mrs. genachowski, we sent you a letter with requesting among other things that the sec not implement additional reductions in usf support until the implications in the reform is adopted and can be properly evaluated and understood. as of yet, there's not been an official reply to the letter. will there be a reply forthcoming in the near future? >> there will be a reply. >> maybe this will be addressed in the letter. but can you answer wlrnt you would delay addictional reductions pursuant until the implications is adopted in last fall's usf can be properly evaluated and understood. >> i think it's important that we move forward with implementing the reforms. i'm listening carefully to the issues that come up. so one reason i haven't responded to your letter yet, is that we've made modifications in the last two or three weeks that i want to put in place to tell you about them. stomping the reforms would be counter productive. inconsistent with fiscal responsibility and unfair to american who is would benefit from us moving forward. including in south dakota. >> this question has to do with the co

mr. chairman. chairman genachowski, thank you for sticking around. we all have full schedules this afternoon, and i'm sorry i haven't been here for most of the time. you know i've advocated device interoperability along with a number of competitive wireless carriers operating in the united states. so let me commend you for moving to a notice of proposed rulemaking, addressing the prospect of interoperability in the lower 700 megahertz band. of course, this is only a step. so if you could, tell us what is the status of this notice and when do you expect the fcc to take final action on the issue? >> we're taking this seriously and we appreciate your, your urging in this regard, interoperability is a real issue for the smaller carriers that have that a-block spectrum. there are interference issues that came up and we're working with stakeholders to analyze and determine if there's a way to address them. ultimately to make sure that all the carriers who have spectrum in that band have the ability to use it and get devices for their consumers. >> okay. no

mr. chairman. german genachowski co. we spoke last week about several issues enforcing action on the dedicatory order on call completion to make sure that his being taken seriously about traffic and how you get the inclusion of carrier identification codes so you can close the loophole and find a solution there. talked about low power that will make in an implementation from the local community radio act. so i'm optimistic we will be seen low power fm stations in the near future for by the end of the year it should say. we spent a lot of time talking about the media ownership rules and specifically the media crossownership. and so i have expressed my disappointment at where the commissioners and the proposed rules particularly when it's released in september seems to be to have and congress is gone and where is congress' ability to base their objections on this? .. i would encourage you to come to seattle. i would also encourage you to pay attention to members of the congress they passed a disapproval of the thing you ar

mr. chairman. chairman genachowski, if we look at today's "new york times," it talks about the hacking case. and the head of the rupert murdoch british newspaper empire. and reverting the course of justi justice, and i'm looking to that because it bolsters the case that i want to make with you reaching the highest levels of the new york based company and involving access to the uk and the u.s. now we look at the list here and see these are senior people for the company. and they applied for renewal of the license in 2007. five years ago. and despite this long list, the fec did not announce any plans for proactive investigation into whether or not newscorp -- in the u.s. and i address this to each one of you. what does it take for the fec to begin an investigation? >> well, only we have important responsibilities under the law. we're aware of the issues that we see in the uk. these matters may come before the fcc as a judicatory matters. i think it would be inappropriate for us to prejudge them. and also inappropriate to speak about any investigations we may -- >> we're not talking about an o

mr. chairman. chairman genachowski, i want to jump in on the child safe viewing act and this is the bipartisan bill that was directed, that basically directed fcc to move beyond the v-chip, as you know, and look at other advanced blocking technology. can you give us a quick update on the status of what the fcc is doing? >> yes. first of all it's a tremendous accomplishment for congress to have passed this bill by ensuring that the industry takes disabilities issue into account early. it will solve a lot of problems and really take advantage of the opportunities of technologies to serve people with disabilities. the statute gives us a list of target dates to hit. we've hit all of them so far. working very well with disabilities community and industry, and i think it's been a success, and we're committed to see it continue to be a success. >> thank you. also on the child safe viewing act, the one about the v-chip? >> i'm sorry. >> that's okay. >> my apologies. the child safe -- >> getting those confused because they're both rosenworcel initiatives here in the committee. but go ahead. >> i'll apply th

mr. morial and chairman genachowski and commissioner clyburn and commissioner mcdowell for taking time awaym their very busy schedule to come down here. and also a very special thank you to fernando and the whole team at time warner cable, for supporting us for a long time. almost 12 months now. and supporting other research in this area. had been a very special thank you to neil for being such a great friend. so i'll be very quick. the focus will be the pale come but the basic storyline is that there are two major achievements in broadband adoption that we must celebrate. they are two major problems in broadband adoption that we must address, and our strategy is to leverage or to utilize the achievements to design solutions that efficiently and effectively address the problem. so what are the achievements? and mr. morial just mentioned in earlier. there's undoubtedly a narrowing of the broadband adoption gap between african-americans and white americans. in 2009, the gap with 19 percentage points and in 2010, it was 11 percentage points. and all these data we step on the shores of research