[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 169 (Friday, September 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41623-41624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18550]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Federal Advisory Committee, Diversity and Digital Empowerment

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC 
or Commission) announces the first meeting and agenda of the Advisory 
Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment (ACDDE).

DATES: Monday, September 25, 2017, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Room 
TW-C305, Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamila Bess Johnson, Designated 
Federal Officer, Federal Communications Commission, Media Bureau, (202) 
418-2608, [email protected]; or Brenda Villanueva, Deputy 
Designated Federal Officer, (202) 418-7005, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is open to members of the 
public. The FCC will accommodate as many attendees as possible; 
however, admittance will be limited to seating availability. The 
Commission will also provide audio and video coverage of the meeting 
over the Internet at www.fcc.gov/live. Oral statements at the meeting 
by parties or entities not represented on the ACDDE will be permitted 
to the extent time permits and at the discretion of the ACDDE Chair and 
the DFO. Members of the public may submit comments to the ACDDE in the 
FCC's Electronic Comment Filing System, ECFS, at www.fcc.gov/ecfs. 
Comments to the ACDDE should be filed in GN Docket No. 17-208.
    Open captioning will be provided for this event. Other reasonable 
accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon 
request. Requests for such accommodations should be submitted via email 
to [email protected] or by calling the Consumer and Governmental Affairs 
Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY). Such requests 
should include a detailed description of the accommodation needed. In 
addition, please include a way for the FCC to contact the requester if 
more information is needed to fulfill the request. Please allow at 
least five days' notice; last minute requests will be accepted, but may 
not be possible to accommodate.
    Proposed Agenda: At this meeting, the agenda will include 
introduction of members of the ACDDE, including the Committee Chair and 
Vice Chair, establish working groups that will assist ACDDE in carrying 
out its work, and generally discuss the Committee's mission to provide 
recommendations to the FCC on how to empower disadvantaged communities 
and accelerate the entry of small businesses, including those owned by 
women and minorities, into the media, digital news and information, and 
audio and video programming industries, including as

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owners, suppliers, and employees, as well as recommendations on how to 
ensure that disadvantaged communities are not denied the wide range of 
opportunities made possible by next-generation networks. This agenda 
may be modified at the discretion of the ACDDE Chair and the DFO.

Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas Horan,
Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2017-18550 Filed 8-31-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6712-01-P