Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters; Notice of Open Meeting; Change of Location

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital

Television Broadcasters; Notice of Open Meeting; Change of Location

DATE: January 14, 1998.

ACTION: Notice is hereby given of a change in location of the meeting

of the Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital

Television Broadcasters on January 16, 1998. This notice also contains

an updated agenda for the meeting.

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REFERENCE: This notice amends the original notice of open meeting

published in the Federal Register on December 31, 1997. Citation: 62 FR

68260.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, January 16, 1998 from 8:30

a.m. until 5:30 p.m.

LOCATION: The meeting will be held in the Mt. Vernon Salon of the

Madison Hotel, 15th and M Streets, NW, Washington, D.C. 20005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Edwards, Designated Federal

Officer and Telecommunications Policy Specialist, at the National

Telecommunications and Information Administration; U.S. Department of

Commerce, Room 4716; 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.;

Washington, DC 20230. Telephone: 202-482-8056; Fax: 202-482-8058; E-

mail: [email protected].

Media Inquiries

Please contact Paige Darden at the Office of Public Affairs, at

202-482-7002.

Agenda

Friday, January 16

Opening remarks

Briefings on the technology of digital broadcasting and the

implications for new programming services

Briefings on closed captioning and video description services

Briefing on natural disaster information systems

Briefings on educational programming in the digital era

Public comment

Committee business

Closing remarks

This agenda is subject to change. For an updated, more detailed

agenda, please check the Advisory Committee homepage at

www.ntia.doc.gov/pubintadvcom/pubint.htm.

Larry Irving,

Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information.

[FR Doc. 98-977 Filed 1-13-98; 3:28 pm]

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