The White House Office of Telecommunications Policy (OTP) was established in 1970. In 1978, it was merged, along with the Department of Commerce's Office of Telecommunications (OT), into the newly created National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Before this reorganization, the OTP was the principal federal agency involved in issues relating to the impact of increased telecommunications and computerization on personal privacy. OT's primary function was to provide OTP with scientific and engineering support for managing radio frequencies used by federal agencies.