Doug Kinkoph is an Associate Administrator of NTIA’s Office of Telecommunications and Information Applications, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. Kinkoph joined the Department of Commerce in 2010 and has served in a number of roles, most recently as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary where he worked on issues including spectrum management, broadband, and public safety communications.
While serving as head of the Office of Telecommunications and Applications, Kinkoph created the agency’s BroadbandUSA program, which works to promote broadband deployment and adoption nationwide. He also oversaw a $4 billion broadband grant program that funded the deployment of broadband infrastructure, public computer centers, sustainable adoption of broadband service, and statewide broadband planning.