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(Lincoln, NE) Gov. Dave Heineman announced the list of members selected to serve on the Broadband Services Task Force. Several groups were charged with naming representatives to the task force, which was created by LB 645.
“I want to thank each of these individuals for their willingness to examine how the state regulates and delivers telecommunications and broadband services,” Gov. Heineman said. “They are well-qualified to address these issues and I look forward to receiving their recommendations.”
LB 645 established the criteria for selecting members to serve on the task force. A total of 18 representatives were to be appointed including three members of the Legislature’s Executive Board, three members of the Nebraska Public Service Commission, three members of the Nebraska Public Power Review Board or their designees, and three members of the Nebraska Information Technology Commission (NITC).
The remaining six members were to be appointed by the Governor with one member being appointed from each of Nebraska’s three congressional districts to represent consumers. The remaining three seats represent consumers at-large.
Those appointed by the Governor to serve as part of the Broadband Services Task Force include: Mark Graham of Lincoln, Richard Hahn of Omaha, Richard Halbert of Falls City, Edwin Koch of Omaha, Jayne Mann of Aurora, and Kathleen Thuman of Maywood.
Representatives appointed by the Legislature’s Executive Board are Senators Phil Erdman of Bayard, Mike Flood of Norfolk, and Mick Mines of Blair. Commissioners Anne Boyle, Frank Landis and Jerry Vap were appointed to represent the Public Service Commission.
The Nebraska Public Power Review Board selected the following individuals to represent the interests of the board on the Broadband Services Task Force: Robert Heinz of Lexington with the Dawson County Public Power District, Robert Selzer of Lincoln with NMPP Energy, and Elliott Spilker of Omaha with the Omaha Public Power District.
NITC members Lt. Governor Rick Sheehy, Doug Kristensen, Chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Kearney, and Linda Aerni of Columbus will fill the final three seats on the task force.
Members of the Broadband Services Task Force will consider a range of issues including the fair and equitable requirements for regulation of broadband, Internet and telecommunications services as they are provided by agencies or political subdivisions and public power suppliers, and advise state leaders on possible policy changes.
The task force will submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature, which is due by December 1, 2006.
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