COMMUNIC
Federal Communications Commission
TEACHER
45 L Street, NE
Washington, DC 20554
COMMISSION
October 28, 2022
Ms. Mystie Rail
Assistive Technology of Alaska
1500 W 33rd Ave, Ste. 120
Anchorage, AK 99503
Dear Ms. Rail,
This letter is to advise you that Assistive Technology of Alaska's (ATLA) conditional
certification to provide National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program (NDBEDP)
services in the state of Alaska has been converted to an unconditional certification on September
26, 2022. ATLA has met the condition placed upon its certification by submitting its requisite
program audit reports, which have been reviewed and accepted by the NDBEDP Administrator,
and there are no other conditions to be met. Thus, ATLA's certification is effective through June
30, 2027.
After ATLA was advised that its certification would be conditioned upon the provision of
requisite program audit reports to the Commission, I, as the NDBEDP Administrator, made
several attempts by email and phone to reach you to check the status of the audits. You were not
responsive and to date, still have not responded to any of my requests to speak with you. Please
be advised that Commission rules allow for a $4,000 base forfeiture for failure to respond to
Commission communications. 1
One key purpose of my role as the NDBEDP Administrator is to ensure the effective, efficient,
and consistent administration of the program. Your unresponsiveness impeded my ability to
carry out this responsibility. In our respective roles as NDBEDP Administrator and ATLA's
Executive Director, prompt and responsive communication is essential. I trust that
communication between us in the future will not continue to be a problem.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at (202) 418-1153 or
Jackie.Ellington@fcc.gov. Thank you.
Jacqueline Ellington
Jacqueline Ellington
NDBEDP Administrator
1 47 CFR § 1.80(b)(10).
COMMUNIC
Federal
Communications
Commission
TEACHER
45
L
Street,
NE
Washington,
DC
20554
COMMISSION
October
28,
2022
Ms.
Mystie
Rail
Assistive
Technology
of
Alaska
1500
W
33rd
Ave,
Ste.
120
Anchorage,
AK
99503
Dear
Ms.
Rail,
This
letter
is
to
advise
you
that
Assistive
Technology
of
Alaska's
(ATLA)
conditional
certification
to
provide
National
Deaf-Blind
Equipment
Distribution
Program
(NDBEDP)
services
in
the
state
of
Alaska
has
been
converted
to
an
unconditional
certification
on
September
26,
2022.
ATLA
has
met
the
condition
placed
upon
its
certification
by
submitting
its
requisite
program
audit
reports,
which
have
been
reviewed
and
accepted
by
the
NDBEDP
Administrator,
and
there
are
no
other
conditions
to
be
met.
Thus,
ATLA's
certification
is
effective
through
June
30,
2027.
After
ATLA
was
advised
that
its
certification
would
be
conditioned
upon
the
provision
of
requisite
program
audit
reports
to
the
Commission,
I,
as
the
NDBEDP
Administrator,
made
several
attempts
by
email
and
phone
to
reach
you
to
check
the
status
of
the
audits.
You
were
not
responsive
and
to
date,
still
have
not
responded
to
any
of
my
requests
to
speak
with
you.
Please
be
advised
that
Commission
rules
allow
for
a
$4,000
base
forfeiture
for
failure
to
respond
to
Commission
communications.
1
One
key
purpose
of
my
role
as
the
NDBEDP
Administrator
is
to
ensure
the
effective,
efficient,
and
consistent
administration
of
the
program.
Your
unresponsiveness
impeded
my
ability
to
carry
out
this
responsibility.
In
our
respective
roles
as
NDBEDP
Administrator
and
ATLA's
Executive
Director,
prompt
and
responsive
communication
is
essential.
I
trust
that
communication
between
us
in
the
future
will
not
continue
to
be
a
problem.
If
you
have
any
questions
or
concerns,
please
contact
me
at
(202)
418-1153
or
Jackie.Ellington@fcc.gov.
Thank
you.
Jacqueline
Ellington
Jacqueline
Ellington
NDBEDP
Administrator
1
47
CFR
§
1.80(b)(10).