Public Telecommunications Financing Act of 1978--oversight: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session ... April 3, 1979 |
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... requirements of the Public Telecommunications Act of 1978 . " Open records " requirements of the Public Telecommunications Act of 1978 .. Community Advisory Board requirement of the Public Telecom- munications Financing Act of 1978 ...
... requirements of the Public Telecommunications Act of 1978 . " Open records " requirements of the Public Telecommunications Act of 1978 .. Community Advisory Board requirement of the Public Telecom- munications Financing Act of 1978 ...
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... requirements , we have distributed now to all stations the materials which you have before you , which interpret the meaning of some of the provisions of this act and call to their attention what those obligations are and so forth ...
... requirements , we have distributed now to all stations the materials which you have before you , which interpret the meaning of some of the provisions of this act and call to their attention what those obligations are and so forth ...
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... requirements of their own with respect to accounting which must be accommodat- ed ; the NPR and the PBS and , of course , the General Accounting Office are in the group . Rather startlingly , I am told that this group , all of which ...
... requirements of their own with respect to accounting which must be accommodat- ed ; the NPR and the PBS and , of course , the General Accounting Office are in the group . Rather startlingly , I am told that this group , all of which ...
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... requirements . If there were a technical amendment to the 1978 act which moved the current February 15 CPB annual report date to May 15 , it would solve a problem which we seem to be incapable of dealing with at the moment , because our ...
... requirements . If there were a technical amendment to the 1978 act which moved the current February 15 CPB annual report date to May 15 , it would solve a problem which we seem to be incapable of dealing with at the moment , because our ...
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... requirements . The development of the accounting principles will be supported through a study carried out by a ... requirement of the Act . In the interest of time , I will not go into the specific actions that CPB is undertak- ing ...
... requirements . The development of the accounting principles will be supported through a study carried out by a ... requirement of the Act . In the interest of time , I will not go into the specific actions that CPB is undertak- ing ...
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accounting principles appropriate ARTHUR ANDERSEN audit Bruce Christensen budget CARDWELL Chairman COLLINS committee community advisory board Community Service Grants compliance Conference Report CONGRESS THE LIBRARY consultation Corporation for Public CPB Board CPB funds CPB's DEERLIN discussion distribution equal employment opportunity established facilities Federal fiscal FLEMING FRANK MANKIEWICZ Frymire George Linn hearings independent producers insulation INTENT/RESULT Interregional Council JAGODA legislation LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS licensees Loomis MACY MANKIEWICZ MARKEY MARKS ment MIDDLETON National Public Radio NFFS open meetings operation organizations oversight panel personal services political President problems Program Fund proposal public broad public broadcast station public broadcasting system public radio public tele public telecommunications entities Public Telecommunications Financing public television question recipient record requirement responsibility SECTION/TITLE SEC services of volunteers standards subcommittee talking Telecommunications Financing Act Thank tion volunteer services White House WIRTH
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Page 49 - The accounts of the Corporation shall be audited annually in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by independent certified public accountants or independent licensed public accountants certified or licensed by a regulatory authority of a State or other political subdivision of the United States.
Page 31 - Corporation may not use any funds appropriated under this subpart for purposes of conducting any reception, or providing any other entertainment, for any officer or employee of the Federal Government or any State or local government.
Page 25 - Corporation is authorized to — (A) facilitate the full development of public telecommunications in which programs of high quality, diversity, creativity, excellence, and innovation, which are obtained from diverse sources, will be made available to public telecommunications entities, with strict adherence to objectivity and balance in all programs or series of programs of a controversial nature...
Page 42 - Senate, and any subdivision thereof authorized to act on behalf of the agency; (2) the term "meeting" means the deliberations of at least the number of individual agency members required to take action on behalf of the agency where such deliberations determine or result in the joint conduct or disposition of official agency business, but does not include deliberations required or permitted by subsection (d) or (e); and (3) the term "member...
Page 50 - public telecommunications facilities" means apparatus necessary for production, interconnection, captioning, broadcast, or other distribution of programming, including, but not limited to, studio equipment, cameras, microphones, audio and video storage or reproduction equipment, or both...
Page 54 - ... (D) In the case of any public broadcast station (other than any station which is owned and operated by a state, a political or special purpose subdivision of a State, or a public agency) in existence on the effective date of this paragraph, such station shall comply with the requirements of this paragraph with respect to the establishment of a community advisory board not later than 180 days after such effective date. (E) The provision of subparagraph (A) prohibiting the distribution of funds...
Page 45 - ... committee or body, and no person shall be required, as a condition to attendance at any such meeting, to register such person's name or to provide any other information. Nothing contained in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent any such board, committee, or body from holding closed sessions to consider matters relating to individual employees, proprietary information, litigation and other matters requiring the confidential advice of counsel, commercial or financial information obtained...
Page 54 - ... (C) The role of the board shall be solely advisory in nature, except to the extent other responsibilities are delegated to the board by the governing body of the station. In no case shall the board have any authority to exercise any control over the daily management or operation of the station. (D) In the case of any public broadcast station (other than any station which is owned and operated by a state, a political or special purpose subdivision of a State, or a public agency) in existence on...
Page 57 - ... and the significant policy decisions rendered by the station. The board may also be delegated any other responsibilities, as determined by the governing body of the station. The board shall advise the governing body of the station with respect to whether the programming and other policies of such station are meeting the specialized educational and cultural needs of the communities served by the station, and may make such recommendations as it considers appropriate to meet such needs.
Page 21 - ... strengthen the capability of existing public television and radio stations to provide public telecommunications services to the public.