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Telecommunications: Challenges to Assessing and Improving Telecommunications for Native Americans on Tribal Lands

GAO-06-513T Published: Mar 07, 2006. Publicly Released: Mar 07, 2006.
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An important goal of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, is to ensure access to telecommunications services for all Americans. This testimony is based on GAO's January 2006 report GAO-06-189, which reviewed 1) the status of telecommunications subscribership for Native Americans living on tribal lands; 2) federal programs available for improving telecommunications on these lands; 3) barriers to improvements; and 4) how some tribes are addressing these barriers.

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CensusData collectionFederal aid to localitiesIndian landsWirelessNative AmericansPolicy evaluationPopulation statisticsSurveysTelecommunication policyTelecommunicationsTelecommunications systemsTelephonesUniversal service