Federal Register Notice of Proposed Rule Making: Changes to TV Converter Box Coupon Program Regarding Households:
June 09, 2008
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
- Tiffany Smith
- Foster B Lewis, Zebulon, NC
- Marie Noel Bannon, Sisters of Mercy (pdf)
- Rebecca (pdf)
- Orlando, FL (pdf)
- Margaret Bauman, Alaska Journal of Commerce (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 (pdf)
- Advocacy Group for Elders Pergram at The Senior Source
- The Good Samaritan (pdf)
- Buttonwood Hospital of Burlington County (pdf)
- ACTS Retirement-Life Communities (pdf)
- Kathleen Cianci (pdf)
- Wesley Manor, Inc. (pdf)
- Stephen Eggles (pdf)
- Toni Vaughn and John Hoeven, St. Andrew's Senior Solutions (pdf)
- Bridget Samuel (pdf)
- Taralee M. Rea, MSW, Erie Presbyterian Lodge (pdf)
- University of Texas, Houston Health Science Center for Aging (pdf)
- Metropolitan Area Communications Commission (pdf)
- D. L. Sylvester, St. Louis, MO (pdf)
- American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (pdf)
- National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (pdf)
- Adult Home Advocacy Project of MFY Legal Services (pdf)
- Steve and Vicki Reigle, Sioux Falls, SD (pdf)
- Terry Knab (pdf)
- David Kikel (pdf)
- Andrew Juchonowski, Burton, OH (pdf)
- Mary Ellen McNulty, Volpe & Koenig, P.C. (pdf)
- NY Consumer Protection Board (pdf)
- Patty Dacayet, Texas State Long-Term Care Ombudsman (pdf)
- Beverley L. Laubert, Ohio State Long-Term Care Ombudsman (pdf)
- National Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home Reform (pdf)
- Consumers Electronics Association (pdf)
- AARP (pdf)
- Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board (pdf)
- National Association of Broadcasters (pdf)
- Senators Menedez, Kohl, Clinton, Casey, Reed, Harkin, Whitehouse, Schumer, Landrieu, Durbin, Feingold, Sanders, Murray, Bingaman, Nelson (pdf)
- City of Seattle (pdf)
Comments Filed Late:
- Office of the D.C. Long-Term Care Ombudsman (pdf)
- Representative Nancy Pelosi (pdf)
- Ex Parte Communication - Staff from Senate Special Committee on Aging and Senator Robert Menendez (pdf)
- Ex Parte Communication from Staff of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (pdf)
- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (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
• Press Release
• Frequently Asked Questions
Comments Received:
- Prior to September 29, 2006
- Late Filed Comments
- Ex Parte Presentations
- New America Foundation (Acrobat PDF)
- Garden City Group (Acrobat PDF)
- Ktech Telecommunications, Inc. (Acrobat PDF)
- Entravision Communications Corporation (Acrobat PDF)
- Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP [-- MS Powerpoint -- Acrobat PDF -- HTML--]
- Garden City Group #2 [-- MS Powerpoint -- Acrobat PDF -- HTML--]
- Joint Industry Commenters: Association for Maximum Service Television, Inc.; Consumer Electronics Association; and National Association of Broadcasters (Acrobat PDF)
- Poorman-Douglas Corporation [-- MS Word -- Acrobat PDF -- HTML --
- National Public Radio (Acrobat PDF)
- New America Foundation (Acrobat PDF)
- Archway Marketing Services (Acrobat PDF)
- Booz Allen (Acrobat PDF)
- Metropolitan Television Association (Acrobat PDF)
- Funai Corporation Inc. (Acrobat PDF)
- Consumer Electronic Retailers Coalition (Acrobat PDF)
- Members, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives (Acrobat PDF)
- Hon. Jay Inslee, Member of Congress (Acrobat PDF)
- Update Logic (Acrobat PDF)
- Community Broadcasters Association (Acrobat PDF)
- Digital UK (Acrobat PDF)
- Jabil Circuit (Acrobat PDF)
- National Association of Broadcasters and Association for Maximum Service Television (Acrobat PDF)
- ORC Macro (Acrobat PDF)
- Poorman-Douglas Corporation and HilSoft Notifications (Acrobat PDF)
- THAT Corporation - August 23, 2006 (Acrobat PDF)
- Members, Energy and Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives (Acrobat PDF)
- Members; Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee; U.S. Senate - Meeting #1 (Acrobat PDF)
- Members; Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee; U.S. Senate - Meeting #2 (Acrobat PDF)
- THAT Corporation - November 21, 2006 (Acrobat PDF)
- THAT Corporation - November 28, 2006 (Acrobat PDF)
- Freedom Technologoies Incorporated (Acrobat PDF)