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2/4/10
Chairman Genachowski's Response to Members of Congress Regarding an Application for Review Concerning the Availability of the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) on Cable Television Systems in North Carolina that are Operated by Time Warner Cable.
Chairman Genachowski's Response to Congressman Mike McIntyre
Congressman Mike McIntyre's Letter
Chairman Genachowski's Response to Congressman Walter B. Jones
Congressman Walter B. Jones' Letter

2/4/10
Chairman Genachowski's Response to Senator John Thune Regarding Universal Service Fund Policy Issues for High-Cost and Rural Areas.
Chairman Genachowski's Response to Senator John Thune
Senator John Thune's Letter

2/4/10
Chairman Genachowski's Response to Senators John Kerry and Chuck Grassley Regarding the Commission's 2010 Quadrennial Review of its Media Ownership Rules and Policies.
Chairman Genachowski's Response to Senators John Kerry and Chuck Grassley
Senators John Kerry and Chuck Grassley's Letter

2/4/10
Chairman Genachowski's Response to Senator Evan Bayh Regarding the FCC Review of the Merger Between AT&T Mobility and Centennial Communications Corporation.
Chairman Genachowski's Response to Senator Evan Bayh
Senator Evan Bayh's Letter

2/4/10
Chairman Genachowski's Response to Senator Jay Rockefeller Regarding the Impact of Inflation on the E-Rate Program's Annual $2.25 Billion Funding Cap.
Chairman Genachowski's Response to Senator Jay Rockefeller
Senator Jay Rockefeller's Letter

2/4/10
Chairman Genachowski's Response to Congresswoman Anna Eshoo Regarding the Commission's Proceeding to Establish Rules for Licensing Services for the Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) Spectrum in the 2155-2180 MHz (AWS-3) Band.
Chairman Genachowski's Response to Congresswoman Anna Eshoo
Congresswoman Anna Eshoo's Letter

2/4/10
Chairman Genachowski's Response to Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse Regarding the Commission's Regulations Governing the Retransmission of "Significantly Viewed" Television Broadcast Signals to Cable and Satellite Consumers in the Providence, RI.
Chairman Genachowski's Response to Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse
Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse's Letter

2/4/10
Chairman Genachowski's Response to Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Regarding a Petition for Reconsideration of the Wireline Competition Bureau Action Upholding the Universal Service Administrative Company's Denial of E-rate Funding for Lazo Technologies, Inc.
Chairman Genachowski's Response to Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson
Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson's Letter

2/4/10
Chairman Genachowski's Response to Senator John Kerry Regarding the City of Boston's Waiver Request Seeking Authority to Deploy a Public Safety Broadband System in the 700 MHz Public Safety Broadband Spectrum Licensed to the Public Safety Spectrum Trust.
Chairman Genachowski's Response to Senator John Kerry
Senator John Kerry's Letter

2/4/10
Chairman Genachowski's Response to Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey Regarding Purple Communications, Inc., Petition for Rulemaking on the Video Relay Service (VRS).
Chairman Genachowski's Response to Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey
Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey's Letter

2/4/10
Chairman Genachowski's Response to Senator Robert P. Casey regarding applications by the County of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Operate a Public Safety Land Mobile Radio Communications System on Spectrum Allocated to Television Channel 15.
Chairman Genachowski's Response to Senator Robert P. Casey
Senator Robert P. Casey's Letter

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