PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
445 12
th
 St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
News Media Information 202 / 418-0500
Internet: http://www.fcc.gov
TTY: 1-888-835-5322
DA 18-241
Released: March 13, 2018
FCC ANNOUNCES AGENDA FOR MARCH 27, 2018 MEETING OF THE 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSITY AND DIGITAL EMPOWERMENT 
GN Docket No. 17-208
This Public Notice serves notice that, consistent with the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
1
 the 
Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment (ACDDE) will meet on Tuesday, March 
27, 2018, beginning at 10:00 am in the Commission Meeting Room at FCC Headquarters, located at 445 
12
th
 Street, SW, Room TW-C305, Washington, DC  20554.  
The meeting will feature a report from each of the ACDDE Working Groups.  The Broadcast 
Diversity and Development Working Group will present a report on its examination of issues pertaining to 
increasing broadcast ownership opportunities for small businesses, including those owned by women and 
minorities.  The Digital Empowerment and Inclusion Working Group will report on its assessment of 
access, adoption, and use of broadband and new technologies by under-resourced communities.  The 
Diversity in Tech Working Group will report on its progress in examining issues pertaining to hiring, 
promotion and retention of women and minorities in tech industries.  
The ACDDE meeting is open to 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/or video coverage of the meeting over the Internet from the FCC’s web page at 
www.fcc.gov/live.  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 e-mail 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 for the FCC to contact the requester if 
more information is needed to fill the request.  Please allow at least five days advance notice for 
accommodation requests; last minute requests will be accepted, but may not be possible to accommodate.
1
 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
2Members 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.
More information about the ACDDE is available at https://www.fcc.gov/advisory-committee-
diversity-and-digital-enpowerment.  You may also contact Jamila Bess Johnson, the Designated Federal 
Officer for the Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment, at (202) 418-2608, or 
Jamila-Bess.Johnson@fcc.gov, or Brenda Villanueva, the Deputy Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 
418-7005, or Brenda.Villanueva@fcc.gov.
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