In Alaska Stat. § 44.21.305 – 44.21.330,

(1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of administration;

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 44.21.330

  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(2) “department” means the Department of Administration;
(3) “public broadcasting” means the delivery of radio or television noncommercial programming intended for the general public by any method of telecommunications;
(4) “public telecommunications” means telecommunications which serve public broadcasting, general educational, instructional, medical, safety, emergency, or public participation functions;
(5) “state agencies” means all departments, divisions, and offices in the executive branch of state government; it does not mean an agency of the legislative or judicial branch of government or the University of Alaska;
(6) “telecommunications” means the transmission and reception of messages, impressions, pictures, and signals by means of electromagnetic transmission with or without benefit of a closed transmission medium including all instrumentalities, facilities, apparatus, and services, whether conveyed by cable or wire, radiated through space, or transmitted through other media within a specified area or between designated points;
(7) “telecommunications systems” means those systems in which the principal service and functions are telecommunications.