Disability Advisory Committee Meeting

Sep

2019

Disability Advisory Committee Meeting

9:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT

Room TW-C305 (Commission Meeting Room) 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20554

The Disability Advisory Committee (DAC) provides advice and recommendations to the Commission on a wide array of disability matters within the jurisdiction of the Commission and facilitate the participation of people with disabilities in proceedings before the Commission. The DAC is being organized under, and operated in accordance with, the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

Agenda

8:30 a.m.

Arrival; Meet and Greet

Presenter(s)

9:00 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions

Presenter(s)

Patrick Webre, Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB)

Diane Burstein, Deputy Bureau Chief, CGB

Will Schell, DAC Designated Federal Officer

9:15 a.m.

Roll Call

Presenter(s)

9:25 a.m.

Updates of the Disability Rights Office

Presenter(s)

Suzy Rosen Singleton, Chief, Disability Rights Office (DRO), CGB

Eliot Greenwald, Deputy Chief, DRO, CGB

9:40 a.m.

Report and Recommendation Regarding the Availability of Television Listings of Audio Described Programming

Presenter(s)

Carl Richardson, City of Boston, Working Group Chair

10:10

Break

Presenter(s)

10:25 a.m.

Report and Recommendation Regarding Real-Time Text Integration with Video Relay Services for Point-to-Point and Relay Calls

Presenter(s)

Zainab Alkebsi, National Association of the Deaf, Working Group Chair

11:00 a.m.

Welcome from Chairman

Presenter(s)

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai

11:15 a.m.

Presentations and Announcements

Presenter(s)

David Schmidt, Telecommunications Relay Services Fund Program Coordinator, FCC

Dr. Mark Plaff, Human Centered Engineer and FCC Project - Usability Task Lead, MITRE

Matthew Gerst, CTIA

11:45 a.m.

Public Participation

Presenter(s)

12:00 p.m.

Closing Remarks, Next Meeting Date

Presenter(s)

DAC Co-Chair Isidore Niyongabo

DAC Co-Chair Brian Scarpelli

12:05 p.m.

Adjournment

Presenter(s)

12:05 p.m.

Break for lunch

Presenter(s)

Contact

Will Schell, DAC Designated Federal Officer, CGB, DRO

202-418-0767 (voice)

DAC@fcc.gov

Disability Advisory Committee Meeting