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language) in proceedings before the 

Commission. 

DATES: September 18, 2017, 9:00 a.m. to 

3:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, 445 12th Street SW., 

Commission Meeting Room TW–C305, 

Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Marshall, Designated Federal 

Officer of the Committee, (202) 418– 

2809 (voice or Relay); email 

Scott.Marshall@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s 

document DA 17–792, released August 

23, 2017, announcing the Agenda, Date, 

and Time of the Committee’s Next 

Meeting. 

Meeting Agenda 

At its September 18, 2017 meeting, 

the Committee is expected to consider a 

recommendation from its Robocalls 

Working Group regarding blocking of 

unwanted calls. The Committee will 

also receive briefings from Commission 

staff on issues of interest to the 

Committee. 

A limited amount of time will be 

available for comments from the public. 

If time permits, the public may ask 

questions of presenters via the email 

address livequestions@fcc.gov or via 

Twitter using the hashtag #fcclive. The 

public may also follow the meeting on 

Twitter @fcc or via the Commission’s 

Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ 

fcc. Alternatively, members of the 

public may send written comments to: 

Scott Marshall, Designated Federal 

Officer of the Committee, at the address 

provided above. 

The meeting is open to the public and 

the site is fully accessible to people 

using wheelchairs or other mobility 

aids. Sign language interpreters, open 

captioning, assistive listening devices, 

and Braille copies of the agenda and 

committee roster will be provided on 

site. Meetings of the Committee are also 

broadcast live with open captioning 

over the Internet from the FCC Live Web 

page at www.fcc.gov/live/. Other 

reasonable accommodations for people 

with disabilities are available upon 

request. The request should include a 

detailed description of the 

accommodation needed and contact 

information. Please provide as much 

advance notice as possible; last minute 

requests will be accepted, but may not 

be possible to fill. To request an 

accommodation, send an email to 

fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer 

and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 

(202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). 

Federal Communications Commission. 

D’wana Terry, 

Acting Deputy Bureau Chief, Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1166] 

Information Collection Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

the Commission) invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

The Commission may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number. No person shall 

be subject to any penalty for failing to 

comply with a collection of information 

subject to the PRA that does not display 

a valid OMB control number. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted on or before October 2, 2017. 

If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the contacts listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and 

to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@

fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

Include in the comments the OMB 

control number as shown in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. To view a 

copy of this information collection 

request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go 

to the Web page <http://www.reginfo.

gov/public/do/PRAMain>, (2) look for 

the section of the Web page called 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) click on 

the downward-pointing arrow in the 

‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the 

‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4) 

select ‘‘Federal Communications 

Commission’’ from the list of agencies 

presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, 

(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the 

right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6) 

when the list of FCC ICRs currently 

under review appears, look for the OMB 

control number of this ICR and then 

click on the ICR Reference Number. A 

copy of the FCC submission to OMB 

will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork burdens, and as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

the Commission) invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1166. 

Title: Section 1.21001, Participation 

in Competitive Bidding for Support; 

Section 1.21002, Prohibition of Certain 

Communications During the 

Competitive Bidding Process. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 


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Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, not-for-profit institutions, 

and state, local or tribal governments. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 750 respondents and 750 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

47 U.S.C. 154, 254 and 303(r). 

Total Annual Burden: 1,125 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality. 

Information collected in each 

application for universal service support 

will be made available for public 

inspection, and the Commission is not 

requesting that respondents submit 

confidential information to the 

Commission as part of the pre-auction 

application process. Respondents 

seeking to have information collected on 

an application for universal service 

support withheld from public 

inspection may request confidential 

treatment of such information pursuant 

to section 0.459 of the Commission’s 

rules, 47 CFR 0.459. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will use the information collected to 

determine whether applicants are 

eligible to participate in auctions for 

Universal Service Fund support. On 

November 18, 2011, the Commission 

released an order comprehensively 

reforming and modernizing the 

universal service and intercarrier 

compensation systems to ensure that 

robust, affordable voice and broadband 

service, both fixed and mobile, are 

available to Americans throughout the 

nation. Connect America Fund et al., 

Order and Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, 26 FCC Rcd 17663 (2011) 

(USF/ICC Transformation Order). In 

adopting the USF/ICC Transformation 

Order, the Commission created the 

Connect America Fund (CAF) to help 

make broadband available to homes, 

businesses, and community anchor 

institutions in areas that do not, or 

would not otherwise, have broadband. 

In addition, the Commission created the 

Connect America Mobility Fund (MF) to 

ensure the availability of mobile 

broadband networks in areas where a 

private-sector business case is lacking 

and a separate and complementary onetime Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I to 

accelerate mobile voice and broadband 

availability in Tribal areas. Finally, the 

Commission created the Remote Areas 

Fund (RAF) to ensure that Americans 

living in the most remote areas in the 

nation, where the cost of deploying 

traditional terrestrial broadband 

networks is extremely high, can obtain 

affordable access through alternative 

technology platforms, including satellite 

and unlicensed wireless services. 

To implement these reforms and 

conduct competitive bidding for CAF, 

MF, and RAF support, the Commission 

adopted new rules containing 

information collection requirements that 

would be used to determine whether an 

applicant is generally qualified to bid 

for universal service support. The 

Commission also adopted rules 

containing information collection 

requirements that would be used to 

determine whether an applicant is 

specifically qualified to bid for Phase I 

of the Mobility Fund and Tribal 

Mobility Fund. 

Because support under Phase I of the 

Mobility Fund and Tribal Mobility Fund 

has been awarded, the Commission is 

revising the currently approved 

information collection to remove the 

information collections requirements 

that apply specifically to applicants 

seeking to participate in competitive 

bidding for Mobility Fund Phase I and 

Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I support 

and to retain only those information 

collections requirements that apply 

generally to applicants seeking to 

participate in competitive bidding for 

universal service support. The 

Commission also requests that the title 

of this information collection be 

changed to ‘‘Section 1.21001, 

Participation in Competitive Bidding for 

Support; Section 1.21002, Prohibition of 

Certain Communications During the 

Competitive Bidding Process’’ to reflect 

the revised information collection. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Katura Jackson, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the 

Secretary. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Federal Advisory Committee, Diversity 

and Digital Empowerment 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

Commission) announces the first 

meeting and agenda of the Advisory 

Committee on Diversity and Digital 

Empowerment (ACDDE). 

DATES: Monday, September 25, 2017, 

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, Federal Communications 

Commission, Media Bureau, (202) 418– 

2608, Jamila-Bess.Johnson@fcc.gov; or 

Brenda Villanueva, Deputy Designated 

Federal Officer, (202) 418–7005, 

Brenda.Villanueva@fcc.gov. 

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 GN 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 

fcc504@fcc.gov 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: At this meeting, 

the agenda will include introduction of 

members of the ACDDE, including the 

Committee Chair and Vice Chair, 

establish working groups that will assist 

ACDDE in carrying out its work, and 

generally discuss the Committee’s 

mission 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 

programming industries, including as 


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