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2012 FCC EEO Public File Report for <strong>Grande</strong> <strong>Communications</strong><br />
<strong>Dallas</strong>, <strong>TX</strong> - #12298<br />
This Report Covers July 18, 2011 – July 15, 2012<br />
Total # of Full-Time Vacancies Filled During Period: 8<br />
Total # People Interviewed for Full-Time Vacancies During Period: 64<br />
Please see attached recruitment source list for recruitment source contact information.<br />
# Position Title # Hired Dates of<br />
Hire<br />
1 Broadband<br />
<strong>Communications</strong><br />
Technician<br />
2 Director of Field<br />
Operations<br />
3 Enterprise Sales<br />
Representative<br />
2 02/13/2012<br />
02/27/2012<br />
Full-Time Positions Filled<br />
Recruitment Source of Recruitment<br />
Successful Applicant(s) Source(s) Used to<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1 07/25/2011 1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
2 02/06/2012<br />
07/02/2012<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Employee Referral<br />
Internal<br />
Internet<br />
Job Fair<br />
Newspaper<br />
Other<br />
Rehire<br />
Staffing Agency<br />
Employee Referral<br />
Internal<br />
Internet<br />
Job Fair<br />
Newspaper<br />
Other<br />
Rehire<br />
Staffing Agency<br />
Employee Referral<br />
Internal<br />
Internet<br />
Job Fair<br />
Newspaper<br />
Other<br />
Rehire<br />
Staffing Agency<br />
Fill Vacancy<br />
My <strong>Grande</strong>, Indeed,<br />
Monster, Texas<br />
Workforce<br />
Commission<br />
My <strong>Grande</strong>,<br />
Cable360,<br />
My <strong>Grande</strong>, Indeed,<br />
Newspaper – <strong>Dallas</strong><br />
Morning News,<br />
Texas Workforce<br />
Commission,<br />
Monster, Salesjobs,<br />
StartUpHire<br />
3<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
4<br />
0<br />
19<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
9<br />
0<br />
1<br />
8<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Number of Interviews<br />
Referred by Each<br />
Recruitment Source<br />
Employee Referral<br />
Internal<br />
Internet<br />
Job Fair<br />
Newspaper<br />
Other<br />
Rehire<br />
Staffing Agency<br />
Employee Referral<br />
Internal<br />
Internet<br />
Job Fair<br />
Newspaper<br />
Other<br />
Rehire<br />
Staffing Agency<br />
Employee Referral<br />
Internal<br />
Internet<br />
Job Fair<br />
Newspaper<br />
Other<br />
Rehire<br />
Staffing Agency<br />
Total<br />
Number<br />
Interviewed<br />
5<br />
24<br />
19
4 Marketing Director 1 03/19/2012 1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
5 Retail Customer<br />
Contact<br />
Representative<br />
1 08/16/2011 1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
6 Territory Manager 1 10/03/2011 0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Employee Referral<br />
Internal<br />
Internet<br />
Job Fair<br />
Newspaper<br />
Other<br />
Rehire<br />
Staffing Agency<br />
Employee Referral<br />
Internal<br />
Internet<br />
Job Fair<br />
Newspaper<br />
Other<br />
Rehire<br />
Staffing Agency<br />
Employee Referral<br />
Internal<br />
Internet<br />
Job Fair<br />
Newspaper<br />
Other<br />
Rehire<br />
Staffing Agency<br />
My <strong>Grande</strong>, Indeed,<br />
Newspaper – <strong>Dallas</strong><br />
Morning News,<br />
Monster<br />
1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
My <strong>Grande</strong> 1<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
My <strong>Grande</strong>, Indeed,<br />
Barefoot Student,<br />
Craigslist, Texas<br />
Workforce<br />
Commission,<br />
Cable360,<br />
StartUpHire,<br />
2<br />
0<br />
10<br />
0<br />
0<br />
2<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Employee Referral<br />
Internal<br />
Internet<br />
Job Fair<br />
Newspaper<br />
Other<br />
Rehire<br />
Staffing Agency<br />
Employee Referral<br />
Internal<br />
Internet<br />
Job Fair<br />
Newspaper<br />
Other<br />
Rehire<br />
Staffing Agency<br />
Employee Referral<br />
Internal<br />
Internet<br />
Job Fair<br />
Newspaper<br />
Other<br />
Rehire<br />
Staffing Agency<br />
1<br />
1<br />
14
REPORTING PERIOD<br />
July 18, 2011 -- July 15, 2012<br />
<strong>Dallas</strong>, <strong>TX</strong><br />
Employment Unit # 12298<br />
RECRUITING SOURCES<br />
<strong>Dallas</strong><br />
Source Contact Name Contact Contact Email Contact Fax Contact Address<br />
Phone<br />
My <strong>Grande</strong> Jimy Lincoln 512.878.5214 jimy.lincoln@mygrande.com 512.878.4016 401 Carlson Circle<br />
San Marcos, <strong>TX</strong> 78666<br />
Craigslist www.craigslist.com<br />
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/feedback<br />
Texas<br />
Workforce<br />
Commission<br />
Gina Prullage 940-323-4391 gprullage@dfwjobs.com 940-323-4391 1300 Teasley Lane<br />
Denton, <strong>TX</strong> 76205<br />
Indeed Aimee Frank 646.307.7347 aimee@indeed.com 177 Broad St., 6th Floor<br />
Stamford, CT 06901<br />
Monster (212) 351-7000 http://about-monster.com/contact (646) 658-0540 Monster Worldwide, Inc.<br />
622 Third Avenue, 39th<br />
Floor<br />
New York, NY 10017<br />
SalesJobs Kat Green 415-453-4342 info@salesjobs.com<br />
kat@salesjobs.com<br />
<strong>Dallas</strong> Morning<br />
Newspaper<br />
Alicia Sanchez 214-977-7859 classified@dallasnews.com<br />
ASanchez@dmnmedia.com<br />
Cable360 Holly Mulvihill 860.437.5700<br />
ext 317<br />
Barefoot Student www.barefootstudent.com<br />
510-288-1366 160 Sir Francis Drake Blvd,<br />
2nd Floor<br />
San Anselmo, CA 94960<br />
214-977-8637 508 Young St., <strong>Dallas</strong>, <strong>TX</strong><br />
75202<br />
h.mulvihill@jobtarget.com 860.447.4562 225 State Street, Suite<br />
300, New London, CT<br />
06320<br />
StartUpHire<br />
Austin Ventures<br />
<strong>Grande</strong><br />
Recruiting TV<br />
Spots<br />
Erin Harris 512-485-1970 eharris@austinventures.com 300 West 6th Street, Suite<br />
2300, Austin, <strong>TX</strong> 78701<br />
Brandee Otto 512-878-5237 Brandee.otto@mygrande.com 512-878-4289 401 Carlson Circle<br />
San Marcos, <strong>TX</strong> 78666
REPORTING PERIOD<br />
July 18, 2011 -- July 15, 2012<br />
<strong>Dallas</strong>, <strong>TX</strong><br />
Outreach Initiatives 7-18-11 through 7-15-12<br />
Date Event Description/Participation Participants<br />
07/22/11 Lantana HOA guests at RoughRiders Game in <strong>Grande</strong> suite Host, networking, branding Lori Salisbury and Nate Denny<br />
07/28/11 The Vineyard MDU guest at RoughRiders Game in <strong>Grande</strong> suite Host, networking, branding James Daniels<br />
08/06/11 The Legends HOA National Night Out Sponsor and booth, sales Lori Salisbury and Nate Denny<br />
opportunity<br />
08/17/11 Killian Middle School Chili Cook-Off Sponsor, volunteer, branding Lori Salisbury<br />
08/18/11 Little Elm ISD vendor fair Booth sponsor, branding, nonprofit<br />
support<br />
08/27/11 Windsor Place HOA Movie Night Movie sponsor, table, sales<br />
networking, branding<br />
09/12/11 Frisco Chamber Golf Tournament Sponsor, booth sales<br />
opportunity, networking and<br />
branding<br />
Lori Salisbury<br />
09/24/11 Run Lantana Sponsor and booth, branding, Lori Salisbury<br />
sales opportunity<br />
10/04/11 Windsor Place HOA National Night Out Sponsor, branding, networking Lori Salisbury<br />
Lori Salisbury and Nate Denny<br />
Will Russell and Lori Salisbury<br />
10/07/11 Blanton Elementary School Renaissnace Festival Game sponsor, branding,<br />
volunteer<br />
10/09/11 Lost Creek HOA Fall Festival Table and door prize sponsor,<br />
branding<br />
10/09/11 Heritage Ranch Women's PJ Bingo Event Door Prize Sponsor, volunteer,<br />
community support<br />
10/14/11 Morningside Elementary Stampede T-Shirt sponsor, volunteer,<br />
branding, community support<br />
10/15/11 Flower Mound Fiesta Video Sponsor, branding,<br />
networking, community support<br />
10/21/11 RJ Elementary School Walk-A-Thon T-Shirt sponsor, volunteer,<br />
branding, community support<br />
11/05/11 Heritage Village HOA Movie Night Movie sponsor, volunteer,<br />
branding and community<br />
support<br />
Lori Salisbury<br />
Lori Salisbury<br />
Lori Salisbury<br />
Lori Salisbury<br />
Lori Salisbury and Stacy Nicholson<br />
Lori Salisbury<br />
Lori Salisbury
11/12/11 Heritage Ranch HOA Fall Vendor Show Booth sponsor, community<br />
support<br />
12/07/11 Castle Hills Elementary School Bubble Show Sponsor, volunteer, branding<br />
and community support<br />
12/11/11 The Trails HOA Winterfest Santa Sponsor, volunteer,<br />
networking, community support<br />
12/17/11 The Fairways HOA Santa Workshop Sponsor, volunteer, branding<br />
and community support<br />
12/18/11 Frisco Arts Annual Polar Express PJ Party Movie Sponsor, branding and<br />
community support<br />
02/04/12 Corinth Farms HOA annual resident meeting Breakfast sponsor, sales<br />
opportunity, community support<br />
02/29/12 Sun Set Point HOA resident meeting Branding, marketing, sales<br />
opportunity and networking<br />
Lori Salisbury and Nate Denny<br />
Lori Salisbury<br />
Lori Salisbury<br />
Lori Salisbury<br />
Lori Salisbury and Lisa Tyler<br />
Lori Salisbury and James Daniels<br />
Matt Rohre, Jerry Horne, Lori<br />
Salisbury, Nate Denny, Starr Gardner<br />
and James Daniels<br />
03/03/12 Heritage Ranch Expo Booth sponsor, sales<br />
Lori Salisbury and Nate Denny<br />
opportunity and community<br />
support<br />
04/07/12 Sun Set Point HOA Blitz G-Force, sales opportunity, Starr Garnder<br />
branding and community<br />
support<br />
04/14/12 Castle Hills Elementary 10 Year Anniversary Celebration Sponsor, branding and<br />
Nate Denny<br />
community support<br />
04/14/12 Sun Set Point HOA G-Force, sales opportunity, James Daniels<br />
branding and community<br />
support<br />
04/21/12 Sun Set Point HOA G-Force, sales opportunity, Nate Denny<br />
branding and community<br />
support<br />
04/22/12 Waterford Park HOA Spring Picnic Sponsor and booth Lori Salisbury<br />
04/24/12 Villages of Woodlakes HOA annual resident meeting Drinks Sponsor, booth,<br />
community support and sales<br />
opportunity<br />
5/15 and<br />
5/17/2012<br />
Games at Heritage Ranch annual competition event<br />
Sponsor, community support,<br />
branding and volunteer<br />
Lori Salisbury, Jerry Horne and Nate<br />
Denny<br />
Lori Salisbury<br />
05/18/12 Robson Ranch Bowling Banquet Dessert sponsor, branding and Lori Salisbury<br />
community support<br />
05/19/12 Castle Hills Dragon Dash 5k & 1M King Sponsor, branding, Lori Salisbury<br />
community support and<br />
volunteer<br />
05/23/12 Flower Mound Bowling for Business Sponsor, networking, branding Lori Salisbury and James Daniels<br />
06/02/12 Silverado MDU vendor fair Table, door prize sponsor, sales Lori Salisbury and James Daniels<br />
opportunity, branding<br />
06/09/12 Corinth Farms HOA Block Party Game sponsor, branding and<br />
community support<br />
Starr Garnder
06/10/12 Lost Creek HOA Pool Party Sponsor, booth, branding and Lori Salisbury<br />
community support<br />
06/16/12 Villages of Woodlakes HOA guests in <strong>Grande</strong> suites at RoughRiders Host, networking, branding Lori Salisbury<br />
07/04/12 Castle Hills 4th of July Celebration DJ Sponsor, volunteer,<br />
branding and community<br />
support<br />
Nate Denny
Federal <strong>Communications</strong> Commission DA 12-989<br />
Before the<br />
Federal <strong>Communications</strong> Commission<br />
Washington, D.C. 20554<br />
In the Matter of<br />
<strong>Grande</strong> <strong>Communications</strong><br />
San Marcos, Texas<br />
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NAL/Acct. No. MB-201241410034<br />
FRN: 0004257614 for<br />
Employment Unit I.D. Nos. 11775, 12295,<br />
12297, 12299, and 12301;<br />
FRN: 0006178198 for<br />
Employment Unit I.D. Nos. 12296,<br />
12298, and 12300<br />
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER AND<br />
NOTICE OF APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE<br />
Adopted: June 22, 2012 Released: June 25, 2012<br />
By the Chief, Media Bureau:<br />
I. INTRODUCTION<br />
1. In this Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture<br />
(“NAL”), we find that <strong>Grande</strong> <strong>Communications</strong> Networks, LLC (“<strong>Grande</strong>”), multi-channel video<br />
programming distributor (“MVPD”) of Texas Employment Units 11775, Hays; 12295, Midland; 12296,<br />
Bexar County; 12297, Ector County; 12298, <strong>Dallas</strong> County; 12299, Travis County; 12300, McClellan<br />
County; and 12301, Nueces County (the “Units”), apparently, willfully and repeatedly violated the<br />
Commission’s equal employment opportunity (“EEO”) Rules, by failing to comply with the<br />
Commission’s EEO recruitment and self-assessment requirements. 1 Based upon our review of the facts<br />
and circumstances before us, we conclude that <strong>Grande</strong> is apparently liable for a monetary forfeiture in the<br />
amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000). To prevent future violations of these requirements, we also<br />
impose reporting conditions on the Units and any successor owners of the Units. We also adjudge the<br />
Units not certified for compliance with our EEO Rules for the year 2011.<br />
II.<br />
BACKGROUND<br />
1. Sections of the Rules at issue in this case include the following:<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Section 76.75(b)(1)(i) of the Rules requires than an MVPD employment unit use<br />
recruitment sources for each vacancy in a manner sufficient, in its reasonable, good<br />
faith judgment, to widely disseminate information concerning the vacancy;<br />
Section 76.75(f) of the Rules requires that an MVPD analyze its recruitment program<br />
on an ongoing basis to ensure that it is effective in achieving broad outreach, and<br />
address any problems found as a result of its analysis;<br />
Section 76.77(b) requires the Commission to determine, based on information<br />
1 See 47 C.F.R. §§ 76.75(b)(1)(i) and 76.75(f).
Federal <strong>Communications</strong> Commission DA 12-989<br />
submitted on a unit’s EEO program annual report, whether the unit is in compliance<br />
with the Commission’s EEO rules. If the unit is found to be in compliance, the<br />
Commission is required to send a Certificate of Compliance to the unit; if it is found<br />
to not be in compliance, the Commission must notify the unit that it is not so certified<br />
for the year in question.<br />
2. The Bureau conducted a review of the MVPD Equal Employment Opportunity Annual Reports<br />
(FCC Forms 396-C) submitted by <strong>Grande</strong> for the 2009-2010 reporting year. This review revealed<br />
violations of the EEO rules based on information in the public file reports covering the reporting period of<br />
July 20, 2009 through July 18, 2010. As a result, the Media Bureau’s Policy Division denied <strong>Grande</strong><br />
EEO certification for this period, and, in accordance with the provisions of 47 C.F.R § 76.77(d), notified<br />
<strong>Grande</strong> that it would audit <strong>Grande</strong>’s EEO program for the 2010-2011 review period for compliance with<br />
the Commission’s MVPD EEO Rules. 2 The Commission requested that <strong>Grande</strong> respond to the audit letter<br />
by January 6, 2012. <strong>Grande</strong> failed to respond to the audit by the Commission’s deadline. On January 17,<br />
2012, <strong>Grande</strong> sought and was granted an extension of time to respond to the audit up to January 30, 2012.<br />
<strong>Grande</strong> filed a response to the 2010-2011 EEO audit on January 27, 2012. 3<br />
III.<br />
DISCUSSION<br />
3. Our review of the audit response reveals that during the 2010-2011 reporting period, <strong>Grande</strong><br />
filled 121 full-time vacancies and failed to recruit widely for 34 (28%) vacancies, relying solely on the<br />
use of Internet websites for those vacancies, in apparent violation of Section 76.75(b)(1)(i) of the Rules.<br />
The 34 vacancies with inadequate recruitment included openings filled at each of <strong>Grande</strong>’s eight units.<br />
While the Commission does not require the use of a specific number of recruitment sources, if a source or<br />
sources cannot reasonably be expected, collectively, to reach the entire community, as here, a unit may be<br />
found in noncompliance with the Commission’s EEO Rule. 4 Further, the Commission’s interpretation of<br />
the EEO Rule does not allow a unit to recruit solely from Internet sources to meet the requirement to<br />
widely disseminate information concerning vacancies. 5<br />
4. Because of these recruiting failures in all eight of <strong>Grande</strong>’s units, we find that the Units also did<br />
not adequately analyze their recruitment programs on an ongoing basis to ensure that they were effective<br />
in achieving broad outreach or address any problems found as a result of their analysis, in apparent<br />
violation of Section 76.75(f). In its January 27, 2012 response to the December 7, 2011 audit letter,<br />
<strong>Grande</strong> stated that it continuously evaluates recruitment sources to identify new sources that will provide<br />
a diverse pool of candidates for its openings and that it uses new sources every year in response to this<br />
analysis. But during the 2010-2011 review period, <strong>Grande</strong> failed to recruit adequately for 34 openings,<br />
starting with a broadband communications technician hired on August 16, 2010, in the San Marcos unit,<br />
and ending with a broadband communications technician hired on July 2, 2011, in the San Antonio unit. 6<br />
2 Letter from Lewis Pulley, Assistant Chief, Policy Division, Media Bureau to Bartlett F. Leber, Senior Vice<br />
President and General Counsel, Atlantic Broadband, Quincy, Massachusetts (December 7, 2011); Letter from Lewis<br />
Pulley to Bartlett Leber (December 7, 2011). Atlantic Broadband is the parent company of <strong>Grande</strong><br />
<strong>Communications</strong>.<br />
3 Letter and Attachments from Bartlett Leber, General Counsel, Atlantic Broadband, on behalf of <strong>Grande</strong><br />
<strong>Communications</strong> Networks LLC to Lewis Pulley, Assistant Chief, Policy Division, Media Bureau (January 27,<br />
2012).<br />
4 See 47 C.F.R. § 76.75(b)(1). See also, Review of the Commission’s Broadcast and Cable Equal Employment<br />
Opportunity Rules and Policies, MM Docket No. 98-204, Second Report and Order and Third Notice of Proposed<br />
Rulemaking, 17 FCC Rcd 24018, 24047, 86 (2002), recon. pending (“Second Report and Order”).<br />
5 See Second Report and Order, 17 FCC Rcd at 24051, 99.<br />
6 The recruitment failures occurred multiple times at each of the reporting Units.
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Such ongoing failure to recruit widely demonstrates a continuing failure by the Units to properly review<br />
and, as needed, amend their practices to ensure compliance with the Commission’s EEO recruitment<br />
requirements. Had the Units effectively examined their practices, they should have noted the continuing<br />
nature of their failure to satisfy their wide recruitment obligation and could have taken the needed steps to<br />
correct it.<br />
5. In light of the one-year statute of limitations on the Commission’s authority to issue NALs for<br />
MVPD EEO violations, 31 of the Units’ recruiting failures cannot be redressed through monetary<br />
forfeiture proceedings. 7 We therefore admonish the Units for failing to recruit widely for these 31<br />
vacancies. With respect to the three hires that occurred within the past 12 months and for which the Units<br />
also failed to recruit widely, we issue this NAL. 8 Further, we issue this NAL for the Units’ failure to<br />
adequately self-assess its EEO recruitment programs, cited above, which also occurred within the past 12<br />
months. 9 This NAL is issued pursuant to Section 503(b)(1)(B) of the <strong>Communications</strong> Act of 1934, as<br />
amended (the “Act”). 10 Under that provision, any person who is determined by the Commission to have<br />
willfully or repeatedly failed to comply with any provision of the Act or any rule, regulation, or order<br />
issued by the Commission shall be liable to the United States for a forfeiture penalty. 11 Section 312(f)(1)<br />
of the Act defines willful as “the conscious and deliberate commission or omission of [any] act,<br />
irrespective of any intent to violate” the law. 12 The legislative history of Section 312(f)(1) of the Act<br />
clarifies that this definition of willful applies to both Sections 312 and 503(b) of the Act, 13 and the<br />
Commission has so interpreted the term in the Section 503(b) context. 14 Section 312(f)(2) of the Act<br />
provides that “[t]he term ‘repeated,’ when used with reference to the commission or omission of any act,<br />
means the commission or omission of such act more than once or, if such commission or omission is<br />
continuous, for more than one day.” 15<br />
6. The Commission’s Forfeiture Policy Statement and Section 1.80(b)(4) of the Rules do not<br />
establish a base forfeiture amount for EEO violations such as a failure to perform adequate recruitment or<br />
self-assess EEO performance. 16 Accordingly, we must look to pertinent precedent involving similar<br />
violations to determine the appropriate proposed forfeiture amount here. In determining the appropriate<br />
forfeiture amount, we may adjust the amount upward or downward by considering the factors enumerated<br />
7 Section 503(b)(6)(B) of the Act limits the time period within which the Commission can initiate a forfeiture<br />
proceeding against non-broadcast entities to only those violations that occur within one year prior to the issuance<br />
date of a notice of apparent liability for forfeiture.<br />
8 The following three Units hired applicants by inadequate recruitment through sole reliance on Internet websites<br />
less than one year ago: Unit #12296 hired applicants on June 30, 2011 and July 2, 2011. Unit #12300 hired one<br />
applicant on June 27, 2011. Accordingly, under the one-year statute of limitations, of the 34 violations pertaining to<br />
inadequate recruitment, only the three vacancies just listed are eligible for NAL consideration. See 47 U.S.C. §<br />
503(b)(6).<br />
9 See 47 U.S.C. § 503(b)(6).<br />
10 47 U.S.C. § 503(b)(1)(B). See also 47 C.F.R. § 1.80(a)(1).<br />
11 Id.<br />
12 47 U.S.C. § 312(f)(1).<br />
13 See H.R. Rep. No. 97-765, 97 th Cong. 2d Sess. 51 (1982).<br />
14 See Southern California Broadcasting Co., Memorandum Opinion and Order, 6 FCC Rcd 4387, 4388 (1991).<br />
15 47 U.S.C. § 312(f)(2).<br />
16 47 U.S.C. § 503(b)(2)(D); see also Forfeiture Policy Statement and Amendment of Section 1.80 of the Rules to<br />
Incorporate the Forfeiture Guidelines, Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 17087, 17100-01, 27; 17113-16 (1997)<br />
(“Forfeiture Policy Statement”), recon. denied, 15 FCC Rcd 303 (1999); 47 C.F.R. § 1.80(b)(4); 47 C.F.R. §<br />
1.80(b)(4), note to paragraph (b)(4), Section II.
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in Section 503(b)(2)(D) of the Act, including “the nature, circumstances, extent and gravity of the<br />
violation, and, with respect to the violator, the degree of culpability, any history of prior offenses, ability<br />
to pay, and such other matters as justice may require.” 17<br />
7. Based upon the facts before us, pertinent precedent, 18 and the other factors noted above, we find<br />
that the Units are apparently liable for the following forfeiture amounts for their willful and repeated<br />
violations of the Rules: $8,000 for their violation of Section 76.75(b)(1)(i) and $2,000 for their violation<br />
of Section 76.75(f), for a total proposed forfeiture in the amount of $10,000. The one-year statute of<br />
limitations bars us from assessing a forfeiture for the Units’ failure to recruit widely for 31 vacancies, but<br />
we will issue an admonishment for these failures. Moreover, the forfeiture amount proposed here has<br />
been adjusted upward to reflect the exacerbating factor of the Units’ history of having recruited<br />
inadequately 31 times prior to the June 27 – July 2, 2011 hires. We will also adjudge the Units not<br />
certified for 2011and impose reporting conditions as set forth below to ensure that the Units, and any<br />
successor owner, if any, maintains an adequate EEO program in compliance with the Rules.<br />
IV.<br />
ORDERING CLAUSES<br />
8. Accordingly, we find that <strong>Grande</strong> <strong>Communications</strong> Networks LLC employment units Nos.<br />
11775,12295,12296, 12297, 12298, 12299, 12300, and 12301 are adjudged NOT CERTIFIED for<br />
compliance with our EEO rules for 2011, in accordance with 47 C.F.R. § 76.77(b). Also <strong>Grande</strong><br />
<strong>Communications</strong> Networks LLC, is hereby ADMONISHED for its willful and repeated violation of<br />
Section 76.75(b)(1)(i) of the Rules.<br />
9. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to Section 503(b) of the <strong>Communications</strong> Act of 1934,<br />
as amended, and Sections 0.283 and 1.80 of the Commission’s Rules, that <strong>Grande</strong> <strong>Communications</strong><br />
Networks LLC is hereby NOTIFIED of its APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE in the amount<br />
of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for its apparent willful and repeated violation of Sections 76.75(b)(1)(i)<br />
and 76.75(f) of the Commission’s Rules.<br />
10. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to Section 1.80 of the Commission’s Rules, that, within<br />
thirty (30) days of the release date of this NAL <strong>Grande</strong> <strong>Communications</strong> Networks LLC, SHALL PAY the<br />
full amount of the proposed forfeiture or SHALL FILE a written statement seeking reduction or<br />
cancellation of the proposed forfeiture.<br />
11. Payment of the forfeiture must be made by check or similar instrument, payable to the order of<br />
the Federal <strong>Communications</strong> Commission. The payment must include the NAL/Account Number and<br />
FRN Number referenced above. Payment by check or money order may be mailed to Federal<br />
<strong>Communications</strong> Commission, P.O. Box 979088, St. Louis, MO 63197-9000. Payment by overnight mail<br />
may be sent to U.S. Bank – Government Lockbox #979088, SL-MO-C2-GL, 1005 Convention Plaza, St.<br />
Louis, MO 63101. Payment by wire transfer may be made to ABA Number 021030004, receiving bank<br />
TREAS/NYC, and account number 27000001. For payment by credit card, an FCC Form 159<br />
(Remittance Advice) must be submitted. When completing the FCC Form 159, enter the NAL/Account<br />
17 Id.<br />
18 In Cox Radio, Inc., we proposed, among other things, a $6,000 forfeiture for a licensee’s violation of Section<br />
73.2080(c)(1)(i), and a $2,000 forfeiture for violation of Section 73.2080(c)(3). Cox Radio, Inc., Notice of Apparent<br />
Liability for Forfeiture, 24 FCC Rcd 8889 (2009) (forfeiture paid). The licensee had failed to recruit widely for<br />
seven of 25 full-time vacancies by relying solely on Internet web sites and referrals and other non-public sources<br />
and failed to self-assess its EEO program over a two-year period. In the case of <strong>Grande</strong>, however, the Units failed to<br />
recruit widely for a substantially larger number of hiring opportunities, and we have therefore increased the<br />
forfeiture to $8,000 for this violation.
Federal <strong>Communications</strong> Commission DA 12-989<br />
number in block number 23A (call sign/other ID), and enter the letters “FORF” in block number 24A<br />
(payment type code). Requests for full payment under an installment plan should be sent to: Chief<br />
Financial Officer – Financial Operations, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room 1-A625, Washington, D.C.<br />
20554. Please contact the Financial Operations Group Help Desk at 1-877-480-3201 or Email:<br />
ARINQUIRIES@fcc.gov with any questions regarding payment procedures.<br />
12. The response, if any, must be mailed to Office of the Secretary, Federal <strong>Communications</strong><br />
Commission, 445 12 th Street, S.W., Washington D.C. 20554, ATTN: Lewis Pulley, Assistant Chief,<br />
Policy Division, Media Bureau and MUST INCLUDE the NAL/Acct. No. referenced above.<br />
13. The Commission will not consider reducing or canceling a forfeiture in response to a claim of<br />
inability to pay unless the respondent submits: (1) federal tax returns for the most recent three-year<br />
period; (2) financial statements prepared according to generally accepted accounting practices (“GAAP”);<br />
or (3) some other reliable and objective documentation that accurately reflects the respondent’s current<br />
financial status. Any claim of inability to pay must specifically identify the basis for the claim by<br />
reference to the financial documentation submitted.<br />
14. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Units and any successor owner who may acquire them<br />
during the periods set out below, SHALL SUBMIT to the Federal <strong>Communications</strong> Commission, Media<br />
Bureau, EEO Staff, an original and one copy of a filing, sworn to by an officer of the Units, containing<br />
the following information for all eight units on November 1, 2012; November 1, 2013; and November 3,<br />
2014:<br />
(a) the units’ most recent EEO public file reports;<br />
(b) dated copies of all advertisements, bulletins, letters, faxes, e-mails, or other communications<br />
announcing each full-time vacancy for the preceding reporting year;<br />
(c) the recruitment source that referred the hiree for each full-time vacancy, the job title of each<br />
full-time vacancy filled, and the date each full-time vacancy was filled;<br />
(d) the total number of interviewees for each full-time vacancy for the preceding reporting year<br />
and the referral source for each interviewee; and<br />
(e) the sources contacted for each full-time opening during the reporting year.<br />
15. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that copies of this NAL shall be sent, by First Class and<br />
Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, to Bartlett F. Leber, Senior Vice President and General<br />
Counsel, Atlantic Broadband, One Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169, and to John T.<br />
Nakahata, Wiltshire & Grannis, LLP, 1200 18 th Street, N.W., Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20036.<br />
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION<br />
William T. Lake, Chief<br />
Media Bureau