FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
WASHINGTON 
OFFICE OF 
THE CHAIRMAN 
The Honorable Ben Ray Lujan 
U.S. House of Representatives 
2231 Rayburn House Office Building 
Washington, D.C. 20515 
Dear Congressman Lujan: 
April20, 2017 
Thank you for your letter supporting the appointment of Mr. Sandy Jones, Chairman of 
the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, to serve on the Commission1s 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 of high-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. Jones. The Commission received over 380 applications, resulting in the 
selection of 29 members for the BDAC, which will meet for the first time on April 21, 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. Jones'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, 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
WASHINGTON 
OFFIC E O F 
T H E C HAI R MAN 
The Honorable Martin Heinrich 
United States Senate 
303 Hart Senate Office Building 
Washington, D.C. 20510 
Dear Senator Heinrich: 
April 20, 2017 
Thank you for your letter supporting the appointment of Mr. Sandy Jones, Chairman of 
the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, 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 of high-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. Jones. The Commission received over 380 applications, resulting in the 
selection of 29 members for the BDAC, which will meet for the first time on April 21, 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. Jones'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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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
WASHINGTON 
OFFICE OF 
THE CHAIRMAN 
The Honorable Tom Udall 
United States Senate 
531 Hart Senate Office Building 
Washington, D.C. 20510 
Dear Senator Udall: 
April20,2017 
Thank you for your letter supporting the appointment of Mr. Sandy Jones, Chairman of 
the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, 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 of high-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. Jones. The Commission received over 380 applications, resulting in the 
selection of29 members for the BDAC, which will meet for the first 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. Jones'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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