[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR2301.5]

[Page 484]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
       CHAPTER XXIII--NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
                 ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 2301_PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart B_Application Requirements
 
Sec. 2301.5  Special consideration.

    In accordance with section 392(f) of the Act, the Agency will give 
special consideration to applications that foster ownership of, 
operation of, and participation in public telecommunications entities by 
minorities and women. Ownership and operation of includes the holding of 
management and other positions in the entity, especially those concerned 
with programming decisions and day-to-day operation and management. 
Participation may be shown by the entity's involvement of women and 
minorities in public telecommunications through its programming 
strategies as meeting the needs and interests of those groups. 
Minorities include American Indians or Alaska natives; Asian or Pacific 
Islanders, Hispanics, and Blacks, not of Hispanic Origin. The special 
consideration element is provided as one of several evaluation criteria 
contained in the regulations at 15 CFR 2301.17(b)(6).