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- Late News.(Several articles included.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- U.S. HIKES FINANCING FOR METRA, CTA LINES Two key area public transit projects are in line to get big money in the proposed fiscal 2001 federal budget that President Bill Clinton is to unveil today. Congressional sources say the president has decid U.S. HIKES...
- Research articles 2000-02-07
- FCC to Clinton: we need new chairman. (Bill Clinton)
- WASHINGTON -- Federal Communications Commission officials have been urging the White House to name a new or interim chairman by the agency's next meeting slated for Feb. 11. While the FCC has been "running smoothly" since the Jan. 1 ...
- Research articles 1993-02-01
- Clinton backs UHF mini-auction; wants money to fund $5 billion federal school construction program. (President Bill Clinton)
- Wants money to fund $5 billion federal school construction program President Clinton wants to auction spectrum the FCC says will be left over from its digital TV allocation--most of that between channels 60 and 69--to help pay for new school const Wants money...
- Research articles 1996-07-15
- Kennard gets Clinton thumbs-up. (President Bill Clinton officially nominates William Kennard as Federal Communications Commission chairman)(Brief Article)
- President Clinton last week made it official that he is choosing FGC General Counsel William Kennard as the next FCC chairman. Kennard's designation as chairman had been expected since late July, when word surfaced that the White House was plan ...
- Research articles 1997-08-11
- Clinton: V-chip is not enough: Hundt and Hollings also push plans to limit TV violence for sake of children.(Bill Clinton, Senator Ernest Hollings, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt)
- Hundt and Hollings also push plans to limit TV violence for sake of children When broadcast and cable executives meet at the White House later this month, President Clinton will ask them to consider eliminating violent TV programing when children Hundt and...
- Research articles 1996-02-12
- Clinton on communications.(President Bill Clinton)(includes related article on Clinton's telecommunications policy in case of second term)(Interview)(Cover Story)
- Your administration supported the V-chip and the FCC rule that requires TV stations to air three hours of children's educational programing per week. How do you Justify such intrusions Into TV content in light of the First Amendment? Neither ...
- Research articles 1996-09-23
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- Clinton taps Kennard for FCC chair. (Pres Bill Clinton, William Kennard, Federal Communications Commission) (includes related article on relocation of FCC offices)
- William Kennard last week squeaked by Kathleen Wallman and Ralph Everett to win the FCC chairman sweepstakes. The FCC general counsel and commission nominee got the nod from Clinton administration officials as the replacement for FCC Chairma ...
- Research articles 1997-07-28
- Clinton names Ness; Bush nominates Evans for Commerce.
- WASHINGTON--President Bill Clinton last week gave long-time supporter and FCC Commissioner Susan Ness an early holiday gift by naming her to a recess appointment on the Federal Communications Commission. "I am honored that President Clin WASHINGTON--President Bill Clinton...
- Research articles 2000-12-25
- Bill Could Hurt FCC's Licensing Plans
- By Rodney L. Pringle, rpringle@phillips.com The expected White House approval of a major federal spending bill could sharply alter the FCC's plan to license about 1,000 low-power FM radio stations. The move, which would give Congress a rare role in micro-managing the airwaves, comes under a provision attached...
- Research articles 2000-12-21
- Get my connections straight, Hundt tells Stephanopolous.
- Former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt wants to set the record straight No, he was not Vice President Al Gore's college roommate, as George Stephanopolous says in his new memoir All Too Human Rather, he attended high school with Gore and law school with President Bill Clinton and...
- Research articles 1999-03-29
- House Passes Fcc Funds Bill
- House early Aug. 6 passed FY 1999 Commerce appropriations measure (HR-4276), 225-203, as expected e-rate debate failed to materialize and Internet gambling received just few min. of floor time. Bill would cut FCC budget by $5 million, to $181 million, from current fiscal year while not providing any funds for...
- Research articles 1998-08-10
- Report: Obama picks Julius Genachowski for FCC chair
- President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate tech veteran Julius Genachowski to head the Federal Communications Commission, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cites "a source close to the transition team." This isn't the first time Genachowski name has come up as the likely replacement for outgoing FCC Chairman Kevin...
- News items 2009-08-07
- FCC preferences: affirmative action for the wealthy - awarding of broadcast licenses - includes related article on Jerome Lamprecht's case challenging the FCC's gender preference policy - Cover Story
- Summary: in awarding broadcast licenses, the government favors minority applicants. Critics say that logic - that diversity in ownership is reflected on the airwaves - is flawed. Proponents admit market forces probably play a larger role, but say ownership affects things like hiring and overall sensitivity. In 1983, a...
- Research articles 1993-02-22
- FCC's Tristani To Step Down In September
- Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Gloria Tristani said yesterday that she plans to step down early from the commission on Sept. 7. Her term runs through 2003. Former President Bill Clinton first appointed Tristani, a Democrat, to the commission on Nov. 3, 1997, and she was reappointed for...
- Research articles 2001-08-28
- DARS auctions will help underwrite federal agencies; appropriations bill narrowly avoids funding expiration.(FY 1997 appropriations bill requires Federal Communications Commission to auction digital radio satellite licenses to raise money)(Brief Article)
- Just hours before funding for the Commerce Department, the FCC and several other government agencies expired, President Clinton last week signed FY '97 appropriations legislation into law. Money raised from digital audio radio satellite DARS lice Just hours before funding for the Commerce Department,...
- Research articles 1996-10-07
- Budget Bill Blasted
- Congress left for year last week after completing work on $500 billion budget bill that included funds for FCC, regulation of accessibility of Internet content and many complaints about process that produced legislation. President Clinton signed measure last week. FCC will receive $192 million for FY 1999, higher...
- Research articles 1998-10-26
- Hill Approves Fcc Budget
- Congress last week passed legislation for FY 2000 allocating funds to FCC, NTIA and other agencies but without controversial language allowing FCC to reclaim spectrum from bankrupt auction winners. Presidential Press Secy. Joe Lockhart said President Clinton will veto bill because of disagreements with funding for community policing program....
- Research articles 1999-10-25
- User fees slide into president's budget bill at eleventh hour
- Long-dreaded user fees are reality, thanks to the Clinton budget bill's section 9, a regulatory fee measure that amends the Communications Act of 1934 and gives the FCC "General Authority" to collect regulatory fees. Except for the fee amounts, the new section's fee provisions are identical to those in the...
- Research articles 1993-08-16
- REGULATORY UNDERTOW.(digital must-carry regulation)
- The FCC has saved the cable industry from drowning in digital must-carry regulations ... at least, for now. But count on broadcasters to keep churning up the waters. The FCC's "digital must-carry" decision was adopted on January 18, 2001. Bill Clinton was president and...
- Research articles 2001-08-01
- The House of Representatives earlier this month voted to fund the FCC in fiscal year 2000 at $192 million.
- That's the same amount the agency received for 1999 and $39 million less than the Clinton administration recommends. The Senate approved last month a bill that funds the agency at nearly ... That's the same amount the agency received for 1999 and $39 million...
- Research articles 1999-08-16
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