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2009
Press Releases Press
Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Reminds Consumers to Apply for TV Converter Box Coupons Before July 31st Deadline Press Release: NTIA Unveils Program to Help States Map Internet Infrastructure White House Press Release: Vice President Biden Launches Initiative to Bring Broadband, Jobs to More Americans Press Release: U.S. Senate Confirms Lawrence E. Strickling As Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information Press
Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke
Assures Americans that TV Converter Box Coupons
are Still Available: U.S. Commerce Secretary
Gary Locke today assured Americans who are still
not digital-television ready that converter box
coupons are still available and that outreach will
continue to those consumers who rely on free over-the-air
broadcasting. Press
Release: The National Switch to Digital
Television is Today:
As the nation concludes its transition to digital
television today, the Commerce Department's NTIA
will continue providing consumer assistance after
the June 12 transition. TV converter box coupons
will be available to consumers who apply until
July 31, while supplies last. In addition, the
FCC is offering assistance over the phone and free
in-home installation for consumers in most areas. Press
Release: 1 Day Until DTV Transition: Focus
at End of Technological Transition Is On People:
On the eve of an historic technological transition
to digital television, the focus for the two federal
agencies managing the switch is on helping Americans
who are at risk of losing their TV signals. (Print
version Acrobat PDF 48 Kb) Press Release: Secretary Locke Urges Unprepared Consumers to Ensure At Least One Television is DTV-Ready for June 12 Switch: U.S.
Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke urged Americans who
rely on over-the-air broadcasting-typically those who
use older televisions with “rabbit ears” or a rooftop
antenna-to take immediate action so that at least one
television in their household continues working when
the nationwide switch to digital television occurs one
week from today. Press Release: NTIA to Work with ICANN and VeriSign to Enhance the Security and Stability of the Internet’s Domain Name and Addressing System: NTIA and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that the two agencies are working with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and VeriSign on an initiative to enhance the security and stability of the Internet. The parties are working on an interim approach to deployment, by year’s end, of a security technology -- Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) -- at the authoritative root zone (i.e., the address book) of the Internet. (Print version Acrobat PDF 26 Kb) Press
Release: Commerce Secretary Locke: “Time is Running Out” to Receive TV Converter Box Coupons Before June 12 Switch: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke is urging Americans who need help getting ready for the national switch to digital television (DTV) to apply for a converter box coupon no later than Monday, June 1, in order to receive it before the June 12 transition.
Press Release: NTIA Announces
that Online Child Safety Working Group Will Meet June 4 and Will Include
State Attorneys General Representative
: NTIA today announced that the first meeting of its newly formed Online Safety and Technology Working Group will be held on June 4, 2009, in Washington, D.C., originally scheduled for May 22, 2009. The Working Group will include a representative of the National Association of Attorneys General. The meeting will be held at the Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC. Press Release: NTIA Announces Availability of $44 Million in Grants to Assist
Low-Power TV Stations with Upgrade to Digital Broadcasting: NTIA announced the application process for a $44 million
grant program to assist low-power television and translator stations with upgrading from analog to digital broadcasting.
(Print
version Acrobat PDF 184 Kb) Press Release:
NTIA Announces Working Group to Advise on Industry Efforts
to Promote a Safe Online Environment for Children:
NTIA today announced the Online Safety and Technology
Working Group -- a working group dedicated to keeping
children safe on the Internet. More than two dozen
private sector and child and family advocacy leaders will
help evaluate industry efforts to protect the privacy
and safety of children and families online. (Print
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Release: NTIA Seeks Public Comment Regarding
Expiration of the Joint Project Agreement with ICANN:
NTIA published a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) seeking
public comment regarding the September 30, 2009,
expiration date of its Joint Project Agreement (JPA)
with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers (ICANN). (Print
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Release: Commerce’s TV Converter Box
Coupon Program Now Accepting Requests to Replace
Expired Coupons: NTIA has begun to accept
replacement requests from eligible households whose
coupons expired without being redeemed. Meanwhile,
money allocated to the National Telecommunications
and Information Administration (NTIA) as part of
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has
allowed NTIA to clear the digital converter box
coupon waiting list. Press
Release: NTIA Begins to Clear TV Converter
Box Coupon Request Waiting List: NTIA today
announced that the agency has begun to clear its
waiting list for requests to the TV Converter Box
Coupon Program as a result of additional funds
provided by Congress. Press
Release: Commerce's NTIA Applauds Congress
for Additional Funding to Eliminate Current TV
Converter Box Coupon Waiting List Press Release: Commerce’s
NTIA Welcomes Congressional Action on DTV Delay as
Opportunity for More Americans to Prepare for the End
of the Digital TV Transition Press Release: Commerce
Department Announces New Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Communications and Information To Assist in Leading
Nation’s Switch to Digital Television Press Release:
Commerce Department Announces Committee to Advise
on Management of Nation’s Airwaves:
Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez today announced
the appointment of a diverse group of representatives
from the private sector for a two-year term to the
Commerce Spectrum Advisory Committee. Press Release:
Commerce's NTIA Releases Statement Regarding the
TV Converter Box Coupons: "We are working
with Congress and other stakeholders so coupons can
be processed and mailed without delay," said Meredith
Attwell Baker, acting administrator of the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration. Press
Release: Commerce’s NTIA Announces New
Coupon Applicants Will be Placed on Waiting List
Due to High Demand for TV Converter Box Coupons:
NTIA today announced that starting Sunday, January
4, consumers requesting coupons from the TV Converter
Box Coupon Program are being placed on a waiting
list. Coupons will be mailed on a first-come-first-served
basis, as funds from expired coupons become available,
because the program has reached its $1.34 billion
legal obligation limit, which consists of ordered
and redeemed coupons. Jan 2000 - Jan 2001 Press Releases
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