[Nfbf-l] Important release for all!

[Kirk]

Hello all! Please read and spread wide and far if you will! Your  friend in 
the cause, Kirk Harmon
Good Evening All:



Today the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau and the Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau released a Public Notice [linked to
PN] that seeks comment on some of the key provisions of the Twenty-First 
Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010,
which the President signed into law on October 8, 2010.



The law's provisions are designed to ensure that individuals with 
disabilities have access to emerging Internet Protocol-based
communication and video programming technologies in the 21st Century.



The PN seeks comment on the requirement in Section 716 of the Act that 
service providers of advanced communications services and
manufacturers of equipment and software used with those services ensure that 
their equipment and services will be accessible to
people with disabilities, unless not achievable.



The Commission is required to promulgate rules implementing this provision 
within one year of enactment.  Given the tight statutory
deadline, the PN seeks to build a record as quickly as possible to aid the 
Commission in its rulemaking.



            The PN also seeks initial comment on ways to implement new 
recordkeeping obligations imposed by new Section 717 on
entities subject to Sections 255, 716, and 718.  In addition, this Notice 
seeks comment on the obligation imposed by new Section 718
on manufacturers and service providers to provide access to Internet 
browsers in telephones used with public mobile services by
blind or visually-impaired individuals.



Comments are due November 22 and reply comments are due December 7.  One way 
to submit comments is via the FCC's electronic comment
filing system (ECFS) at  http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/.  If ECFS is not 
accessible to you, you may send your comments directly to
dro at fcc.gov.  We urge you to help us build this record.





Hopefully some who have argued for improved access will send in comments.







Kirk Harmon
President & CEO
Florida Disabled Citizens
for Progress
P.O.Box 61794
Jacksonville, FL 32236
PH(904) 783-9896
Cell: (407) 473-2176
DAV/BVA
Life Member

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