83_FR_9899 83 FR 9853 - Federal Advisory Committee, Diversity and Digital Empowerment

83 FR 9853 - Federal Advisory Committee, Diversity and Digital Empowerment

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 46 (March 8, 2018)

Page Range9853-9854
FR Document2018-04660

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) announces the March 27, 2018, meeting and agenda of the Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment (ACDDE).

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 46 (Thursday, March 8, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 46 (Thursday, March 8, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9853-9854]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-04660]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Federal Advisory Committee, Diversity and Digital Empowerment

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC 
or Commission) announces the March 27, 2018, meeting and agenda of the 
Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment (ACDDE).

DATES: March 27, 2018, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamila Bess Johnson, Designated 
Federal Officer (DFO), Federal Communications Commission, Media Bureau, 
(202) 418-2608, [email protected]; or Brenda Villanueva, 
Deputy Designated Federal Officer (DFO), (202) 418-7005, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is open to members of 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 video coverage of the meeting 
over the internet at www.fcc.gov/live. Oral statements at the meeting 
by parties or entities not represented on the ACDDE will be permitted 
to the extent time permits and at the discretion of the ACDDE Chair and 
the DFO. Members 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 Docket No. 17-208.
    Open captioning will be provided for this event. Other reasonable 
accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon 
request. Requests for such accommodations should be submitted via email 
to [email protected] or by calling the Consumer and 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 fulfill the request. Please allow at 
least five days' notice; last minute requests will be accepted, but may 
not be possible to accommodate.
    Proposed Agenda: The agenda at this 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 and new entrants, 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 Committee's mission is to provide recommendations to the FCC on 
how to empower disadvantaged communities and accelerate the entry of 
small businesses, including those owned by women and minorities, into 
the media, digital news and information, and audio and video

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programming industries, including as owners, suppliers, and employees. 
The Committee will provide recommendations on how to ensure that 
disadvantaged communities are not denied the wide range of 
opportunities made possible by next-generation networks and develop 
best practices regarding training and hiring opportunities for women 
and minorities to encourage diversity in the tech industry.
    This agenda may be modified at the discretion of the ACDDE Chair 
and the DFO.

Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas Horan,
Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.
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                                                  Dated: January 12, 2018.                              captioning will be provided for this                  Federal Officer (DFO), (202) 418–7005,
                                                Andrew D. Sawyers,                                      event. Other reasonable                               Brenda.Villanueva@fcc.gov.
                                                Director, Office of Wastewater Management,              accommodations for people with                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
                                                Office of Water.                                        disabilities are available upon request.              meeting is open to members of the
                                                [FR Doc. 2018–04699 Filed 3–7–18; 8:45 am]                 Requests for such accommodations                   public. The FCC will accommodate as
                                                BILLING CODE 6560–50–P                                  should be submitted via email to                      many attendees as possible; however,
                                                                                                        fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the Office               admittance will be limited to seating
                                                                                                        of Engineering and Technology at (202)                availability. The Commission will also
                                                FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS                                  418–2470 (voice), (202) 418–1944 (fax).               provide audio and video coverage of the
                                                COMMISSION                                              Such requests should include a detailed               meeting over the internet at
                                                                                                        description of the accommodation                      www.fcc.gov/live. Oral statements at the
                                                Federal Advisory Committee Act;                         needed. In addition, please include your              meeting by parties or entities not
                                                Technological Advisory Council                          contact information. Please allow at                  represented on the ACDDE will be
                                                                                                        least five days advance notice; last                  permitted to the extent time permits and
                                                AGENCY: Federal Communications
                                                                                                        minute requests will be accepted, but                 at the discretion of the ACDDE Chair
                                                Commission.
                                                                                                        may be impossible to fill. This notice is             and the DFO. Members of the public
                                                ACTION: Notice of public meeting.                       being published in the Federal Register               may submit comments to the ACDDE in
                                                SUMMARY:   In accordance with the                       and due to the unexpected                             the FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing
                                                Federal Advisory Committee Act, this                    circumstances that required the agency                System, ECFS, at www.fcc.gov/ecfs.
                                                notice advises interested persons of a                  to cancel the originally scheduled                    Comments to the ACDDE should be
                                                change in date for a previously                         meeting of March 7th and substitute a                 filed in Docket No. 17–208.
                                                announced meeting of the Federal                        new date, convenient to the committee                    Open captioning will be provided for
                                                Communications Commission’s (FCC)                       membership and as close to the original               this event. Other reasonable
                                                Technological Advisory Council.                         data as possible, may appear less than                accommodations for persons with
                                                                                                        15 calendar days before the new                       disabilities are available upon request.
                                                DATES: Thursday, April 12th, 2018 in
                                                                                                        meeting date. This new date will allow                Requests for such accommodations
                                                Commission Meeting Room, from 12:30                     the committee to conduct its business in              should be submitted via email to
                                                p.m. to 4:00 p.m.                                       a timely manner, but may not afford the               fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the
                                                ADDRESSES: Federal Communications                       usual 15 day notice. However, the                     Consumer and Governmental Affairs
                                                Commission, 445 12th Street SW,                         agency has posted on the committee’s                  Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202)
                                                Washington, DC 20554.                                   website on February 23rd, 2018 notice                 418–0432 (TTY). Such requests should
                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        of the new meeting date, and has also                 include a detailed description of the
                                                Walter Johnston, Chief, Electromagnetic                 issued a public notice to that effect.                accommodation needed. In addition,
                                                Compatibility Division, (202) 418–0807;                 Federal Communications Commission.                    please include a way for the FCC to
                                                Walter.Johnston@FCC.gov.                                                                                      contact the requester if more
                                                                                                        Julius P. Knapp,
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to
                                                                                                        Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology.
                                                                                                                                                              information is needed to fulfill the
                                                scheduling conflicts, the first meeting                                                                       request. Please allow at least five days’
                                                                                                        [FR Doc. 2018–04638 Filed 3–7–18; 8:45 am]
                                                for 2018 of the FCC’s Technological                                                                           notice; last minute requests will be
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                                                Advisory Council which had been                                                                               accepted, but may not be possible to
                                                previously announced in the Federal                                                                           accommodate.
                                                Register to take place on March 7th,                    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS                                   Proposed Agenda: The agenda at this
                                                2018 will now be held on April 12,                      COMMISSION                                            meeting will feature a report from each
                                                2018. At its prior meeting on December                                                                        of the ACDDE Working Groups. The
                                                6th, 2017, the Council had discussed                    Federal Advisory Committee, Diversity                 Broadcast Diversity and Development
                                                possible work initiatives for 2018. These               and Digital Empowerment                               Working Group will present a report on
                                                initiatives have been discussed in the                                                                        its examination of issues pertaining to
                                                interim within the FCC, with the TAC                    AGENCY: Federal Communications                        increasing broadcast ownership
                                                chairman, as well as with individual                    Commission.                                           opportunities for small businesses and
                                                TAC members. At the April meeting, the                  ACTION: Notice.                                       new entrants, including those owned by
                                                FCC Technological Advisory Council                                                                            women and minorities. The Digital
                                                will discuss its proposed work program                  SUMMARY:   In this document, the Federal              Empowerment and Inclusion Working
                                                for 2018. The FCC will attempt to                       Communications Commission (FCC or                     Group will report on its assessment of
                                                accommodate as many people as                           Commission) announces the March 27,                   access, adoption, and use of broadband
                                                possible. However, admittance will be                   2018, meeting and agenda of the                       and new technologies by under-
                                                limited to seating availability. Meetings               Advisory Committee on Diversity and                   resourced communities. The Diversity in
                                                are also broadcast live with open                       Digital Empowerment (ACDDE).                          Tech Working Group will report on its
                                                captioning over the internet from the                   DATES: March 27, 2018, beginning at
                                                                                                                                                              progress in examining issues pertaining
                                                FCC Live web page at http://                            10:00 a.m.                                            to hiring, promotion, and retention of
                                                www.fcc.gov/live/. The public may                                                                             women and minorities in tech
                                                submit written comments before the                      ADDRESSES: Federal Communications                     industries.
                                                meeting to: Walter Johnston, the FCC’s                  Commission, 445 12th Street SW, Room                     The Committee’s mission is to
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                                                Designated Federal Officer for                          TW–C305, Washington, DC 20554.                        provide recommendations to the FCC on
                                                Technological Advisory Council by                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      how to empower disadvantaged
                                                email: Walter.Johnston@fcc.gov or U.S.                  Jamila Bess Johnson, Designated Federal               communities and accelerate the entry of
                                                Postal Service Mail (Walter Johnston,                   Officer (DFO), Federal Communications                 small businesses, including those
                                                Federal Communications Commission,                      Commission, Media Bureau, (202) 418–                  owned by women and minorities, into
                                                Room 2–A665, 445 12th Street SW,                        2608, Jamila-Bess.Johnson@fcc.gov; or                 the media, digital news and
                                                Washington, DC 20554). Open                             Brenda Villanueva, Deputy Designated                  information, and audio and video


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                                                programming industries, including as                                     This agenda may be modified at the                                      FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
                                                owners, suppliers, and employees. The                                  discretion of the ACDDE Chair and the                                     CORPORATION
                                                Committee will provide                                                 DFO.
                                                recommendations on how to ensure that                                                                                                            Notice of Termination of Receiverships
                                                                                                                       Federal Communications Commission.
                                                disadvantaged communities are not                                                                                                                   The Federal Deposit Insurance
                                                                                                                       Thomas Horan,
                                                denied the wide range of opportunities                                                                                                           Corporation (FDIC or Receiver), as
                                                                                                                       Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.
                                                made possible by next-generation                                                                                                                 Receiver for each of the following
                                                                                                                       [FR Doc. 2018–04660 Filed 3–7–18; 8:45 am]
                                                networks and develop best practices                                                                                                              insured depository institutions, was
                                                regarding training and hiring                                          BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
                                                                                                                                                                                                 charged with the duty of winding up the
                                                opportunities for women and minorities                                                                                                           affairs of the former institutions and
                                                to encourage diversity in the tech                                                                                                               liquidating all related assets. The
                                                industry.                                                                                                                                        Receiver has fulfilled its obligations and
                                                                                                                                                                                                 made all dividend distributions
                                                                                                                                                                                                 required by law.

                                                                                                                   NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF RECEIVERSHIPS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Termination
                                                       Fund                                     Receivership name                                                                     City                                        State      date

                                                10028 ................      National Bank of Commerce ..............................                 Berkeley .............................................................      IL           3/1/2018
                                                10065 ................      Cooperative Bank ...............................................         Wilmington ..........................................................       NC           3/1/2018



                                                   The Receiver has further irrevocably                                Receiverships have been terminated, the                                   FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
                                                authorized and appointed FDIC-                                         Receiver has been discharged, and the                                     CORPORATION
                                                Corporate as its attorney-in-fact to                                   Receiverships have ceased to exist as
                                                execute and file any and all documents                                 legal entities.                                                           Notice to All Interested Parties of
                                                that may be required to be executed by                                                                                                           Intent To Terminate Receiverships
                                                                                                                         Dated: March 5, 2018.
                                                the Receiver which FDIC-Corporate, in                                                                                                              Notice is hereby given that the
                                                                                                                       Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
                                                its sole discretion, deems necessary,                                                                                                            Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
                                                                                                                       Robert E. Feldman,
                                                including but not limited to releases,                                                                                                           (FDIC or Receiver), as Receiver for the
                                                discharges, satisfactions, endorsements,                               Executive Secretary.
                                                                                                                                                                                                 institutions listed below, intends to
                                                assignments, and deeds. Effective on the                               [FR Doc. 2018–04634 Filed 3–7–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                                                 terminate its receivership for said
                                                termination dates listed above, the                                    BILLING CODE 6714–01–P                                                    institutions.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Date of
                                                       Fund                                     Receivership name                                                                     City                                        State   appointment
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           of receiver

                                                10051    ................   Great Basin Bank of Nevada .............................                 Elko ....................................................................   NV          4/17/2009
                                                10081    ................   BankFirst ............................................................   Sioux Falls ..........................................................      SD          7/17/2009
                                                10083    ................   Vineyard Bank, National Association .................                    Rancho Cucamonga ..........................................                 CA          7/17/2009
                                                10127    ................   American United Bank .......................................             Lawrenceville ......................................................        GA         10/23/2009
                                                10432    ................   Fidelity Bank .......................................................    Dearborn ............................................................       MI          3/30/2012
                                                10516    ................   The Bank of Georgia ..........................................           Peachtree City ....................................................         GA          10/2/2015
                                                10519    ................   Trust Company Bank .........................................             Memphis .............................................................       TN          4/29/2016



                                                   The liquidation of the assets for each                              Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,                                    FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
                                                receivership has been completed. To the                                Division of Resolutions and
                                                extent permitted by available funds and                                Receiverships, Attention: Receivership                                    Formations of, Acquisitions by, and
                                                in accordance with law, the Receiver                                   Oversight Department 34.6, 1601 Bryan                                     Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
                                                will be making a final dividend                                        Street, Dallas, TX 75201.
                                                payment to proven creditors.                                                                                                                       The companies listed in this notice
                                                   Based upon the foregoing, the                                         No comments concerning the
                                                                                                                                                                                                 have applied to the Board for approval,
                                                Receiver has determined that the                                       termination of the above-mentioned
                                                                                                                                                                                                 pursuant to the Bank Holding Company
                                                continued existence of the receiverships                               receiverships will be considered which
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)
                                                will serve no useful purpose.                                          are not sent within this time frame.
                                                                                                                                                                                                 (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part
                                                Consequently, notice is given that the                                   Dated: March 5, 2018.                                                   225), and all other applicable statutes
                                                receiverships shall be terminated, to be                               Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.                                    and regulations to become a bank
                                                effective no sooner than thirty days after
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                                                                                                                       Robert E. Feldman,                                                        holding company and/or to acquire the
                                                the date of this notice. If any person                                                                                                           assets or the ownership of, control of, or
                                                wishes to comment concerning the                                       Executive Secretary.
                                                                                                                       [FR Doc. 2018–04635 Filed 3–7–18; 8:45 am]                                the power to vote shares of a bank or
                                                termination of any of the receiverships,
                                                                                                                                                                                                 bank holding company and all of the
                                                such comment must be made in writing,                                  BILLING CODE 6714–01–P
                                                                                                                                                                                                 banks and nonbanking companies
                                                identify the receivership to which the
                                                comment pertains, and be sent within                                                                                                             owned by the bank holding company,
                                                thirty days of the date of this notice to:                                                                                                       including the companies listed below.



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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesMarch 27, 2018, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
ContactJamila Bess Johnson, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), Federal Communications Commission, Media Bureau, (202) 418-2608, [email protected]; or Brenda Villanueva, Deputy Designated Federal Officer (DFO), (202) 418-7005, [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 9853 

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