FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
WASHINGTON 
OFFICE OF 
THE C HAIRM A N 
The Honorable Rob Portman 
United States Senate 
448 Russell Senate Office Building 
Washington, D.C. 20510 
Dear Senator Portman: 
April 20, 2017 
Thank you for your letter supporting the appointment of Mr. Martin Yudkovitz, a 
Member of Cincinnati Bell's Board ofDirectors, to serve on the Commission's Broadband 
Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC). 
Last September, I proposed what I called a Digital Empowerment Agenda-a blueprint 
of policies that would accelerate the deployment ofhigh-speed Internet access, or broadband, in 
communities across the country, including rural America. The BDAC is intended to provide an 
effective means for stakeholders to exchange ideas and develop recommendations to the 
Commission on broadband deployment. Its mission will be to identify regulatory barriers to 
infrastructure investment and to make recommendations on reducing and/or removing them, 
which will in turn enhance the Commission's ability to carry out its statutory responsibility to 
encourage broadband deployment to all Americans. 
We were fortunate to have an excellent and deep pool of applicants to serve on the 
BDAC, including Mr. Yudkovitz. The Commission received over 380 applications, resulting in 
the selection of29 members for the BDAC, which will meet for the frrst time on April21 , 2017. 
In the coming weeks, we expect to select additional applicants to serve on the BDAC's working 
groups. We will certainly consider your recommendation and Mr. Yudkovitz's impressive 
resume as the Commission reviews the nominations for the BDAC working groups. 
I appreciate your taking the time to communicate your recommendations to me. Please 
let me know if I can be of any further assistance. 
Sincerely, 
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