FCC Tasks Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee Working Group With Addressing COVID-19 Challenges

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announces additional charges for the Disaster Response and Recovery Working Group (Working Group) of the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC). Specifically, the Working Group will assist the BDAC in documenting the various strategies and solutions that stakeholders are developing and implementing in real time to address the deployment-related challenges presented by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It will also enable the BDAC to report on best practices and lessons learned from the response to COVID-19 to help with the ongoing response to the pandemic, and to assist stakeholders, including the FCC, in preparing for and responding to any comparable future crises. In order to assist the Working Group with carrying out these new charges, the FCC seeks to add new members to the Working Group and solicits nominations for membership from individuals with expertise on these issues. Nominations for new membership to the BDAC’s Disaster Response and Recovery Working Group should be submitted to the FCC no later than April 27, 2020.