[nfb-db] Fwd: FCC Seeks Comment on the National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program

[Janice Toothman]

Hi Scott,
Thank you for posting this.  We all need to submit comments both 
positive and critical about the NDBEDP before the expiration date. Thank 
you for sending the links at the bottom of the email.
Janice
On 8/1/2014 10:32 PM, Scott Davert via nfb-db wrote:
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>> *From:* AccessInfo <AccessInfo at fcc.gov <mailto:AccessInfo at fcc.gov>>
>> *Date:* August 1, 2014 at 1:52:15 PM PDT
>> *To:* "'scottdavert at gmail.com <mailto:scottdavert at gmail.com>'" 
>> <scottdavert at gmail.com <mailto:scottdavert at gmail.com>>
>> *Subject:* *FCC Seeks Comment on the National Deaf-Blind Equipment 
>> Distribution Program*
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>> *Comment Deadline: August 22, 2014*
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>> *Reply Comment Deadline: September 5, 2014*
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>> On August 1, 2014, the FCC released a Public Notice asking for 
>> comments about the National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program 
>> (NDBEDP).
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>> The NDBEDP is a program that the FCC established as directed by the 
>> Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 
>> 2010 (CVAA).  The NDBEDP provides funding support for the 
>> distribution of equipment needed to access telecommunications, 
>> advanced communications services, and the Internet to low-income 
>> individuals who are deaf-blind.  The NDBEDP has been operating as a 
>> pilot program since July 1, 2012.  The rules governing the pilot 
>> program will expire on June 30, 2015.
>>
>> In this Public Notice, the FCC invites the public to provide feedback 
>> on ways that the FCC can make the NDBEDP more effective and more 
>> efficient.  This feedback will help the FCC establish rules to 
>> continue the NDBEDP as a permanent program when the pilot program ends.
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>> Links to the Public Notice:
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>> Word: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-1128A1.docx
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>> PDF: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-1128A1.pdf
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>> Text: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-1128A1.txt
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>> The Public Notice includes instructions for filing comments.  If you 
>> need assistance filing comments or more information, please contact 
>> Jackie Ellington at 202-418-1153 or Jackie.Ellington at fcc.gov 
>> <mailto:Jackie.Ellington at fcc.gov>, or Rosaline Crawford at 
>> 202-418-2075 or Rosaline.Crawford at fcc.gov 
>> <mailto:Rosaline.Crawford at fcc.gov>, of the Consumer and Governmental 
>> Affairs Bureau, Disability Rights Office.
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