WASHINGTON, D.C. — FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has confirmed the recharter of the agency’s Communications Equity and Diversity Council and on Thursday named members to the advisory panel.
The timing is key, as the CEDC’s first meeting is Wednesday (3/27) and will be held both in-person and virtually.
The March 27 meeting is the first to be scheduled, with consistent subsequent meeting required by Federal Advisory Committee Act.
The meeting will be held in a hybrid manner at FCC headquarters from 10am-2pm.
The Council is operating under a new charter, ending June 22, 2025, and operates as a federal advisory committee comprised outside experts whose role is to provide recommendations to the FCC on how to accelerate the deployment of broadband in all communities by reducing and/or removing regulatory barriers to infrastructure and investment. It also provides recommendations on how to strengthen existing broadband networks and develop new ones.
The Communications Equity and Diversity Council was originally established in 2017 under a different name; it was relaunched by Rosenworcel in 2021.
Here is the complete roster of the current CEDC:
