Posts Tagged Telecommunication
Marlee Matlin in a PSA for the National Domestic Violence Hotline
Marlee Matlin, Ocar winning Deaf Actress joins the National Domestic Violence Hotline in our 15th Anniversary “Love Is” campaign and shares information on some of the warning signs of domestic violence. Visit and click the 15th to watch Marlee’s vlog http://www.thehotline.org/15th-anniversary/public-service-announcements/ Also click another vlog at the below http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzMuSuf120s&feature=youtu.be to learn more about the campaign.
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Good News, VRS continues to serve….
Thanks to Eds Telecom Alert, FCC and the Congress would not shut down VRS but be sure that VP users and VRS providers should continue to submit comments relating to VRS or VP issues. Source: Ed’s Telecom Alert.
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Seven Companies Arrested by FBI for VRS Fraud
Excerpts from several articles about VRS fraud and TV CBS Evening News (with closed captioned): Source: CBS Evening News The Seattle Times Company – Politics & Government US charges firms defrauded deaf phone fund Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced criminal charges against more than two dozen people accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars [...]
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FCC Commissioner Hosts at Gallaudet University
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: October 9, 2009 Mark Wigfield (202) 418-0253 FCC ANNOUNCES FIELD HEARING ON BROADBAND ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Commissioner Copps to Host Hearing at Gallaudet University The Federal Communications Commission has scheduled a field hearing at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. on November 6, 2009 on disabilities access issues as [...]
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Access to NG911 Services for the Deaf
On March 24, 2009, Claude Stout, Executive Director, Telecommunications for the Deaf (TDI) and Sheri Ann Farina, CEO, NorCal Services for the Deaf and hard of hearing as Customer Representatives met with the staff from the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and CGB to discuss its concerns regarding access to traditional and next generation [...]
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