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This program enables rural local exchange carriers (RLECs) to secure reasonable financing opportunities to be able to build telecommunications infrastructure capable of delivering broadband in rural areas. WTA's advocacy has been in support of H.R. 2642 because it would require less rewriting of the RUS Broadband Loan Program provisions.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 43752, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "DERRICK", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "B", "last_name": "OWENS", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 37355, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "ERIC", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "KEBER", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 219, "name": "Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "SMB", "general_issue_code_display": "Small Business", "description": "Universal Service Fund Reform -- WTA shared how the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Universal Service Reform effort, particularly the use of the Quantile Regression Analysis (QRA), was impacting many rural local exchange carriers' (RLECs) abilities to deploy broadband throughout rural America.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 43752, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "DERRICK", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "B", "last_name": "OWENS", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 37355, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "ERIC", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "KEBER", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 58641, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "NOAH", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "KAI", "last_name": "CHERRY", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 219, "name": "Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "INT", "general_issue_code_display": "Intelligence", "description": "S. 1353 (Cybersecurity Act of 2013) and H.R. 624 (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) -- WTA continued talking with congressional offices about key liability protections that should be in place that would enable information sharing between private industry and U.S. government agencies. WTA also submitted comments regarding the National Institutes of Standards & Technology's (NIST's) Cybersecurity Framework. In regard to the Framework, WTA continued to express that it should remain voluntary and non-prescriptive, that incentives encouraging adoption of the Framework should be geared toward helping to defray the costs of implementing such a plan, especially for small rural local exchange carriers (RLECs) that operate critical infrastructure and that are subject to operating expense caps.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 43752, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "DERRICK", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "B", "last_name": "OWENS", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 58641, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "NOAH", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "KAI", "last_name": "CHERRY", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 219, "name": "Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "IND", "general_issue_code_display": "Indian/Native American Affairs", "description": "WTA shared its thoughts on ways for rural local exchange telecommunications carriers (RLECs) and Tribal Governments to better work with one another on telecommunications/communications matters. WTA submitted a number of proposals to increase engagement between these entities: develop a list of current Tribal contacts for better communication and coordination; develop a better map that more accurately identifies Tribal lands; require carriers that serve Tribal and non-Tribal lands to certify that they provide access to telecommunications and information services and that their rates on Tribal lands are reasonably comparable to those provided in their non-Tribal service areas.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 43752, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "DERRICK", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "B", "last_name": "OWENS", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 219, "name": "Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "COM", "general_issue_code_display": "Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV", "description": "H.R. 3719, The Video Choice Act of 2013 and the Television Consumer Freedom Act of 2013 -- WTA continued its advocacy support for these pieces of legislation which would provide some relief for rural local exchange carriers (RLECs) that are in the video business with regard to gaining access to content, the prices they pay concerning retransmission consent agreements and the forced tying associated with programming.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 43752, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "DERRICK", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "B", "last_name": "OWENS", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 58641, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "NOAH", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "KAI", "last_name": "CHERRY", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 37355, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "ERIC", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "KEBER", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 219, "name": "Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}, {"general_issue_code": "TEC", "general_issue_code_display": "Telecommunications", "description": "Universal Service and Intercarrier Compensation Reform -- WTA continued to share information with policymakers about how the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) 2011 USF/ICC Transformation Order, specially the use of the Quantile Regression Analysis (QRA), was negatively impacting rural local exchange carriers (RLECs) abilities to invest in broadband to meet their customers' information and communications needs. WTA also expressed its opposition to providing USF reimbursement support to RLECs based off of a model that does not take such carriers' uniqueness (e.g., size, service territory terrain, geography, etc.) into account.\n\nData Only Broadband (DOBB) and Capital Budget Mechanism (CBM) -- WTA continued to advocate support for its DOBB and CBM plans. Specifically, the DOBB plan would allow RLECs to receive USF reimbursement support for their customers who choose to only take the company's broadband service. WTA lobbying effort focused on why this was important to helping increase broadband take-rates in rural areas and why this helps to meet the provisions in the Communications Act which call for comparably reasonable rates between urban and rural areas. In regard to the CBM, WTA's advocacy focused on its use as an alternative to and substitute for the current application of the QRA.\n\nUSF Contributions Reform -- WTA continued to talk with policymakers about why addressing USF Contributions Reform (e.g., the way consumer contribute into the universal service fund) was appropriate as well as the benefits of doing so, especially since the Federal Communications Commission has already addressed the way USF funds are distributed through its 2011 USF/ICC Transformation Order.\n\nEvolution of the Public Switch Network (PSTN) from TDM to Internet Protocol (IP) -- WTA continued to share stories with policymakers about how RLECs' networks have evolved over the years and that they now transitioning from TDM-based to IP-based networks. WTA continued to express its support for limited broad based technical trials as a way to understand technical problems that may arise as networks incorporate more IP. WTA expressed it opposition to such trials as a way for companies to by-pass current rules and regulations.\n\nE-Rate Modernization -- WTA continued to lobby in support of reforming the E-Rate program in an effort to better use the limited E-Rate funds. Its advocacy supported leveraging existing infrastructure as a way to enhance and expand the delivery of broadband services while also advancing rules and regulations against using limited USF dollars to build duplicative infrastructure where pre-existing federal programs and recipients of support are in the process of providing broadband to community anchor institutions.\n\nRural Call Completion -- WTA continued to share stories from its members regarding calls that are not being completed in their service territories. WTA continued to express its support for the implementation of newer rules and regulations that require all calls going to rural areas be completed. The association also emphasized its support for stronger penalties against those carriers that prevent those calls from be completed in rural areas. \n\nFederal Communications Commission Process Reform -- WTA lobbied in support of policies and procedures that bring make the agency more effective and efficient in the way it performs its duties and in the ways in which it seeks information from the entities it regulates.", "foreign_entity_issues": "", "lobbyists": [{"lobbyist": {"id": 43752, "prefix": "mr", "prefix_display": "MR.", "first_name": "DERRICK", "nickname": null, "middle_name": "B", "last_name": "OWENS", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}, {"lobbyist": {"id": 37355, "prefix": null, "prefix_display": null, "first_name": "ERIC", "nickname": null, "middle_name": null, "last_name": "KEBER", "suffix": null, "suffix_display": null}, "covered_position": null, "new": false}], "government_entities": [{"id": 23, "name": "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"}, {"id": 53, "name": "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"}, {"id": 2, "name": "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"}, {"id": 219, "name": "Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)"}, {"id": 1, "name": "SENATE"}]}], "conviction_disclosures": [], "foreign_entities": [], "affiliated_organizations": []} | DC | US | 37358 | DC | DC | US | US | 0 | 0 |