Sec. 4. Data validation and submission assistance
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The Commission shall use competitive procedures to enter into a contract with an entity to provide the services described in paragraph (2). The Commission may— determine— the period in which an entity selected under subparagraph
(A)shall serve in that capacity; and whether to grant an extension with respect to the period described in subclause (i), including the length of that extension; and with respect to the contract described in subparagraph (A), include— a provision relating to liquidated damages; and any other reasonable provision to ensure that the contract is sound and enforceable. Subject to section 106(h)(2) of the Broadband Data Improvement Act ( 47 U.S.C. 1304(h)(2) ), the entity selected under paragraph
(1)shall, in consultation with, and under the supervision of, the Commission— provide— geographic information system data processing assistance to providers that require that assistance in order to comply with the reporting requirements established by the Commission under section 3(a)(1); support for the facilitation of the challenge process, the framework for which is established by the Commission under section 3(a)(2); and independent data validation services, including in-field verification of the availability of broadband internet access service reported by providers, to the Commission to ensure the accuracy and continual refinement of the National Broadband Map; execute data-sharing agreements, as may be requested, with providers to facilitate the exchange of information needed to create shapefiles, or any other such depiction as the Commission may prescribe, of the availability of broadband internet access service for the purposes of carrying out subsection (d); analyze the information exchanged under subparagraph
(B)to produce depictions of the availability of fixed broadband internet access service and mobile broadband internet access service in compliance with the requirements established under section 3(a)(1), for any providers that are eligible for the assistance described in subparagraph (A)(i); provide the depictions of service availability under subparagraph
(C)to the Commission for— the internal use of the Commission; and incorporation in the National Broadband Map; support collaboration between the Commission and other Federal agencies to— track, map, and validate how funds made available through Federal grants, loans, or other financial awards or incentives for the development of broadband infrastructure have been expended to improve the availability of broadband internet access service; and ensure transparency and accountability with respect to the expenditures described in clause (i), taking into account existing accountability measures, such as requiring the deployment of broadband infrastructure to be reported on a geocoded or other location-specific basis; develop and implement an online mechanism to be integrated into the National Broadband Map, which shall solicit and collect feedback submitted by the public and providers through the challenge process, the framework for which is established under section 3(a)(2); and in consultation with the Commission, establish an ongoing data validation and verification process, including selective in-person field validation activities, that shall— be guided by intelligence collected through the receipt of public feedback, the acquisition and analysis of third-party datasets, or other methods the entity may develop; and advise the Commission regarding the continual refinement of the National Broadband Map. With respect to the selection of an entity under subsection (a), the Commission shall seek comment from the public, providers, and other relevant stakeholders regarding the experience and capabilities of organizations that are qualified to be so selected. The Commission may, by order, terminate for cause an entity selected under subsection (a). If the Commission issues a termination order under paragraph (1)(A), the Commission shall, not later than 120 days after the date on which the Commission issues that order, select a new qualified entity to carry out subsection
(a)in the same manner as provided in that subsection, including by seeking comment as provided in subsection (b). The Commission shall implement a process through which a provider may request geographic information system data processing assistance from the entity selected under subsection (a). The entity selected under subsection
(a)shall grant a request for assistance submitted by a provider under paragraph (1)— if the provider has more than 100,000 broadband connections— upon a demonstration of need by the provider; and after review and approval by the Commission; and if the provider has not more than 100,000 broadband connections, automatically, subject to the availability of funds. Nothing in this section may be construed to grant an entity selected under subsection
(a)any regulatory jurisdiction with respect to, or oversight authority over, providers or information technology.
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