Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee

Federal Communications Commission

Thursday, September 19, 2019 - 2:30pm

BDAC will receive status reports and updates from its three working groups: Disaster Response and Recovery, Increasing Broadband Investment in Low-Income Communities, and Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Job Skills and Training Opportunities.

9:30 AM – CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENTS BDAC

  • Chair Elizabeth Bowles | DFO Justin Faulb

9:35 AM – OPENING REMARKS Commissioner Brendan Carr

9:40 AM – DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY WORKING GROUP PRESENTATION

  • Red Grasso, Chair, Disaster Response and Recovery Working Group
  • Jonathan Adelstein, Vice Chair
  • Red Grasso For Sanjay Saggere, Lead, Subgroup on Government Processes and Procedures
  • Kurt Jacobs, Lead, Subgroup on Infrastructure Standards and Resiliency
  • Peter Tomczak, Lead, Subgroup on Mutual Aid, Resource Sharing, And Coordination

11:30 AM – 10 MINUTE BREAK

11:40 AM – BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYMENT JOB SKILLS AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES WORKING GROUP PRESENTATION

  • Leticia Latino, Chair Rikin Thakker, Vice Chair

1:00 PM – LUNCH BREAK

2:05 PM – INCREASING BROADBAND INVESTMENT IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES WORKING GROUP PRESENTATION

  • Tom Ferree, Chair
  • Claude Aiken, Vice Chair

3:30 PM – OPEN DISCUSSION

4:00 PM – MEETING ADJOURNED BDAC Chair Elizabeth Bowles



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