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## DA 05-2050

## Released: July 22, 2005

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CLOSES CC DOCKET

NO. 98-67, ADDRESSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICES (TRS); ALL
FILINGS ADDRESSING TRS MATTERS SHOULD BE FILED IN

CG DOCKET NO. 03-123

In a Report and Order released ­­­­­­­­­­­­on July 19, 2005, the Commission closed
CC Docket No. 98-67, a docket for telecommunications relay services
(TRS) opened in 1998.[^1] Filings in CC Docket No. 98-67 will be
incorporated into the current docket, CG Docket No. 03-123. Materials
submitted in CC Docket No. 98-67 need not be resubmitted.

All filings addressing TRS matters should now be filed in CG Docket No.
03-123 only (unless responding to a particular document that instructs
otherwise).

Comments to TRS matters can be filed electronically in CG Docket No.
03-123 via "ECFS Express." To access "ECFS Express," go to
[www.fcc.gov](http://www.fcc.gov/), and click on the "ECFS Express" icon
on the FCC's homepage. Select "Telecommunications Relay Service --
Docket 03-123," click "Continue," and fill in the appropriate
information. Please include your name in the body of your comment.

More extensive comments may be filed through the regular ECFS process,
also available through the FCC's website. Comments filed through the
ECFS can be sent as an electronic file via the Internet to
[**http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/**](http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/). In
completing the transmittal screen, commenters should include their full
name, U.S. Postal Service mailing address, and the applicable docket
number, CG Docket No. 03-123. Parties may also submit an electronic
comment by Internet e-mail. To get filing instructions for e-mail
comments, commenters should send an e-mail to
[**ecfs@fcc.gov**](mailto:ecfs@fcc.gov), and should include the
following words in the body of the message, "get form." A sample form
and directions will be sent in reply. All comments received are viewable
by the general public at any time through the website.

Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and four
copies of each filing. If filing by mail, CG Docket No. 03-123 must be
clearly stated on your filing. Filings can be sent by hand or messenger
delivery, electronic media, by commercial overnight courier or by
first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail (although we continue
to experience delays in receiving U.S. Postal Service mail). The
Commission's contractor, Natek, Inc., will receive hand-delivered or
messenger-delivered paper filings or electronic media filings for the
Commission's Secretary at 236 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E., Suite 110,
Washington, D.C. 20002. The filings hours at this location are 8:00 a.m.
to 7:00 p.m. All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands
or fasteners. Any envelopes must be disposed of before entering the
building. Commercial and electronic mail sent by overnight mail (other
than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to
9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. U.S. Postal Service
first-class, Express Mail, and Priority Mail should be addressed to the
Commission's Secretary Office, Office of the Secretary, Federal
Communications Commission, 445 12^th^ Street, S.W., Room TW-B204,
Washington, D.C. 20554.

Please note that any comments filed outside official comment periods
established by the Commission will be associated with the appropriate
proceeding, but will not necessarily be considered in the record.

The full text of this *Public Notice* and copies of any subsequently
filed documents relating to this matter will be available for public
inspection and copying during regular business hours at the FCC
Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12^th^ Street, S.W., Room
CY-A257, Washington, D.C. 20554. This document and copies of
subsequently filed documents in this matters may also be purchased from
the Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc.
(BCPI), Portals II, 445 12^th^ Street, S.W., Room CY-B402, Washington,
D.C. 20554. Customers may contact BCPI at their web site
[www.bcpiweb.com](http://www.bcpiweb.com/) or call 1-800-378-3160.

To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities
(Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail
to <fcc504@fcc.gov> or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau
at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY). This *Public Notice*
can also be downloaded in Word or Portable Document Format (PDF) at:
<http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro>.

For further information regarding this *Public Notice*, contact Dana
Jackson, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, Disability Rights
Office (202) 418-2247 (voice), (202) 418-7898 (TTY), or e-mail
[Dana.Jackson@fcc.gov](mailto:Thomas.Chandler@fcc.gov).

**- FCC -**

[^1]: *Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services
    for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities,* CC Docket No.
    98-67, CG Docket No. 03-123, Report and Order, FCC 05-140 at para.
    38 (July 19, 2005).