Attachment ViaSat confidendial

ViaSat confidendial

LETTER submitted by ViaSat, Inc.

Request for Confidential Treatment

2012-07-20

This document pretains to SES-LIC-20120427-00404 for License on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESLIC2012042700404_962131

555 Eleventh Street, N.W., Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20004—1304 Tel: +1.202.637.2200 Fax: +1.202.637.2201 www.lw.com FIRM / AFFILIATE OFFICES LATHAMeWATKINS & LLP Sarceiona Abu Dhabi Munich Moscow Beijing New Jersey : Boston New York F"“ED/ACCEPTED Brussels Orange County Chicago Paris July 20, 2012 dur 20 2012 Dubal fome 1 2 2 1 P Doha Riyadh Eederal Communications Commission FfgnWurt Sen Diego Office of the Secretary Hamburg San Francisco BY HAND DELIVERY Hong Kong Shanghai Houston Silicon Valley Lond Si Ms. Marlene H. Dortch oncon Los Angeles w Tokyo Secretary Madrid ,________Washington, D.C. Federal Communications Commuission Milan NON—PUBSLIGC 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 pFOR INIEJFEJALA USE ONLY | Re: Request for Confidential Treatment Under Section 0.457(e) of the Commission‘s Rules, 47 C.E.R. § 0.457(e) Dear Ms. Dortch: ViaSat, Inc. ("ViaSat") has today submitted a redacted version of the enclosed letter (the "Supplemental Submission") as a supplement the its pending application in International Bureau File No. SES—LIC—20120427—00404; Call Sign E120075 (the "Application"). Pursuant to the Freedom ofInformation Act and Section 0.457(e) of the Commission‘s rules, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(5); 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.457(e), ViaSat respectfully requests that the Commission withhold from public inspection, and accord confidential treatment to, the enclosed unredacted version of the Supplemental Submission. | The Supplemental Submission describes the contents of, and includes a copy of, a position paper authored by staff at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration ("NTIA"). This paper, developed in consultation with Commission staff, State Department staff, and certain other U.S. delegation members, details positions that the U.S. intends to take at upcoming International Telecommunication Union ("ITU") study group meetings regarding the the treatment at the ITU of certain satellite network operations. ViaSat submits that the document constitutes an interagency memorandum containing predecisional recommendations of governmental staff after consultation wit the satellite industry. Any disclosure of this document (unless and until the contents otherwise become public) could adversely affect the ability of the United States to successfully negotiate a favorable resolution of these ITU matters in various international fora. Thus, this information should be deemed subject to the deliberative process privilege and within Exemption 5 of the Freedom of Information Act and should be entitled to confidential treatment under the Commission‘s rules. See 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(5); 47 C.F.R. § 0.457(e); see also Robert J. Butler, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 6 FCC Red 5414, 5416—7 (1991), citing Coastal States Gas Corp. v. Department ofEnergy, 617 nessmrmmenrunce commer~— NON—PUSLIC CECMLRD IAITPTrYArA i arrse a.llls!

Marlene H. Dortch July 20, 2012 Page 2 F.2d 854, 866 (D.C. Cir. 1980); dviation Consumer Action Project v. Washburn, 535 F.2d 101, 107—8 (D.C. Cir. 1976). As noted above, ViaSat separately is filing today with the Commission a redacted version ofthe submission from which the confidential portions have been redacted. That redacted version will be available for public inspection in the normal course of the Commission‘s processes. ‘ Please contact the undersigned should you have any questions regarding this request. Respectfully submitted, %,_\ John P. Janka Elizabeth R. Park Enclosure ce: Robert Nelson Andrea Kelly Paul Blais Joseph Hill


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