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Nominations Due Date:  April 13, 2017

The FCC released a Public Notice on February 7, 2017 to announce the nomination period for the Sixth Chairman’s Awards for Advancement in Accessibility (AAA).  

The Chairman’s AAA are part of an FCC initiative designed to recognize the efforts of individuals, organizations, academic institutions, companies and government agencies to make communications tools more accessible to people with disabilities.  Nominations will be accepted only for products, services, technologies or practices that have been introduced to the public between January 1 - December 31, 2016.   Please review the below Public Notice for more information about the submission process for nominations. 

Public Notice Seeking Nominations:
Word: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-343389A1.doc    
PDF: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-343389A1.pdf
Text: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-343389A1.txt 

For more information, please contact Gerard Williams (202‐418‐1505), Chantal Virgile (202‐418‐0056), or Deandrea Wilson (202‐418‐0703), or send an email to ChairmansAAA@fcc.gov. For those using videophones and fluent in American Sign Language, you may call the ASL Consumer Support Line at 844‐432‐2275. 

Updated:
Friday, October 25, 2019