Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters
Creates Advisory Committee on Digital Television Broadcasters' Public Obligations
What it does
Agencies must provide requested information, personnel, facilities, and administrative support to the Committee as permitted by law.
Real-world impact
- Creates up to 15-member committee to study digital broadcasters' public-interest obligations.
- Requires executive departments to provide information, personnel, and facilities when requested.
- Committee must report its recommendations to the Vice President by June 1, 1998.
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Summary
This order establishes an Advisory Committee on the Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters to study what public-interest obligations digital television broadcasters should assume.
The committee will have up to 15 private-sector members chosen from commercial and noncommercial broadcasters, computer industries, producers, academic institutions, public interest organizations, and the advertising community, and must report to the Vice President by June 1, 1998.
Federal departments are asked to provide information, staff, facilities, and administrative support to the committee as allowed by law.
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