United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-03-07 monographic deposited born digital 16 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-513T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-513T P0b002ee18038168f f:d06513t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-513T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-513T GAO-06-513T Census Data collection Federal aid to localities Indian lands Native Americans Policy evaluation Population statistics Surveys Telecommunication policy Telecommunications Telecommunications systems Telephones Universal service 1990 Decennial Census 2000 Decennial Census 2010 Decennial Census Testimony A48537 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. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-513T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-513T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-513T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-513T.pdf GAO-06-513T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-513T Testimony GAO-06-513T; Telecommunications: Challenges to Assessing and Improving Telecommunications for Native Americans on Tribal Lands; Census Data collection Federal aid to localities Indian lands Native Americans Policy evaluation Population statistics Surveys Telecommunication policy Telecommunications Telecommunications systems Telephones Universal service 1990 Decennial Census 2000 Decennial Census 2010 Decennial Census Volume 85 Page 688 85 Stat. 688 Volume 110 Page 153 110 Stat. 153 Public Law 92-203 Public Law 104-104