It’s unclear when NTIA will release final rules on the DTV conver...
It’s unclear when NTIA will release final rules on the DTV converter box coupon program, but a request for proposals (RFP) seeking a vendor for the program is due Jan. 26. Final rules are subject to OMB review that…
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can take 45 days, an NTIA spokesman told us, adding that the rules haven’t been sent to OMB. NTIA said the RFP will require services in “broad functional areas": consumer education and communications, systems processing and financial processing. NTIA plans to award a contract for an “end-to-end” approach, it said. The contract is expected to last 27 months, NTIA said. It said it expects to hold a “bidder’s conference” once the RFP is out.