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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... important , I think , that the Congress should get some idea of how things are working under that law . After this , there will be a special panel with a discussion on the very important goal of insulating public broadcasting from ...
... important , I think , that the Congress should get some idea of how things are working under that law . After this , there will be a special panel with a discussion on the very important goal of insulating public broadcasting from ...
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... important , the General Accounting Office . These organizations all have a vital interest in improved financial management and will also assist the Corporation in developing audit standards , another specific requirement of the Act . In ...
... important , the General Accounting Office . These organizations all have a vital interest in improved financial management and will also assist the Corporation in developing audit standards , another specific requirement of the Act . In ...
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... important extent . The budget for 1979 , without any supplement , is approximately $ 120 million . The already authorized budget for 1980 is $ 152 million . This $ 32 million increase is significant and it does make it possible to make ...
... important extent . The budget for 1979 , without any supplement , is approximately $ 120 million . The already authorized budget for 1980 is $ 152 million . This $ 32 million increase is significant and it does make it possible to make ...
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... level of participation pre- viously available to smaller indepen- dent producers recognizing the important contri- bution that independent pro- ducers can make ( Conference Report , p . 30 ) SECTION / TITLE SEC . 396 ( k ) ( -13- 33.
... level of participation pre- viously available to smaller indepen- dent producers recognizing the important contri- bution that independent pro- ducers can make ( Conference Report , p . 30 ) SECTION / TITLE SEC . 396 ( k ) ( -13- 33.
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... importance of the study and of the need for a careful , professional , thoughtful approach . UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM The Public Telecommunications Act of 1978 requires CPB to undertake a study to determine the manner in which personal ...
... importance of the study and of the need for a careful , professional , thoughtful approach . UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM The Public Telecommunications Act of 1978 requires CPB to undertake a study to determine the manner in which personal ...
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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 41 - Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to authorize any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution or school system...
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 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 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 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 - ... 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 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...
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.