NTIA Eyes Outsourcing DTV Subsidy Program

NTIA EYES OUTSOURCING DTV SUBSIDY PROGRAM
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The National Telecommunications & Information Administration is looking for some input on outsourcing the administration of the digital-to-analog DTV converter box subsidy. The Congress has allocated up to $1.5 billion to provide up to two, $40 coupons per household to help pay for the converters, which will allow analog TV sets to keep working when TV goes all digital in February 2009. NTIA this week put out a request for information--which is not yet a request for proposal--from organizations "with the experience, qualifications, solution approaches, and best practices necessary to implement and administer the Digital to Analog Converter Box Coupon Program (the Coupon Program) required by Title III of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005." On Aug. 11, NTIA will hold an open house in an auditorium in the Washington suburb of Silver Spring, MD, to brief interested potential bidders on the program. NTIA wants the company's input by Sept. 15.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6358522?display=Breaking+News
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