[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 2, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 97]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-31496]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[DA 12-2071]


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 January 
2013 meeting, the agenda will include discussion of final 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, January 
11, 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 [email protected] 
(email); and/or Zenji Nakazawa, Public Safety and Homeland Security 
Bureau, 202-418-7949, [email protected] (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 (NG9-1-1). 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 January 2013 EAAC 
meeting, the agenda will include discussion of final 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: [email protected] or call the Consumer and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY). To 
request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities 
(Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an email 
to [email protected] 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. 2012-31496 Filed 12-31-12; 8:45 am]
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