[opendtv] AmeriCorps to help consumers prepare for DTV transition

From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:36:45 -0400
The FCC was obviously impressed by John Shutt's "house calls."

Bert

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http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-289629A1.pdf

Washington, D.C. - As part of the Federal Communications Commission's
comprehensive nationwide DTV transition assistance effort, hundreds of
AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) members will partner
with the FCC to assist individuals who may have difficulty making the
switch to digital television, the FCC and AmeriCorps NCCC announced
today. The AmeriCorps NCCC members will focus on groups the FCC has
targeted for special attention, including low-income individuals,
minority communities, non-English speaking consumers, senior citizens,
consumers with disabilities and individuals living in rural areas or
tribal lands.

The NCCC, an AmeriCorps program made up of men and women between the
ages of 18 and 24, will serve on the front lines of the FCC's DTV
transition outreach effort that will extend beyond June 12, the deadline
for full-power broadcast stations to cease analog broadcast transmission
and to broadcast in digital.

The FCC and AmeriCorps NCCC have signed an interagency agreement that
will enable AmeriCorps NCCC members to visit homes where individuals
need help to connect their antennas and analog televisions to digital
converter boxes, help consumers apply for the $40 converter box coupons,
make presentations at community events, serve in walk-in DTV help
centers and otherwise spread the word to over-the-air populations who
haven't yet taken steps necessary to continue watching television after
their broadcast stations complete their transitions to all-digital
broadcasting.

Teams of 8 to 12 AmeriCorps NCCC members will serve under the guidance
of FCC area coordinators and often will work side-by-side with the many
FCC employees who volunteer to work in communities throughout the
country. AmeriCorps NCCC members will provide assistance in communities
that the FCC has targeted as needing additional help from now until the
June 12 transition. The members will undergo FCC training before being
deployed to the field and will gain additional assistance from the FCC
area coordinators once in their locations. [ ... ]
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Also:

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FCC Releases Solicitations for DTV Transition Assistance as Part of a
Comprehensive Consumer Outreach and Support Effort.

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-689A1.pdf

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced today the first of
three sets of solicitations for DTV transition assistance, releasing six
Statements of Work (SOW) with Requests for Quotations (RFQs) that seek
proposals for Basic In-Home Installation Services to assist consumers in
making the transition to digital television (DTV). [ ... ]
 
 
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