Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER After doing an about-face and agreeing to clear a backlog of siting applications held up at the Federal Communications Commission, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said he has been unable to shape a compromise. ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 12 -- Tired of being left out of the information age, residents of Arctic Village are moving ahead with plans to set up their own radio station with or without a federal license. And together with Venetie, Arctic Village...
Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER AND CRISTINA EICHNER Even as several entities signed a nationwide agreement meant to streamline tower sitings, tribal lands are exempt from the rules, thus leading some critics to say the pact isn't streamlined Byline:...
The distinction made in Federal Communications Commission FCC regulations implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 between commercial and non-commercial recorded telephone solicitations violates the First Amendment. The regulations ban artificial or recorded voice telephone calls that are unsolicited advertisements. No ban is placed on other solicitations, such as...
The Federal Communications Commission said it improved its Tower Construction Notification System and set up an e-mail account for other contacts with Native American tribes. The Tower Construction Notification System is an interactive, log-i The Federal Communications Commission...
WASHINGTON -- The National Cable & Telecommunications Association last Tuesday rolled out legal heavyweight Laurence H. Tribe to inveigh against potential federal rules that would require cable systems to carry multiple digital signals from ove WASHINGTON -- The National Cable & Telecommunications Association...
The FCC received 70 applications for membership in its Consumer Advisory Committee, and it named 35 members, including 10 to represent consumer interests, 10 to represent disability interests, 2 to represent state regulators' interests, 2 to represent native American tribal interests and 11 to represent industry interests. Among them, Shirley...
TRIBES MAY BE THE BENEFACTORS of a move by the federal government to hold a telephone company accountable for not doing enough to promote tribal telephone programs. Under a consent decree last month, the Federal Communications Commission FCC slapped a $250,000 fine on...
By Jerry Reynolds, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 18--WASHINGTON - A precedent-setting agreement between the Federal Communications Commission and United South and Eastern Tribes led off the list of accomplishments at USET's annual "Impact Week"...
Reynolds, JerryIndian Country Today Lakota Times02-18-2004WASHINGTON - A precedent-setting agreement between the FederalCommunications Commission and United South and Eastern Tribes led off thelist of accomplishments at USET's annual "Impact Week" meetings inWashington Feb. 2-5.The agreement signed by USET and the FCC "spells out the understanding of... best practices in fulfilling...
Melmer, DavidIndian Country Today Lakota Times09-18-2002EAGLE BUTTE, S.D. - The Federal Communications Commission has denied theCheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority the right to purchase threeother authorities on reservations because of the inability of the state toregulate and tax the operations.The FCC was asked to reverse a decision by the...
By David Melmer, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 13--EAGLE BUTTE, S.D.--The Federal Communications Commission has denied the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority the right to purchase three other authorities on reservations because of the ...
Native American tribes, who have traditionally been behind in technology, will get the latest information on how to wire their communities for success on Sept. 19, Telecom Day, at the National Summit on Emerging Tribal Economies in Phoenix. Sponsored by the Federal Communications...
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell will deliver the keynote address next month at the National Summit on Emerging Tribal economies. The summit, scheduled for Sept. 16-19 in Phoenix, is part of the FCC's Indian Telecommunications Initiatives program. The program's goals include increasing the telephone penetration rate among American Indian...
Byline: ALICIA MUNDY The NCTA is digging in for what's becoming a more complicated endgame on the nebulous issue of dual must-carry. Last week it rolled out constitutional scholar Lawrence Tribe to argue against any new attempts by the FTC to mandate carriage of more than one broadcast...
The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday canceled the Indian Telecom Training Initiative conference scheduled for September in Las Vegas. The agency said the decision to cancel the event was based on "decreased advance registrations and out of respect for the proximity of memorial activities for the anniversary of...
Cable Ruling Spurs Public Interest Advocacy Now that the Federal Communications Commission has exempted cable television service providers from rules governing so-called "line sharing," tribes of public interest advocates are beating the war drums. In plain language, the FCC's decision simply means that cable companies...
Cable Ruling Spurs Public Interest Advocacy Now that the Federal Communications Commission has exempted cable television service providers from rules governing so-called "line sharing," tribes of public interest advocates are beating the war drums. In plain language, the FCC's decision simply means that cable companies...
Cable Ruling Spurs Public Interest Advocacy Now that the Federal Communications Commission has exempted cable television service providers from rules governing so-called "line sharing," tribes of public interest advocates are beating the war drums. In plain language, the FCC's decision simply means that cable companies...
After a long wait, Western Wireless finally obtained the FCC's OK to serve Native Americans on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Republican FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin dissented, saying the commission has made itself the arbiter of competing jurisdictional claims between states and tribes...
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