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PublicPolicy and Advocacy] Senate Passes S. 3304 b...


> for your information
> From: "Wright, Jennifer (OFB-FK)" <JenniferN.Wright at ky.gov>
>
> Below is an email forwarded from OFB KATS Network Advisory Council
> Director, Chase Forrester concerning legislation that may be of interest
> to many of you.
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Forrester, Chase (OFB-LV)
> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 9:27 PM
> Subject: FW: HLAA Leaders List [HLAA is Working for You: Public Policy
> and Advocacy] Senate Passes S. 3304 b...
>
>
> This is forwarded from Ed Schickel, Co-Chair, KATS Network Advisory
> Council, and if passed, will become a significant move toward
> accessibility keeping up with the gigantic and fast paced developments
> in mainstream technology infrastructure that could easily leave new
> insurmountable barriers in the daily lives of individuals with
> disabilities.  Please follow this legislation that will help keep this
> from happening, and especially aid folks who are now or will become in
> the future deaf/hard of hearing or blind/visually impaired.  Why, that
> could include most people as they enter their "golden years."
>
> Chase Forrester, JD
> Director, KATS Network
> 8412 Westport Road
> Louisville, KY 40242
> Phone: 800-327-5287 or 502-429-4484, x 264
> Fax: 502-429-7114
> Email: chase.forrester at ky.gov
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: schickel [mailto:schickel at bardstown.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 1:14 PM
> To: Forrester, Chase (OFB-LV)
> Subject: FW: HLAA Leaders List [HLAA is Working for You: Public Policy
> and Advocacy] Senate Passes S. 3304 b...
>
>
>
> FYI
>
>
>
> From: HLAA-LeadersList at yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:HLAA-LeadersList at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Lise Hamlin
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 10:56 AM
> To: hlaa-leaderslist at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: HLAA Leaders List [HLAA is Working for You: Public Policy and
> Advocacy] Senate Passes S. 3304 b...
>
>
>
> HLAA, alongside COAT, celebrates the passage of the Twenty-first Century
> Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (S. 3304) by the U.S.
> Senate on August 5, 2010, by unanimous consent.
>
> Here's the word from the Coalition of Organizations for Accessible
> Technology (COAT):
>
> Due to the extraordinary efforts of advocates across the country and in
> Washington, DC, COAT secured a monumental step forward in accessible
> technology. Special thank you to all advocates in Oklahoma who urged
> Senator Coburn to support S. 3304. (See COAT special action alert for
> Oklahoma at http://www.coataccess.org/node/9771) Your advocacy efforts
> were successful!
>
> Earlier this week, Senator Pryor (D-AR) introduced an amendment to
> improve S. 3304. S. 3304, as amended, was passed by U.S. Senate by
> unanimous consent. Like H.R. 3101, which was passed on July 26, 2010, S.
> 3304 will also:
>
> * Require captioned television programs to be captioned when
> delivered over the Internet
> * Authorize the FCC to require 7 hours per week of video
> description on the top 4 network channels and top 5 cable channels
> nationwide.
> * Allocate up to $10 million per year for equipment used by
> individuals who are deaf-blind.-- Require televised emergency
> information to be accessible to individuals who are blind or have low
> vision.
> * Require accessible advanced communications equipment and
> services, such as text messaging and e-mail.
> * Require access to Internet services that are built-in to mobile
> telephone devices, like smart phones, if achievable.
> * Require devices of any size to be capable of displaying closed
> captioning, delivering available video description, and making emergency
> information accessible.
> * Require accessible user controls for televisions and set-top
> boxes, and easy access to closed captioning and video description.
>
> And more.
>
> For more information, see the section-by-section summary of what S. 3304
> (as amended) will do for us at http://www.coataccess.org/node/9776
>
> S. 3304 will now go to the House of Representatives. COAT supports and
> expects the House will pass S. 3304 soon.
>
> Job well done, everyone! Like the ADA 20 years ago, you are making
> history now!
>
> Rosaline
>
>
> For the COAT Steering Committee
>
>
> I must add that we have watched the COAT Steering Committee from the
> beginning work miracles with this legislation. Theirs was extraordinary
> work by talented individuals supported by a coalition of over 300
> national, state and local organizations. They put in long hours
> negotiating with representatives from the many different industries
> impacted by this bill. They then attended meetings with members of
> Congress, many of whom had little background in disability issues. All
> that hard work has resulted in legislation that will serve us well in
> the future. Kudos to the Steering Committee! Kudos also to those members
> of Industry who negotiated in good faith with the idea in mind that
> serving people with sensory disabilities just makes sense!
>
>
> But none of this could have happened without the support of local
> advocates across the county. Those advocates spent their time meeting
> Congressional representatives, sending letters and email, phoning in
> their support of HR 3101 and S 3304. It was all of us working together
> that made this happen. It brings to mind what Margaret Mead said so many
> years ago, still true today:
>
> Posted By Lise Hamlin to HLAA is Working for You: Public Policy and
> Advocacy
> <http://hlaa-advocacy.blogspot.com/2010/08/senate-passes-s-3304-by-unani
> mous.html>  at 8/06/2010 10:14:00
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