Anti-Deficiency Act Exemption legislation;
E-Rate Program, school Internet access FY09 Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations, Enhancing Education Through Technology Program. Vietnam's Request for Entry into the Generalized System of Preferences Program as a Beneficiary Developing Country;
Trade Adjustment Assistance;
US-Korea FTA;
US-Colombia FTA; India A La Carte issues;
India tax issues/piracy issues;
US-India Economic Dialogue;
Brazil's proposed new law PL29 (proposed content quotas, foreign ownership restrictions, limits on ad time);
US-Russia Economic Dialogue (market access issues);
Advisory Committee on International Communications Information Policy;
WTO Service Negotiatons;
Briefing materials for US-ASEAN Council Business Missions (ASEAN, Vietnam, Thailand);
US-ASEAN Business Council - audiovisual policy recommendations provided to ASEAN and USG officials;
Providing background to officials about policy concerns/differences between Argentinean and US media landscapes prior to informational visit by official from Argentinean regulatory body considering new media policies;
China Services Trade Agenda - made recommendations re agenda for the US-China Joint Commission on Commerce, Trade and Strategic Economic Dialogue;
Colombia Advertising Issues. Business Activity Tax Simplification legislation -- S 1726, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2007; HR 5267, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2007;
Section 181 of IRS Code -- HR 3389, To amend the IRS Code of 1986 to make permanent the election to treat the cost of qualified film and television products as expenses which is not chargeable to capital account; S 2375, To amend the IRS Code of 1986 to make permanent the election to treat the costs of qualified film and television products as expenses which is not chargeable to capital account; HR 6049, To Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual tax relief, and for other purposes;
Nonresident Withholding Tax legislation -- HR 3359, The Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2007;
Streamlined Sales Tax, HR 3396, The Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act. FY09 Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations, Enhancing Education Through Technology Program. S 602, Child Safe Viewing Act of 2007; content proposals;
HR 2738, Family and Consumer Choice Act of 2007; content restrictions/concerns; a la carte; tiering/programming requirements;
HR 6320, a bill to ensure that individuals with disabilities have access to emerging Internet Protocol-based communication and video programming technologies in the 21st Century; closed captioning/video description; Various Media Issues - content and advertising restrictions, distribution/carriage issues, restrictions/obligations re programming distribution practices, retail/wholesale a la carte, tiering issues, network management issues, must carry obligations, leased access issues; closed captioning/video description;
FCC MB Docket No. 04-261, Viloent Television Programming and its Impact on Children, et al.; content restrictions, a la carte, tiering/programming restrictions;
FCC CS Docket No. 98-120, Carriage of Digital Television Broadcast Signals: Amendments to Part 76 of the Commission's Rules; carriage obligations;
FCC MB Docket Nos. 07-29, 07-198, Implementation of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Development of Competition and Diversity in Video Programming Distribution: Section 628(c)(5) of the Communications Act, Sunset of Exclusive Contract Provision and Review of the Commission's Program Access Rules and Examination of Programming Tying Arrangements; discovery obligations and programming distribution restrictions.
FCC MB Docket No. 04-207, A La Carte and Themed Tier Programming Distribution on Cable Television and Direct Broadcast Satellite Systems;
FCC MB Docket No. 07-18, Consolidated Application of News Corporation and The DIRECTV Group, Inc., Transferors, and Liberty Media Corporation, Transferee, for Authority to Transfer Control; program access/merger conditions.
FCC MB Docket No. 06-189, Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in the Market for the Delivery of Video Progamming; competition issues;
FCC MB Docket No. 07-294, et al., Promoting Diversification of Ownership in the Broadcasting Services, low-power must carry;
FCC MB Docket No. 07-42, Leased Commercial Access, Development of Competition and Diversity in Video Programming Distribution and Carriage, procedural requirements, carriage obligations, and competitive commercial decisions;
FCC CG Docket No. 05-231, Closed Captioning of Video Programming Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc. Petition for Rulemaking; closed captioning; 
FCC MB Docket No. 08-90, Sponsorship Identificiation Rules and Embedded Advertising, product placement/integration; 
FTC Action #228, Project No. P859900, Online Behavorial Advertising: Moving the Discussion Forward to Possible Self-Regulatory principles; self-regulatory principles.
TEC - Telecommunications EDU - Education TRD - Trade (domestic/foreign) TAX - Taxation/Internal Revenue Code BUD - Budget/Appropriations COM - Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
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