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Industrial Design Student Projects to Address Universal Design in the Wireless World
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Wireless RERC News, Assistive Technology

04.20.12 – Last month, Jim Mueller kicked off the 2012 “Getting Wireless: Exploring Universal Design in Wireless Technologies,” where industrial design student teams at GA Tech and

FCC Seeks Input on VPAAC Report on Video Description: Guidelines & Recommendations
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Assistive Technology, Emergency Communications, Regulatory

04.09.12 – The FCC’s Video Programming Accessibility Advisory Committee (

House of Representatives Passes Research and Development Legislation
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Legislative

04.27.12 – The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Advancing America’s Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2012 [H.R.

New NIDRR DRRP Proposed Priorities
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Other News

The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) has issued a notice of proposed priority for a Disability and Rehabilitation Research Project (DRRP) on employment of indivi

Letter to the Editor of TDPH
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Wireless RERC News, Assistive Technology, Legislative, Publications / Reports

Following the March issue of the TDPH, the Wireless RERC received the following letter in response to the story on the New Legislation for Prescription Drug Labeling.

Dear Editor,

FCC Chief of Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau to Step Down
Categories:
Regulatory

04.16.12 – The FCC’s Chief of Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Rear Admiral USNR (Retired) James Barnett, will leave his position at the end of April to serve as Senior

VPAAC Report on Video Description
Categories:
Regulatory

04.09.12 – The FCC’s Video Programming Accessibility Advisory Committee (VPAAC) issued a Report concerning Video Description and the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video A

Small Entity Compliance Guide for Closed Captioning
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Regulatory

03.15.12 – In compliance with Section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Fairness Act of 1996, the FCC has issued a Small Entity Compliance Guide “intended to help small entities

New Legislation for Rural Broadband Deployment
Categories:
Legislative, Mobile Broadband

03.29.12 – U.S.

President Signs NG911 Legislation
Categories:
Emergency Communications, Legislative

02.22.12 – The President has signed into law The Next Generation 9-1-1 Advancement Act of 2012 which was passed as part of The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Ac

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