Federal Communications Commission	DA 21-857

DA 22-615
Released:  June 7, 2022

FCC ANNOUNCES JUNE 28, 2022 MEETING OF THE 
DISABILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

By this Public Notice, consistent with the Federal Advisory Committee Act,1 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) announces the next meeting of the Disability Advisory Committee (DAC or Committee) to be held on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. EST.  The DAC meeting will be held remotely at www.fcc.gov/live.  
At this meeting, DAC members are expected to (i) receive an update from the IP Captioning Files Transmittal Working Group; and (ii) discuss other topics relevant to the DAC’s work.  The meeting will be led by the DAC co-chairs:  Brian Scarpelli, Senior Policy Counsel of ACT | The App Association, and Isidore Niyongabo, President and Director of Advocacy and Public Engagement of National Black Deaf Advocates.  
The DAC may also receive briefings from Commission staff on issues of interest to the Committee and may discuss topics of interest to the Committee, including, but not limited to, matters concerning accessible communications, telecommunications relay services, emergency access, and video programming accessibility.  The meeting agenda will be available at https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/events/2022/06/disability-advisory-committee-meeting and may be modified at the discretion of the DAC co-chairs and Designated Federal Officer (DFO).  
The DAC meeting is open to the public.  During the meeting, members of the public may submit questions and comments to the DAC via email: livequestions@fcc.gov.  These comments or questions may be addressed during the public comment period. 
Open captioning and ASL sign language interpreting will be provided for this event.  Other reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request.  Requests for such accommodations should be submitted via e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice).  Such requests should include a detailed description of the accommodation needed and specify how the FCC should contact the requester if more information is needed to fill the request.  Please provide at least five business days’ advance notice of accommodation requests; last-minute requests will be accepted but may not be possible to accommodate. 
To obtain further information about the Committee, contact: Joshua Mendelsohn, DFO, (202) 559-7304 or DAC@fcc.gov. The DAC website address is:  www.fcc.gov/dac.  

 
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