April 15, 1997

THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION SEEKS NOMINATIONS FOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INTEREST OBLIGATIONS OF DIGITAL TELEVISION BROADCASTERS

     	       	    	 THE WHITE HOUSE

     	       	    Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release         	   	     April 15, 1997

THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION SEEKS NOMINATIONS FOR ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INTEREST OBLIGATIONS OF DIGITAL TELEVISION 
BROADCASTERS

     The Clinton Administration is requesting nominations for 
representatives to serve on the Advisory Committee on Public 
Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters.  

     The President will appoint up to 15 members who represent 
diverse views from the commercial and noncommercial broadcasting 
industry, computer industries, producers, academic institutions, 
public interest organizations, and the advertising community.  
Members will be asked to provide advice to the Administration on 
the public interest obligations that digital television 
broadcasters should assume.  The members will be appointed for 
the duration of the Committee, which is expected to make its 
report by mid-1998.  

     All interested organizations and individuals are encouraged 
to submit a nomination.  Nominees should have the relevant 
experience, education, and training to determine and evaluate the 
complex issues surrounding the public interest obligations of 
digital television broadcasters.  Nominations offered by an 
organization should be so identified.  Nominators must fill out 
forms that can be obtained from Patrice Washington, of the 
Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration, at 202-482-7002 or by sending an e-mail to 
pwashington@ntia.doc.gov.  Nominations will be accepted until 
April 29, 1997.

     The National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration, an agency within the Commerce Department that 
serves as a principal advisor to the President and the Executive 
Branch on domestic and international telecommunications, will 
serve as the secretariat for this Advisory Committee.  All 
available background information on the Committee is on NTIA's 
website at http://www.ntia.doc.gov.


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