Federal Communications Commission	DA 23-477


DA 23-477
            Released: June 2, 2023

FCC ANNOUNCES JUNE 15, 2023 MEETING OF THE 
COMMUNICATIONS EQUITY AND DIVERSITY COUNCIL  

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 10.
 this Public Notice announces the June 15, 2023, meeting of the Federal Communications Commission’s (Commission) Communications Equity and Diversity Council (CEDC or Committee).  The CEDC meeting will be held in a hybrid manner, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm ET.  The public may attend the meeting in person at FCC headquarters at 45 L Street, NE, Washington, DC.  Additionally, the meeting will be available to the public for viewing via the Internet at http://www.fcc.gov/live. While the CEDC’s meeting is open to the public, the FCC headquarters building is not open access, and all guests must check in with and be screened by FCC security at the main entrance on L Street.  Attendees are not required to have an appointment but must otherwise comply with protocols outlined at: https://www.fcc.gov/visit.  

The agenda for the meeting will include final reports and recommendations from each of the three CEDC working groups including Innovation and Access, Digital Empowerment and Inclusion, and Diversity and Equity.  The June 15, 2023, meeting is the closing meeting of the CEDC under its current charter, ending June 29, 2023.    

The public may follow the meeting on the Commission’s YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/user/fccdotgovvideo.  In addition, the public may follow the meeting on Twitter@fcc or via the Commission’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/fcc.  Members of the public may submit questions during the meeting to livequestions@fcc.gov.

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).  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.   

Members of the public may submit written comments to the CEDC using the FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing System, ECFS, at www.fcc.gov/ecfs.  Any comments should be filed in GN Docket No. 17-208.

More information about the CEDC is available at https://www.fcc.gov/communications-equity-and-diversity-council.  You may also contact Jamila Bess Johnson, the Designated Federal Officer for the Communications Equity and Diversity Council, at (202) 418-2608, or Jamila.Bess-Johnson@fcc.gov; or Diana Coho, Consumer Affairs and Outreach Specialist, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, at (202) 418-2848 or, Diana.Coho@fcc.gov.  


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