Federal Register Notice of Proposed Rule Making: Changes to TV Converter Box Coupon Program Regarding Households:

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.

• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

• 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)

• 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 [-- HTML -- Wordperfect -- Acrobat PDF -- ]
• Press Release [-- HTML -- MS Word -- Acrobat PDF -- ]
• Frequently Asked Questions [-- HTML -- MS Word -- Acrobat PDF -- ]

Comments Received:

• Prior to August 4, 2006
• Week Ending August 11, 2006
• Week Ending August 18, 2006
• Week Ending August 25, 2006
• Week Ending September 1, 2006
• Week Ending September 8, 2006
• Week Ending September 15, 2006
• Week Ending September 22, 2006
• Week Ending 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)