NTIA proposes certain changes affecting its Digital-To-Analog Converter Box Coupon Program rules such as waiving the "eligible household" application requirements for individuals residing in nursing homes or other senior care facilities. Comments must be submitted by 5 p.m. EST, no later than June 9, 2008.
Comments Received:
- Margaret Storey, Pittsburgh, PA [2]
- Tiffany Smith [3]
- Foster B Lewis, Zebulon, NC [4]
- Marie Noel Bannon, Sisters of Mercy [5] (pdf)
- Rebecca [6] (pdf)
- Orlando, FL [7] (pdf)
- Margaret Bauman, Alaska Journal of Commerce [8] (pdf)
- Representatives Schakowsky, Butterfield, Markey, Waxman, Farr, Sires, Kuhl, Miller, Hare, Rothman, Carnahan, McHugh, McIntyre, Richardson, DeFazio, Grijalva, Carson, Lee, Smith, Foster, Watson, Wasserman Schultz, and Space [9] (pdf)
- Advocacy Group for Elders Pergram at The Senior Source [10]
- The Good Samaritan [11] (pdf)
- Buttonwood Hospital of Burlington County [12] (pdf)
- ACTS Retirement-Life Communities [13] (pdf)
- Kathleen Cianci [14] (pdf)
- Wesley Manor, Inc. [15] (pdf)
- Stephen Eggles [16] (pdf)
- Toni Vaughn and John Hoeven, St. Andrew's Senior Solutions [17] (pdf)
- Bridget Samuel [18] (pdf)
- Taralee M. Rea, MSW, Erie Presbyterian Lodge [19] (pdf)
- University of Texas, Houston Health Science Center for Aging [20] (pdf)
- Metropolitan Area Communications Commission [21] (pdf)
- D. L. Sylvester, St. Louis, MO [22] (pdf)
- American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living [23] (pdf)
- National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors [24] (pdf)
- Adult Home Advocacy Project of MFY Legal Services [25] (pdf)
- Steve and Vicki Reigle, Sioux Falls, SD [26] (pdf)
- Terry Knab [27] (pdf)
- David Kikel [28] (pdf)
- Andrew Juchonowski, Burton, OH [29] (pdf)
- Mary Ellen McNulty, Volpe & Koenig, P.C. [30] (pdf)
- NY Consumer Protection Board [31] (pdf)
- Patty Dacayet, Texas State Long-Term Care Ombudsman [32] (pdf)
- Beverley L. Laubert, Ohio State Long-Term Care Ombudsman [33] (pdf)
- National Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home Reform [34] (pdf)
- Consumers Electronics Association [35] (pdf)
- AARP [36] (pdf)
- Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board [37] (pdf)
- National Association of Broadcasters [38] (pdf)
- Senators Menedez, Kohl, Clinton, Casey, Reed, Harkin, Whitehouse, Schumer, Landrieu, Durbin, Feingold, Sanders, Murray, Bingaman, Nelson [39] (pdf)
- City of Seattle [40] (pdf)
Comments Filed Late:
- Office of the D.C. Long-Term Care Ombudsman [42] (pdf)
- Representative Nancy Pelosi [43] (pdf)
- Ex Parte Communication - Staff from Senate Special Committee on Aging and Senator Robert Menendez [44] (pdf)
- Ex Parte Communication from Staff of Speaker Nancy Pelosi [45] (pdf)
- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services [46] (pdf)
Digital Television Transition and Public Safety:
Comments: Converter Box Coupon Program
NTIA has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment on ways to implement the digital-to-analog converter box coupon program pursuant to the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005.
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking [47]
• Press Release [48]
• Frequently Asked Questions [49]
Comments Received:
- Prior to September 29, 2006 [50]
- Late Filed Comments [51]
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Ex Parte Presentations
- New America Foundation [52] (Acrobat PDF)
- Garden City Group [53] (Acrobat PDF)
- Ktech Telecommunications, Inc. [54] (Acrobat PDF)
- Entravision Communications Corporation [55] (Acrobat PDF)
- Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP [56] [-- MS Powerpoint [57] -- Acrobat PDF [58] -- HTML [56]--]
- Garden City Group #2 [59] [-- MS Powerpoint [60] -- Acrobat PDF [61] -- HTML [59]--]
- Joint Industry Commenters: Association for Maximum Service Television, Inc.; Consumer Electronics Association; and National Association of Broadcasters [62] (Acrobat PDF)
- Poorman-Douglas Corporation [63] [-- MS Word [64]-- Acrobat PDF [65] -- HTML [63] --
- National Public Radio [66] (Acrobat PDF)
- New America Foundation [67] (Acrobat PDF)
- Archway Marketing Services [68] (Acrobat PDF)
- Booz Allen [69] (Acrobat PDF)
- Metropolitan Television Association [70] (Acrobat PDF)
- Funai Corporation Inc. [71] (Acrobat PDF)
- Consumer Electronic Retailers Coalition [72] (Acrobat PDF)
- Members, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives [73] (Acrobat PDF)
- Hon. Jay Inslee, Member of Congress [74] (Acrobat PDF)
- Update Logic [75] (Acrobat PDF)
- Community Broadcasters Association [76] (Acrobat PDF)
- Digital UK [77] (Acrobat PDF)
- Jabil Circuit [78] (Acrobat PDF)
- National Association of Broadcasters and Association for Maximum Service Television [79] (Acrobat PDF)
- ORC Macro [80] (Acrobat PDF)
- Poorman-Douglas Corporation and HilSoft Notifications [81] (Acrobat PDF)
- THAT Corporation [82] - August 23, 2006 (Acrobat PDF)
- Members, Energy and Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives [83] (Acrobat PDF)
- Members; Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee; U.S. Senate [84] - Meeting #1 (Acrobat PDF)
- Members; Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee; U.S. Senate [85] - Meeting #2 (Acrobat PDF)
- THAT Corporation [86] - November 21, 2006 (Acrobat PDF)
- THAT Corporation [87] - November 28, 2006 (Acrobat PDF)
- Freedom Technologoies Incorporated [88] (Acrobat PDF)