The Federal Communications Commission hereby announces, consistent with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the members of the re-chartered Federal Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age (“Diversity Committee”). See the attached list.

The Diversity Committee is a critical component of the Commission’s diversity agenda. Chairman Genachowski re-chartered the Committee in December 2012 to extend the terms of the current members and to ensure that they have adequate time to continue their important work. The Committee’s expert insight has informed Commission policy on vital issues like capital access, broadband infrastructure and adoption, the importance of data driven action on diversity, nondiscrimination in advertising, and many others.

The Committee’s mission is to advise the Commission regarding policies and practices that will enhance diversity in the telecommunications and related industries. In particular, the Committee focuses on lowering barriers to entry for historically disadvantaged men and women and creating an environment that enables employment of a diverse workforce within the telecommunications and related industries. This Committee will continue to work on (1) unlicensed spectrum opportunities for diverse communities and entrepreneurs; (2) how exemplary EEO practices by telecommunications industry participants can contribute to the FCC’s goal of viewpoint diversity; (3) how exemplary supplier diversity practices by industry participants can contribute to the FCC’s goal of ownership diversity, and (4) reviewing past diversity initiatives that have positively impacted ownership diversity and determining how these initiatives can be incorporated in the Commission’s current diversity agenda.

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Vice President and MTI Director Dr. John Horrigan was selected for this committee.

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