[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9914-9915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03211]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[DA 12-127]
Emergency Access Advisory Committee; Announcement of Date of Next
Meeting
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the date of the Emergency Access
Advisory Committee's (Committee or EAAC) next meeting. At the March
2013 meeting, the agenda will include discussion of reports from the
subcommittees and other activities needed to ensure access to 911 by
individuals with disabilities.
DATES: The Committee's next meeting will take place on Friday, March 1,
2013, 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST), at the headquarters of the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or Commission).
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20554, in the Commission Meeting Room.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzy Rosen Singleton, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, 202-810-1503, or Suzanne.Singleton@fcc.gov
(email); and/or Zenji Nakazawa, Public Safety and Homeland Security
Bureau, 202-418-7949, Zenji.Nakazawa@fcc.gov (email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 7, 2010, in document DA 10-2318,
Chairman Julius Genachowski announced the establishment and appointment
of members and Co-Chairpersons of the EAAC, an advisory committee
required by the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video
Accessibility Act (CVAA), Public Law 11-260, for the purpose of
achieving equal access to emergency services by individuals with
disabilities as part of our nation's migration to a national Internet
protocol-enabled emergency network, also known as the next generation
9-1-1 system (NG 9-1-1). The purpose of the EAAC is to determine the
most effective and efficient technologies and methods by which to
enable access to Next Generation 911 (NG 9-1-1) emergency services by
individuals with disabilities, and to make recommendations to the
Commission on how to achieve those effective and efficient technologies
and methods. During the spring of 2011, the EAAC conducted a nationwide
survey of individuals with disabilities and released a report on that
survey on June 21, 2011. Following release of the survey report, the
EAAC developed recommendations, which it submitted to the Commission on
December 7, 2011, as required by the CVAA. At the March 2013 EAAC
meeting, the agenda will include discussion of reports from the
subcommittees and other activities needed to ensure access to 911 by
individuals with disabilities.
The meeting site is fully accessible to people using wheelchairs or
other mobility aids. Sign language interpreters, open captioning, and
assistive listening devices will be provided on site. Other reasonable
accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request.
In your request, include a description of the accommodation you will
need and a way we can contact you if we need more information. Last
minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill. Send
an email to: fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer and Governmental
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY). To
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request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities
(Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an email
to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau
at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).
Federal Communications Commission.
Karen Peltz Strauss,
Deputy Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2013-03211 Filed 2-11-13; 8:45 am]
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