MMTC Wants 31-Day Extension on Incubator Comments
The Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council wants an extension on comment and reply dates on the FCC’s plan for an incubator program (see 1711160054) to increase communications ownership diversity so that the Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment…
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(see 1709250062) can vote on draft comments, MMTC said in a motion posted Thursday in docket 17-289. The ACDDE’s next meeting is March 27, but comments on the incubator plan are due March 9, replies April 9. MMTC Senior Adviser David Honig is a member of the ACDDE, and MMTC wants an extension of 31 days, making comments due April 9, replies May 10, the motion said. The extension would give the committee time to vote on and submit comments. The incubator NPRM “sought answers to over 70 substantive questions, many of which are highly complex,” so it will “not be possible for a complete and comprehensive set of Comments to be circulated to the ACDDE members for their review until March,” the motion said. ACDDE Chair Julia Johnson supports the motion, the filing said. Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioner Mignon Clyburn urged the committee to examine the incubator proposal at the body's first meeting last year. The recon order proposing the incubator was challenged in court by public interest groups (see 1801180045).