Access

• Computer access control

• Access for the disabled

• Network access

• Program Access Rules

In this document, the Commission declines to extend the prohibition on exclusive contracts involving satellite-delivered, cable-affiliated programming beyond its October 5, 2012 expiration date. Instead of this prohibition, the Commission will address exclusive contracts involving satellite-delivered, cable-affiliated programming on a case-by-case basis in response to program access complaints. The Commission also affirms its expanded discovery procedures for program access complaints.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 66025, October 31, 2012
• Rules and Regulations
• Federal Communications Commission

• Seven Principles: Increasing Access to Law School Among Students of Color

In Fall 2010, I became one of the first tenured professors in the nation to hold a deanship dedicated exclusively to diversity in a school of law. As the Associate Dean of Institutional Diversity and Inclusiveness at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law ("SCOL"), I am charged with strengthening access to the legal academy, particularly among, but not limited to, students and faculty of color. This Essay describes the evolution of my role and the seven principles that currently guide student pipeline and recruitment efforts at the SCOL. These principles help the SCOL focus those efforts, work strategically, and increase the likelihood that desired outcomes will be achieved. I conclude by offering three examples of efforts undertaken by the SCOL in the first six months of my se...

• Iowa Law Review
• Nbr. 96-5, July 2011

• Market Access Program

This final rule revises and amends the regulation used to administer the (MAP) by updating and merging the application requirements and the activity plan requirements to reflect the Unified Export Strategy (UES) system currently in place; clarifying the eligibility of activities designed to address international market access issues; modifying the list of eligible and ineligible contributions; revising the portions of the regulation regarding evaluations, contracting procedures, and the compliance review and appeals process; eliminating the Export Incentive Program/ (EIP/MAP) as a separate subcomponent; and making other administrative changes for clarity and program integrity. This final rule adopts the substantive provisions of the proposed ru...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 29474, May 17, 2012
• Rules and Regulations
• Commodity Credit Corporation

• Libertarians Sue for Ballot Access

According to Sean Haugh, executive director of the state Libertarian Party, his members are receiving letters saying they are no longer registered to vote. "You can't treat certain voters one way and other voters another way," he says. "The Democrats and Republicans get special treatment, but all voters need to be treated equally. Elena Everett, chair of the N.C. Green Party, said third parties need "significant outside support" to get on the ballot. "Money shouldn't buy access," she says. "The people of North Carolina should be able to freely choose their political affiliation." Everett says the Green Party is considering joining the suit. "I hope the lawsuit will bring public pressure to this issue, instead of letting the legislature sweep it under the carpet. The General Assembly ne...

• Indy Week
• August 05, 2009

• Program Access Rules

In this document, the Commission seeks comment on the following revisions to its : the establishment of certain rebuttable presumptions in connection with program access complaints challenging exclusive contracts involving cable-affiliated programming; and amendments to its rules to ensure that buying groups utilized by small and medium-sized multichannel video programming distributors (``MVPDs'') can avail themselves of the .

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 66052, October 31, 2012
• Proposed rules
• Federal Communications Commission

• 50 CFR 660.330 - Open access fishery—management measures.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries

• 5 CFR 2606.203 - Granting access.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 5: Administrative Personnel

• 15 CFR 784.3 - Scope and conduct of complementary access.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 15: Commerce and Foreign Trade

• Revision of the Commission's Program Access Rules

In this document, the Commission seeks comment on whether to retain, sunset, or relax one of the several protections afforded to multichannel video programming distributors by the program access rules--the prohibition on exclusive contracts involving satellite- delivered, cable-affiliated programming. The current exclusive contract prohibition is scheduled to expire on October 5, 2012. The Commission also seeks comment on potential revisions to its program access rules to better address alleged violations, including potentially discriminatory volume discounts and uniform price increases.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 24302, April 23, 2012
• Proposed rules
• Federal Communications Commission

• Access Authorization Fees

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is proposing to amend its charged to licensees for work performed under the Material Access Authorization Program (MAAP) and the Information Access Authority Program (IAAP). The amended cost is due to an increase in the review time for each application for access authorization. The NRC's formula for calculating fees remains the same and is based on current Office of Personnel Management (OPM) billing rates for background investigations. The formula is designed to recover the full cost of processing a request for access authorization from an NRC licensee.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 26213, May 03, 2012
• Proposed rules
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission