Wireless RERC Comments on Text-to-911 Deployment
The Wireless RERC submitted reply comments in response to the Federal Communications Commission's Further Notice of Purposed Rulemaking: Facilitating the Deployment of Text-to-911 and Other Next...
View ArticleFCC’s Progress in the Accessibility of Advanced Communications
February 2013 — The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Annual Performance Report was released in early February and summarizes the FCC’s work on accomplishing strategic...
View ArticleCommunications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council Looking...
February 12, 2013 — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is to extend the Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) for a fourth two-year term and is seeking...
View ArticleFirst Technology Transitions Policy Task Force Workshop in March
February 12, 2013 — The first FCC Technology Transitions Policy Task Force workshop will be held on Monday, March 18, 2013. The Task Force was formed to recommend policies that “empower and protect...
View ArticleNext FCC Open Meeting on February 20
February 13, 2013 — The next Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Open Meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 20, 2013. The agenda items include: consideration of a Report and Order that would...
View ArticleCMAS Becomes “Wireless Emergency Alerts”
February 25, 2013 — The Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released an Order [PS Docket No. 07-287] that officially changes the name of the...
View ArticleFCC Recommendations on Deployment of NG911 Services
February 27, 2013— The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) submitted a Report to Congress pursuant to Section 6509 of the Next Generation 9-1-1 Advancement Act of 2012 (NG911 Act) entitled: Legal...
View ArticleWireless RERC Inclusion in the FCC Report on NG911 Services
February 2013— The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Report to Congress in entitled Legal and Regulatory Framework for Next Generation 911 Services, in which the Wireless RERC was...
View ArticleEAAC Recommendations on the Accessibility of NG9-1-1
March 2013 — The Emergency Access Advisory Committee (EAAC) released a report entitled EAAC Working Group 3 Recommendations on Current 9-1-1 and Next-Generation 9-1-1: Media Communication Line Services...
View ArticleFirst Technology Transitions Policy Task Force Workshop
March 2013 — The Federal Communications Commission has convened the First Technology Transitions Policy Task Force Workshop. It was the first of a series of workshops that will focus on transitions to...
View ArticleNext Emergency Access Advisory Committee Meeting On June 21, 2013
March 2013 — The next Emergency Access Advisory Committee (EAAC) meeting will be held at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) headquarters on June 21, 2013 from 10:30 AM to 3:30 PM (EST). The...
View ArticleADA Settlements with Colorado Law Enforcement for People with Hearing Loss
March 2013 — The U.S. Department of Justice reached cooperative settlement agreements with the cities of Englewood and Arapahoe, Colorado Sheriff’s Offices under the Americans with Disabilities Act...
View ArticleMaking Emergency Information via Video Programming Accessible
April 08, 2013— The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) released a Report and Order and a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) (FCC 13-45) related to the accessibility of emergency...
View ArticleWireless RERC Comments on the Accessibility of Next Generation 911 Deployment...
April 9, 2013 — The Wireless RERC submitted reply comments to the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: “Facilitating the Deployment of Text-to-911 and Other Next Generation 911 Applications” [PS...
View ArticleProject Civic Access Settles with Jacksonville
April 19, 2013 — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) entered a settlement agreement with the City of Jacksonville, Florida in April. The DOJ Project Civic Access initiative is a wide-ranging effort to...
View ArticleNew Rules for Text-to-911
May 17, 2013 —The FCC released a Report and Order [FCC 13-64] regarding the roll out of text-to-911, specifically requiring wireless carriers as well as providers of text messaging services to provide...
View ArticleFCC’s Clyburn Speaks to the Future of Accessibility
June 6, 2013 — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn addressed the M-Enabling Summit concerning trends in accessible technology. In her address, Clyburn noted...
View ArticleReducing Fraud and Waste in the Video Relay Service Program
June 10, 2013 — The FCC released a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Matter of Structure and Practices of the Video Relay Service Program and Telecommunications Relay...
View ArticleFCC Clarifying Rules for IP-Video Captions
June 2013 — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released an Order on Reconsideration and FurtherNotice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) in the Matter of Closed Captioning of Internet...
View ArticleUsing TTY Terminals as a Text-to-911 Solution
June 2013 — The Emergency Access Advisory Committee (EAAC) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a report entitled Proposed Procedures for the TTY as a text terminal in legacy 9-1-1...
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