NTIA is scheduling individual 30-min. meetings Nov. 14- 15 at its...
NTIA is scheduling individual 30-min. meetings Nov. 14- 15 at its Washington hq “to afford interested parties the opportunity to clarify comments” in its rulemaking on how to run the $1.5 billion DTV coupon program, the agency said in…
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a notice Fri. The events are considered ex parte presentations, so participants must file summaries for the public record, NTIA said. Talk of vendor “procurement issues” is off-limits; this includes an NTIA request for information (RFI) that closed Sept. 15, it said. The RFI drew comments from 15 vendors; NTIA released portions under a Sept. Freedom of Information Act request we made(CD Nov 1 p5). It’s not known whether NTIA planned the ex parte meetings all along or improvised as it felt its way through a unique rulemaking. Our queries at NTIA weren’t answered by our Mon. deadline. No ex parte meetings were mentioned in a July 24 rulemaking notice that demanded comments by Sept. 25 with no opportunity for replies. NTIA’s website has been carrying “late-filed comments,” 10 of which have arrived after the deadline. Those interested in scheduling a meeting should contact Sandra Stewart in NTIA’s Office of Telecom & Information Applications -- 202-482-2246, sstewart@ntia.doc.gov.