[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 24986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08638]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[CG Docket Nos. 03-123 and 10-51; DA 23-289; FRS 137191]


Comment Sought on GlobalVRS Request for Exogenous VRS DeafBlind 
Costs

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission) seeks comment on the petition of ASL Services Holdings, 
LLC dba GlobalVRS (GlobalVRS) for exogenous cost reimbursement for the 
provision of Video Relay Service (VRS) to people who are deafblind. 
Specifically, GlobalVRS seeks reimbursement from the Telecommunications 
Relay Services (TRS) Fund for costs associated with the development of 
its call distribution platform, outreach, and other costs associated 
with its provision of VRS to individuals who are deafblind.

DATES: Comments on the Petition must be filed on or before May 9, 2023. 
Reply comments must be filed on or before May 19, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Comments and reply comments may be filed, identified by CG 
Docket Nos. 03-123 and 10-51, using the Commission's Electronic Comment 
Filing System (ECFS).
     Electronic Filers: Comments and reply comments may be 
filed electronically using the internet by accessing the ECFS: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/standard.
     Paper Filers:
    [cir] Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and 
one copy of each filing. If more than one docket or rulemaking number 
appears in the caption of this proceeding, filers must submit two 
additional copies for each additional docket or rulemaking number.
    [cir] Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by 
commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. 
Postal Service mail. All filings must be addressed to the Commission's 
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
    [cir] Currently, the Commission does not accept any hand delivered 
or messenger delivered filings as a temporary measure taken to help 
protect the health and safety of individuals, and to mitigate the 
transmission of COVID-19. In the event that the Commission announces 
the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, a filing window will be opened at 
the Commission's office located at 9050 Junction Drive, Annapolis 
Junction, MD 20701.
    [cir] Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service 
Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9050 Junction Drive, 
Annapolis Junction, MD 20701.
    [cir] U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority mail 
may be addressed to 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554.
    [cir] During the time the Commission's building is closed to the 
general public and until further notice, if more than one docket or 
rulemaking number appears in the caption of a proceeding, paper filers 
need not submit two additional copies for each additional docket or 
rulemaking number; an original and one copy are sufficient.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Slutsky, Consumer and 
Governmental Affairs Bureau, email: [email protected] or Michael 
Scott, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-1264 or 
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Public 
Notice, DA 23-289, in CG Docket Nos. 03-123 and 10-51, released on 
April 4, 2023. The full text of the Petition can be accessed online via 
the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System at https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/10321175009780/1. 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.
    Ex Parte Rules. This proceeding shall be treated as a ``permit-but-
disclose'' proceeding in accordance with the Commission's ex parte 
rules. 47 CFR 1.1200 et seq. Persons making ex parte presentations must 
file a copy of any written presentation or a memorandum summarizing any 
oral presentation within two business days after the presentation 
(unless a different deadline applicable to the Sunshine period 
applies). Persons making oral ex parte presentations are reminded that 
memoranda summarizing the presentation must (1) list all persons 
attending or otherwise participating in the meeting at which the ex 
parte presentation was made, and (2) summarize all data presented and 
arguments made during the presentation. If the presentation consisted 
in whole or in part of the presentation of data or arguments already 
reflected in the presenter's written comments, memoranda, or other 
filings in the proceeding, the presenter may provide citations to such 
data or arguments in his or her prior comments, memoranda, or other 
filings (specifying the relevant page and/or paragraph numbers where 
such data or arguments can be found) in lieu of summarizing them in the 
memorandum. Documents shown or given to Commission staff during ex 
parte meetings are deemed to be written ex parte presentations and must 
be filed consistent with Sec.  1.1206(b) of the Commission's rules. In 
proceedings governed by Sec.  1.49(f) or for which the Commission has 
made available a method of electronic filing, written ex parte 
presentations and memoranda summarizing oral ex parte presentations, 
and all attachments thereto, must be filed through the electronic 
comment filing system available for that proceeding, and must be filed 
in their native format (e.g., .doc, .xml, .ppt, searchable .pdf). 
Participants in this proceeding should familiarize themselves with the 
Commission's ex parte rules.

Synopsis

    In its 2017 VRS Compensation Order, published at 82 FR 39673, 
August 22, 2017, the Commission authorized VRS providers to request 
exogenous cost recovery from the Interstate TRS Fund. In its Petition, 
GlobalVRS seeks reimbursement from the TRSFund for costs associated 
with the development of its call distribution platform, outreach, 
operations, and other costs associated with its provision of VRS to 
individuals who are deafblind.

Federal Communications Commission.
Eliot Greenwald,
Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office, Consumer and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2023-08638 Filed 4-24-23; 8:45 am]
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