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October 19, 2010 Rosemary Kimball at 202-418-0511 (Voice)
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FCC SEEKS NOMINATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP ON TWO 
EMERGENCY ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEES
Washington, DC -- The FCC today has released two Public Notices seeking nominations 
for membership on two new advisory committees, the Emergency Access Advisory Committee 
(EAAC) and the Video Programming and Emergency Access Advisory Committee (VPEAAC).
The EAAC will conduct a national survey of individuals with disabilities to determine the 
most effective and efficient technologies and methods by which to enable access to emergency 
services by individuals with disabilities and will develop and submit to the Commission 
recommendations to implement such technologies and methods. 
For the EAAC, the Commission is seeking nominations of persons with disabilities and 
advocates associated with organizations representative of persons with disabilities, emergency 
responder and emergency management representatives, elected and appointed officials of state, 
local or tribal governments and subject matter experts that are interested in participating on the 
EAAC.  
The VPEAAC will develop recommendations for the provision of closed captioning of 
Internet programming previously captioned on television, video description of television 
programming, accessible emergency information for people with vision disabilities, 
compatibility of accessibility features and new video programming devices, and accessible user 
interfaces on video programming devices.  
For the VPEAAC, the Commission is seeking nominations of persons with disabilities, 
advocates associated with organizations representative of persons with disabilities and senior 
citizens, captioning providers, distributors and providers of video programming or national 
organization representing such distributors, vendors, developer, and manufacturers of systems, 
facilities, equipment and capabilities for the provision of video programming delivered using 
Internet protocol or national organizations representing such interests, manufacturers of 
consumer electronics or information technology equipment or national organizations 
representing such manufacturers, video programming producers or national organizations 
representing such producers, representatives of the broadcast television industry or national 
organizations representing broadcasters, other individuals with appropriate technical and 
engineering expertise.
Both Committees are being established to implement the provisions of the Twenty-first 
Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010.
Further details, including instructions on how to nominate committee members, are 
included in the Public Notices.
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