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Witness list for Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on USF
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Filed Under: Politics | Technology
More on: 112th, fcc, scia, senate
 
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds a hearing this Thursday on the Universal Service Fund and its impact in Indian Country.

The hearing takes place at 2:15pm in Room 628 of the Senate DIrksen Office Building. The witness list follows:
Panel # 1
Ms. Mignon L. Clyburn
Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission .

Mr. Jonathan Adelstein
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,

Panel # 2
The Honorable Alfred LaPaz
Councilman, Mescalero Apache Tribe
Accompanied by Mr. Godfrey Enjady
General Manager, Mescalero Apache Telecom, Inc.

Mr. Steve Merriam
Chief Executive Officer and General Manager, Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative, Inc.

Mr. Albert Hee
President, Sandwich Isles Communications

Ms. Shirley Bloomfield
Chief Executive Officer, National Telecommunications Cooperative Association

Committee Notice:
OVERSIGHT HEARING on Universal Service Fund Reform: Ensuring a Sustainable and Connected Future for Native Communities (June 7, 2012)

Related Stories:
Senate and House hearings on universal service fund and tribes (6/4)


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