[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 27328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12374]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Federal Advisory Committee, Diversity and Digital Empowerment

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice of intent to renew the charter for the Advisory 
Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) 
hereby announces that that the charter of the Advisory Committee on 
Diversity and Digital Empowerment (hereinafter Committee) will be 
renewed for a two-year period pursuant to the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA) and following consultation with the Committee 
Management Secretariat, General Services Administration.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20554.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: After consultation with the General Services 
Administration, the Commission intends to renew the charter on or 
before July 5, 2019, providing the Committee with authorization to 
operate for two years.
    The purpose of the Committee is to make recommendations to the 
Commission 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 owners, suppliers, and 
employees. It is also to provide recommendations to the Commission on 
how to ensure that disadvantaged communities are not denied the wide 
range of opportunities made possible by next-generation networks. This 
Committee is intended to provide an effective means for stakeholders 
with interests in these areas to exchange ideas and develop 
recommendations to the Commission on media ownership and procurement 
opportunities, empowering communities in order to spur educational, 
economic, and civic development, and consumer access to digital 
technologies.

Advisory Committee

    The Committee will be organized under, and will operate in 
accordance with, the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2). The Committee will be solely advisory in 
nature. Consistent with FACA and its requirements, each meeting of the 
Committee will be open to the public unless otherwise noticed. A notice 
of each meeting will be published in the Federal Register at least 
fifteen (15) days in advance of the meeting. Records will be maintained 
of each meeting and made available for public inspection. All 
activities of the Committee will be conducted in an open, transparent, 
and accessible manner. The Committee shall terminate two (2) years from 
the filing date of its charter, or earlier upon the completion of its 
work as determined by the Chairman of the FCC, unless its charter is 
renewed prior to the termination date.
    During the Committee's second term, it is anticipated that the 
Committee will meet in Washington, DC approximately two (2) times a 
year. The first meeting date and agenda topics will be described in a 
Public Notice issued and published in the Federal Register at least 
fifteen (15) days prior to the first meeting date. In addition, as 
needed, working groups or subcommittees (ad hoc or steering) will be 
established to facilitate the Committee's work between meetings of the 
full Committee. Meetings of the Committee will be fully accessible to 
individuals with disabilities.

Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-12374 Filed 6-11-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6712-01-P