Federal Advisory Committee Act; Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age, 21354-21355 [2013-08283]

Download as PDF TKELLEY on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 21354 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 69 / Wednesday, April 10, 2013 / Notices Docket Numbers: ER13–685–003. Applicants: Public Service Company of New Mexico. Description: Compliance Filing Docket ER13–685 to be effective N/A. Filed Date: 4/1/13. Accession Number: 20130401–5278. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/22/13. Docket Numbers: ER13–687–002. Applicants: Public Service Company of New Mexico. Description: Compliance Filing Docket ER13–687 to be effective N/A. Filed Date: 4/1/13. Accession Number: 20130401–5281. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/22/13. Docket Numbers: ER13–690–002. Applicants: Public Service Company of New Mexico. Description: Compliance Filing in Docket ER13–690 to be effective 8/2/2013. Filed Date: 4/1/13. Accession Number: 20130401–5284. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/22/13. Docket Numbers: ER13–996–000. Applicants: ATO Power, Inc. Description: Amendment to February 27, 2013 Petition of ATO Power, Inc. Filed Date: 3/8/13. 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For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Dated: April 2, 2013. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2013–08343 Filed 4–9–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Federal Advisory Committee Act; Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. AGENCY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice advises interested persons that the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age (‘‘Diversity Committee’’). The Committee’s mission is to provide recommendations to the Commission regarding policies and practices that will further enhance diversity in the telecommunications and related industries. In particular, the Committee will focus primarily on lowering barrier to entry for historically disadvantaged men and women, exploring ways in which to ensure universal access to and adoption of broadband, and creating an environment that enables employment of a diverse workforce within the telecommunications and related industries. The Committee will be charged with gathering the data and information necessary to formulate meaningful recommendations for these objectives. SUMMARY: Thursday, April 25 at 2:00 p.m. Federal Communications Commission, Room TW–C305 (Commission Meeting Room), 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Kreisman, 202–418–1605 Barbara.Kreisman@FCC.gov. DATES: ADDRESSES: At this meeting the current committee structure and other organizational matters will be discussed. The goals and approaches of the advisory group will be discussed, including the substantive direction further recommendations should consider. Committee reports may be submitted. Members of the general public may attend the meeting. The FCC will attempt to accommodate as many people as possible. However, admittance will be limited to seating availability. The public may submit written comments before the meeting to: Barbara Kreisman, the FCC’s Designated Federal Officer for the Diversity Committee by email: Barbara.Kreisman@fcc.gov or U.S. Postal Service Mail (Barbara Kreisman, Federal Communications Commission, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\10APN1.SGM 10APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 69 / Wednesday, April 10, 2013 / Notices Room 2–A665, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554). Open captioning will be provided for this event. Other reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. Requests for such accommodations should be submitted via email to fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the Consumer & 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 we can contact you if we need more information. Please allow at least five days advance notice; last minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill. Additional information regarding the Diversity Committee can be found at www.fcc.gov/DiversityFAC. Federal Communications Commission. Barbara A. Kreisman, Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau. [FR Doc. 2013–08283 Filed 4–9–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [AU Docket No. 13–53; DA 13–323] Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I Auction Scheduled for October 24, 2013; Comment Sought on Competitive Bidding Procedures for Auction 902 and Certain Program Requirements Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In this document, the Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications and Wireline Competition Bureaus announce a reverse auction to award up to $50 million in one-time Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I support scheduled to commence on October 24, 2013. This document also seeks comment on competitive bidding procedures for Auction 902 and certain program requirements. DATES: Comments are due on or before May 10, 2013, and Reply comments are due on or before May 24, 2013. ADDRESSES: All filings in response to this public notice must refer to AU Docket No. 13–53. The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Wireline Competition Bureau strongly encourage interested parties to file comments electronically, and request that an additional copy of all comments and reply comments be submitted electronically to the following address: TKELLEY on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:59 Apr 09, 2013 Jkt 229001 auction902@fcc.gov. To the extent that commenters identify census blocks for removal and/or addition to the list of potentially eligible census blocks, the Bureaus request that such lists be filed in MS Excel format through the Auction 902 email box. Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods: D Electronic Filers: Federal Communications Commission’s Web site: https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. D Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and one copy of each filing. Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All filings must be addressed to the Commission’s Secretary, Attn: WTB/ASAD, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission. D All hand-delivered or messengerdelivered paper filings for the Commission’s Secretary must be delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 12th Street SW., Room TW–A325, Washington, DC 20554. The filing hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern Time. All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes and boxes must be disposed of before entering the building. D Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. D U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority mail must be addressed to 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. D People with Disabilities: Contact the FCC to request reasonable accommodations (accessible format documents, sign language interpreters, CART, etc.) by email: FCC504@fcc.gov or phone: 202–418–0530 or TTY: 202– 418–0432. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Auctions and Spectrum Access Division: For Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I questions: Patricia Robbins at (202) 418– 0660; for auction process questions: Lisa Stover at (717) 338–2868. Wireline Competition Bureau, Telecommunications Access Policy Division: For general universal service questions: Alex Minard at (202) 418– 7400. Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Office of Native Affairs and Policy: For questions regarding Tribal lands and Tribal governments: Geoffrey Blackwell at (202) 418–3629 or Irene Flannery at (202) 418–1307. PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 21355 This is a summary of the Auction 902 Comment Public Notice released on March 29, 2013. The complete text of the Auction 902 Comment Public Notice, including attachments and related Commission documents, is available for public inspection and copying from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) Monday through Thursday or from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET on Fridays in the FCC Reference Information Center, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554. The Auction 902 Comment Public Notice and related Commission documents also may be purchased from the Commission’s duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc. (BCPI), 445 12th Street SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone 202–488–5300, fax 202–488–5563, or you may contact BCPI at its Web site: https:// www.BCPIWEB.com. When ordering documents from BCPI, please provide the appropriate FCC document number, for example, DA 13–323 for the Auction 902 Comment Public Notice. The Auction 902 Comment Public Notice and related documents also are available on the Internet at the Commission’s Web site: https://wireless.fcc.gov/auctions/ 902/, or by using the search function for AU Docket No. 13–53 on the Commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) Web page at https://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction and Summary 1. The Wireless Telecommunications and Wireline Competition Bureaus (the Bureaus) announce a reverse auction to award up to $50 million in one-time Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I support and seek comment on auction procedures and certain related programmatic issues. This auction is scheduled to begin on October 24, 2013, and is designated as Auction 902. 2. Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I will provide one-time support to deploy mobile voice and broadband services to unserved Tribal lands, which have significant telecommunications deployment and connectivity challenges. Auction 902 will award high-cost universal service support through reverse competitive bidding, as envisioned by the Commission in the USF/ICC Transformation Order, 76 FR 73830, November 29, 2011 and 76 FR 81562, December 28, 2011. Auction 902 will award one-time support to carriers that commit to provide 3G or better mobile voice and broadband services on Tribal lands where such services are unavailable, based on the bids that will maximize the population covered by new mobile services without exceeding E:\FR\FM\10APN1.SGM 10APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21354-21355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08283]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Federal Advisory Committee Act; Advisory Committee on Diversity 
for Communications in the Digital Age

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this 
notice advises interested persons that the Federal Communications 
Commission's (FCC) Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications 
in the Digital Age (``Diversity Committee''). The Committee's mission 
is to provide recommendations to the Commission regarding policies and 
practices that will further enhance diversity in the telecommunications 
and related industries. In particular, the Committee will focus 
primarily on lowering barrier to entry for historically disadvantaged 
men and women, exploring ways in which to ensure universal access to 
and adoption of broadband, and creating an environment that enables 
employment of a diverse workforce within the telecommunications and 
related industries. The Committee will be charged with gathering the 
data and information necessary to formulate meaningful recommendations 
for these objectives.

DATES: Thursday, April 25 at 2:00 p.m.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Kreisman, 202-418-1605 
Barbara.Kreisman@FCC.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At this meeting the current committee 
structure and other organizational matters will be discussed. The goals 
and approaches of the advisory group will be discussed, including the 
substantive direction further recommendations should consider. 
Committee reports may be submitted.
    Members of the general public may attend the meeting. The FCC will 
attempt to accommodate as many people as possible. However, admittance 
will be limited to seating availability. The public may submit written 
comments before the meeting to: Barbara Kreisman, the FCC's Designated 
Federal Officer for the Diversity Committee by email: 
Barbara.Kreisman@fcc.gov or U.S. Postal Service Mail (Barbara Kreisman, 
Federal Communications Commission,

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Room 2-A665, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554).
    Open captioning will be provided for this event. Other reasonable 
accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. 
Requests for such accommodations should be submitted via email to 
fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the Consumer & 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 we can contact you if we need more 
information. Please allow at least five days advance notice; last 
minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill.
    Additional information regarding the Diversity Committee can be 
found at www.fcc.gov/DiversityFAC.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Barbara A. Kreisman,
Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2013-08283 Filed 4-9-13; 8:45 am]
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