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Marlene H. Dortch,
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[CG Docket No. 03–123; DA 06–2386]
Telecommunications Relay Services
and Speech-to-Speech Services for
Individuals With Hearing and Speech
Disabilities
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In this document, the
Consumer and Governmental Affairs
Bureau dismisses a petition for
clarification filed by Communication
Service for the Deaf (CSD) requesting
the Commission to clarify that the
providers of American Sign Language
(ASL)-to-Spanish Video Relay Service
(VRS) are not required to offer the
service 24 hours a day and 7 days a
week to be eligible for compensation
from the Interstate Telecommunications
Relay Service (TRS) Fund (Fund).
DATES: Effective November 28, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications
Commission, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gregory Hlibok, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Disability
Rights Office, (800) 311–4381 (voice),
(202) 418–0431 (TTY), or e-mail
Gregory.Hlibok@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July
19, 2005, the Commission released
Telecommunications Relay Services and
Speech-to-Speech Services for
Individuals with Hearing and Speech
Disabilities, Order on Reconsideration,
FCC 03–139, CC Docket No. 98–67 and
CG Docket No. 03–123, which published
in the Federal Register on August 31,
2005 at 70 FR 51642, reversing its
conclusion that translation from ASL
into Spanish is not a form of TRS
eligible for compensation from the
Fund. Also, on July 19, 2005, the
Commission released
Telecommunications Relay Services and
Speech-to-Speech Services for
Individuals with Hearing and Speech
Disabilities, Report and Order, FCC 05–
140, CC Docket No. 98–67 and CG
Docket No. 03–123, which published in
the Federal Register on August 31, 2005
at 70 FR 51649, establishing a
mandatory speed of answer requirement
for VRS, requiring VRS to be offered 24
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hours a day, 7 days a week. On February
6, 2006, a Petition for Clarification was
filed by CSD concerning the provision
of ASL-to-Spanish VRS. The petition
was placed on public notice, and several
comments were filed. The notice was
published in the Federal Register on
March 8, 2006 at 71 FR 11644. This is
a summary of the Commission’s
document DA 06–2386, released
November 28, 2006.
Synopsis
On February 6, 2006, CSD filed a
petition for clarification concerning
whether providers of ASL-to-Spanish
VRS, a form of TRS, must offer service
24 hours a day, 7 days a week (24/7) to
be eligible for compensation from the
Fund. The CSD Petition was placed on
public notice, and several comments
were filed. On October 19, 2006, CSD
filed a letter with the Commission
withdrawing its petition. See Letter
from Karen Peltz Strauss, Legal
Consultant for CSD, to Monica Desai,
Chief, Consumer and Governmental
Affairs Bureau, Federal
Communications Commission (October
19, 2006). Accordingly, the Consumer
and Governmental Affairs Bureau
dismisses the CSD Petition.
Federal Communications Commission.
Jay Keithley,
Deputy Bureau Chief, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[CG Docket No. 03-123; DA 06-2386]
Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services
for Individuals With Hearing and Speech Disabilities
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau
dismisses a petition for clarification filed by Communication Service
for the Deaf (CSD) requesting the Commission to clarify that the
providers of American Sign Language (ASL)-to-Spanish Video Relay
Service (VRS) are not required to offer the service 24 hours a day and
7 days a week to be eligible for compensation from the Interstate
Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) Fund (Fund).
DATES: Effective November 28, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Hlibok, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Disability Rights Office, (800) 311-4381
(voice), (202) 418-0431 (TTY), or e-mail Gregory.Hlibok@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 19, 2005, the Commission released
Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for
Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, Order on
Reconsideration, FCC 03-139, CC Docket No. 98-67 and CG Docket No. 03-
123, which published in the Federal Register on August 31, 2005 at 70
FR 51642, reversing its conclusion that translation from ASL into
Spanish is not a form of TRS eligible for compensation from the Fund.
Also, on July 19, 2005, the Commission released Telecommunications
Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with
Hearing and Speech Disabilities, Report and Order, FCC 05-140, CC
Docket No. 98-67 and CG Docket No. 03-123, which published in the
Federal Register on August 31, 2005 at 70 FR 51649, establishing a
mandatory speed of answer requirement for VRS, requiring VRS to be
offered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. On February 6, 2006, a Petition
for Clarification was filed by CSD concerning the provision of ASL-to-
Spanish VRS. The petition was placed on public notice, and several
comments were filed. The notice was published in the Federal Register
on March 8, 2006 at 71 FR 11644. This is a summary of the Commission's
document DA 06-2386, released November 28, 2006.
Synopsis
On February 6, 2006, CSD filed a petition for clarification
concerning whether providers of ASL-to-Spanish VRS, a form of TRS, must
offer service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (24/7) to be eligible for
compensation from the Fund. The CSD Petition was placed on public
notice, and several comments were filed. On October 19, 2006, CSD filed
a letter with the Commission withdrawing its petition. See Letter from
Karen Peltz Strauss, Legal Consultant for CSD, to Monica Desai, Chief,
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications
Commission (October 19, 2006). Accordingly, the Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau dismisses the CSD Petition.
Federal Communications Commission.
Jay Keithley,
Deputy Bureau Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau.
[FR Doc. E7-3526 Filed 2-28-07; 8:45 am]
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