Held Follow-Up Forum on a New FCC for a 21 st Century. Released rules that require telecommunications services and equipment are accessible and usable to persons with disabilities, when readily achievable. Reminded telecommunications carriers of their obligation to provide choice to TRS users. Released Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that seeks to promote universal service in Tribal Lands and Other Insular Areas. Delivered to Congress Draft Strategic Plan for the FCC for the 21 st Century.
Plan highlights access for persons with disabilities.
Inc. Biennial Conference. Movie was accessible via RearWindow Captioning and video description. Adopted study on how Internet telephony and future technology can be accessible to people with disabilities. Proposed standards for closed captioning on digital television so that people will be able to choose the color, font, size, location, and language of their captions. Held telecommunications accessibility fair.