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The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) will host a public workshop to discuss best practices for improving situational awareness during 911 outages. In particular, one panel will focus on best practices for notifying the public about 911 outages, and the issue of disability access may be addressed.
The workshop will take place at FCC Headquarters, 445 12th St. SW, Washington, DC, on September 11, 2017, from 9:15 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. in the Commission Meeting Room. The meeting will be broadcast live with open captioning over the Internet from the FCC's web page at www.fcc.gov/live.
To view the full agenda, follow the link in the Public Notice:
Word: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-17-798A1.docx
PDF: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-17-798A1.pdf
Text: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-17-798A1.txt
For more information about the workshop, please contact James Wiley, Attorney Advisor at (202) 418-1678 or James.Wiley@fcc.gov. For those using videophones and fluent in American Sign Language, you may call the ASL Consumer Support Line at 844‐432‐2275.