On July 30, 2012, the Media Bureau released a Public Notice reminding MVPDs, including cable operators, that Form 396-C, the FCC’s MVPD Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) Program Annual Report, must be submitted electronically by midnight on October 1, 2012.  To file Form 396-C, login to the Media Bureau’s CDBS Electronic Filing System.

The Public Notice also lists the cable operators the FCC has randomly selected to file a Supplemental Investigation Sheet.  For this year’s filing, Supplemental Investigation Sheet filers must:

• Include one job description for employees in the category “Officials and Managers” in Part I.
• Answer questions 3, 5, and 7 of Part II:
  • Name the organizations, media, educational institutions, and other recruitment sources used to attract applicants whenever job vacancies become available.
  • Name the organizations, media, educational institutions, and other recruitment sources used to attract applicants whenever job vacancies become available.
  • Describe the employment unit’s efforts to encourage entrepreneurs to conduct business in a nondiscriminatory manner with all parts of its operation and provide an analysis of the results of those efforts.
• Attach, as Part III, a copy of the unit’s EEO public file report created in 2012 covering the previous 12 months.

If you have any questions about EEO compliance, please contact Scott Friedman at (312) 372-3930 or sfriedman@cm-chi.com.