGURAL MEMBER FLY-IN, WHICH INCLUDED VISITS TO CONGRESSIONAL OFFICIALS AS WELL AS OFFICIALS AT THE DOT AND FCC.- DRAFTED AND SUBMITTED A LETTER TO CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATORS IN SUPPORT OF DOT FUNDING TO MONITOR THE CIVIL GPS SIGNAL.- ORGANIZED THREE CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS: - 'GPS 101' FEATURING REMARKS FROM SENATOR DUCKWORTH AND REP. LOEBSACK - "THE INTERSECTION OF GPS AND 9-1-1" FEATURING REMARKS FROM REPS. BACON AND TORRES - "GPS: PRECISION AGRICULTURE" FEATURING REMARKS FROM SENATOR ERNST AND FCC COMMISSIONER CARR- CO-HOSTED AND MODERATED A CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING ENTITLED "A DAY WITHOUT SPACE: ENABLING AMERICAN COMMERCE."- ORGANIZED GPSIA'S INAUGURAL "GPS TECH DEMO DAY" ON CAPITOL HILL, FEATURING FIVE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND OVER 100 ATTENDEES. - DEVELOPED A BLOG POST ON THE "1 DB STANDARD."- FACILITATED GPSIA MEMBER TRIMBLE'S PARTICIPATION IN THE HOUSE SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE'S HEARING ON SMART CONSTRUCTION.- FORMULATED GPSIA'S POLICY POSITION ON THE STARTUP ACT AND THE MOVING FIRST ACT.ENHANCED GPSIA'S EXTERNAL MESSAGING-ISSUED SEVEN PRESS RELEASES.-INTERVIEWED BY POLITICO SPACE AND VIA SATELLITE.-PUBLISHED NINE BLOG POSTS ON TOPICS RANGING FROM GPS' ROLE IN WEATHER FORECASTING TO STEM EDUCATION AND SPECTRUM.-TWO OP-EDS INCLUDING A JOINT OP-ED WITH COMPTIA'S SPACE ENTERPRISE COUNCIL THAT WAS PUBLISHED BY SPACENEWS. -PRESENTED AT THE MAY 2019 PNT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING.NEARLY DOUBLED GPSIA'S TWITTER FOLLOWERS IN 2019.INCREASED STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT-ADDED ONE NEW MEMBER COMPANY COLLINS AEROSPACE WHILE EXTENDING MEMBERSHIP RECRUITMENT ACTIVITIES TO OTHER GPS INDUSTRY COMPANIES-ADDED FOUR NEW GPSIA AFFILIATES - AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND (ACB), THE U.S. GEOSPATIAL EXECUTIVES ORGANIZATION (U.S. GEO), NENA: THE 9-1-1 ASSOCIATION, AND THE SUBSURFACE UTILITY ENGINEERING (SUE) ASSOCIATION.-ATTENDED AND REPRESENTED GPSIA AT THE 2019 CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW.-PARTICIPATED IN A PANEL DISCUSSION AT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST (SXSW) WITH REP. YVETTE CLARKE AND MAYOR STEVE BENJAMIN.-ATTENDED AND REPRESENTED GPSIA AT THE PNT ADVISORY BOARD MEETINGS.-ATTENDED AND REPRESENTED GPSIA AT THE 2019 ION GNSS+.STRENGTHENED MEMBER ENGAGEMENT-LED 25 LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY UPDATE CALLS FOR GPSIA MEMBERS AND AFFILIATES.-VISITED TRIMBLE'S WESTMINSTER, COLORADO FACILITY.-ORGANIZED A GPSIA MEMBER DINNER CONCURRENT TO THE PNT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING. IN 2019 A GOOD PORTION OF GPSIA'S ACTIVITIES CONTINUED TO BE FOCUSED IN THE GENERAL AREA OF PROTECTING AND PRESERVING THE STABLE AND QUIET RADIO SPECTRUM ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH GPS AND OTHER SATELLITE NAVIGATION SERVICES OPERATE. IN ADDITION, WE CONTINUED WHAT PROVED TO BE AN INCREASINGLY LARGE INVOLVEMENT IN THE REALM OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS SETTING BODIES IN WHICH THERE WAS A GOOD DEAL OF ACTIVITY THAT COULD AFFECT NOT ONLY MARKET ACCESS FOR GPS PRODUCTS IN GLOBAL MARKETS, BUT ALSO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TECHNICAL PARAMETERS USED IN VARIOUS REGULATORY ENVIRONMENTS. THESE UNDERTAKINGS TOOK PLACE IN ESTABLISHED DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL RADIO SPECTRUM REGULATORY FORUMS, AS WELL AS IN APPROACHES ALONG NEW LINES TO PRIVATE SECTOR GROUPS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO WORK TO ENSURE THE COMPATIBILITY OF NEW AND EMERGING SATELLITE AND WIRELESS SERVICES WITH GPS AND SATELLITE NAVIGATION BOTH IN THE US AND TO A GROWING DEGREE OUTSIDE OF THE US. WORK CONTINUED IN THE SPECTRUM PROTECTION AREA IN EUROPE AS WE PROGRESSED THORUGH THE DRAFTING OF STANDARDS AND OTHER REGULATORY TEXTS AND TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN RADIO EQUIPMENT DIRECTIVE (RED). ONE AREA OF CONCERN IS THE WORK BEING DONE WITHIN A EUROPEAN STANDARDS SETTING BODY, THE EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS INSTITUTE (ETSI), TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO GNSS RECEIVER EQUIPMENT AS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RED. THE CURRENT PROPOSED STANDARD WOULD BE HIGHLY DETRIMENTAL TO GPS/GNSS RECEIVERS. CONSEQUENTLY, GPSIA BECAME A MEMBER OF ETSI AND HAS BEEN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THAT ORGANIZATION TO GUIDE DRAFTING OF THE STANDARD TO MORE PROPERLY REFLECT THE REQUIREMENTS OF SATELLITE NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES PROVIDERS. CONSEQUENTLY, GPSIA ALSO MAINTAINED ITS MEMBERSHIP IN RELATED ORGANIZATIONS TO BETTER MONITOR DEVELOPMENTS AND PROVIDE CONSTRUCTIVE INPUT TO ANY DECISION MAKING AND STANDARD SETTING PROCESS. THESE INCLUDE THE RADIO TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MARITIME (RTCM); RED-CA, AND THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE (ANSI).GPSIA MAINTAINED AN ONGOING DIALOGUE WITH THE US GOVERNMENT ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE MANAGEMENT AND REGULATORY STRUCTURE GOVERNING GPS , AS WELL AS ON TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING NEW SIGNAL STRUCTURES FOR GPS SATELLITE SIGNALS. AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE CONTINUING REGULATORY ISSUES RELATED TO US SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT POLICY VIA THE FCC AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES, GPSIA CONTINUED ITS EXTENSIVE EFFORT TO MONITOR THESE DEVELOPMENTS AND PREPARE SPECIALIZED FILINGS WITHIN THESE AGENCIES. THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL ISSUES RAISED DURING MEETINGS OF VARIOUS COMMITTEES OF THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION (ITU) THAT HAD THE POTENTIAL TO AFFECT GPS. THESE ISSUES INCLUDED POTENTIAL INTERFERENCE SOURCES TO GPS. WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH US GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY DELEGATES TO ITU WORKING GROUP AND OTHER MEETINGS WE WERE ABLE TO REVIEW THE PROPOSALS AND PROVIDE CONSTRUCTIVE INPUT TO HELP GUIDE DISCUSSION AND DECISION MAKING. THESE INCLUDED MONITORING AND PARTICIPATING IN THE PREPARATIONS FOR WRC-2019 AND THE WORK IN TWO ITU SUB-GROUPS: WORKING PARTY 7C - METSERVICES- (EESS {EARTH EXPLORATION SATELLITE SERVICE} INTERFERENCE INTO GNSS) AND WORKING PARTY 4C - EFFICIENT ORBIT/SPECTRUM UTILIZATION FOR MSS AND RDSS. IN JAPAN, THE PASSAGE OF THE NEW SPACE BASIC LAW AND THE CURRENT IMPLEMENTING DOCUMENT, THE SPACE BASIC PLAN, UNDER THE SUPERVISION AND AUTHORITY OF THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL SPACE POLICY HAS PLACED THE JAPANESE SATELLITE NAVIGATION PROGRAM QZSS -- AS AN ESSENTIAL PROGRAM FOR NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY IN JAPAN. AS A RESULT, QZSS WAS GIVEN A BOOST IN IMPORTANCE AND ACCELERATION OF SCHEDULE, AS WELL AS REINVIGORATED FUNDING LEVELS. WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK CLOSELY WITH JAPANESE AUTHORITIES TO SYNCHRONIZE VISIONS FOR QZSS/GPS COMPATIBILITY AND COORDINATION IN THE YEARS AHEAD, AND WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE QZSS SATELLITES. THERE IS ALSO AN EMERGING VISION AT THE GOJ POLICY LEVEL FOR AN ENLARGED AND ENHANCED QZSS-TYPE SYSTEM, WHICH AGAIN WOULD NEED TO BE COORDINATED WITH GPS INTERESTS. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE "O")

---

---

Data for this page was sourced from XML published by IRS (public 990 form dataset) from: https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/202042809349300139_public.xml