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U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation
For Immediate Release September 18th, 2008
COMMERCE COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES WITNESSES FOR DTV TRANSITION HEARING
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announces the witnesses for the Full Committee hearing on Oversight of the DTV Transition: Countdown to February 2009, scheduled for Tuesday, September 23, 2008, at 2:30 p.m. The full witness list is below. With February 17, 2009 less than five months away, the Committee will assess the Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications Information Administration’s efforts to promote broadcaster and consumer preparedness, as well as the recent test pilot in Wilmington, North Carolina. Oversight of the DTV Transition: Countdown to February 2009 Full Committee Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Time:  2:30 p.m. Location:  Room 253, Russell Senate Office Building Witnesses: Panel 1 The Honorable Kevin J. Martin, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission The Honorable Meredith Attwell Baker, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, National Telecommunications Information Administration                                The Honorable Bill Saffo, Mayor, Wilmington, North Carolina Mr. Mark Goldstein, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, United States Government Accountability Office The Honorable Josefina Carbonell, Assistant Secretary for Aging, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging                          ###