[Nfbnet-members-list] FW: FCC Issues Temporary Waiver for CVAA Compliance by E-readers to Allow Further Agency Review

[Michael Hingson]

From: AccessInfo [mailto:AccessInfo at fcc.gov] 
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:02 AM
To: 'info at michaelhingson.com'
Subject: FCC Issues Temporary Waiver for CVAA Compliance by E-readers to
Allow Further Agency Review

 

On October 22, 2013, the FCC's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau
announced that the FCC needs more time to review a petition requesting a
waiver from the FCC's advanced communications accessibility requirements for
certain e-reader devices.  The petition was filed by a Coalition of E-Reader
Manufacturers.  The Bureau granted the temporary waiver until January 28,
2014.  During this temporary waiver period, the FCC will evaluate the merits
of the petition and decide whether to grant or deny the waiver request.

 

Links to the Order:

 

PDF:  http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-13-2039A1.pdf

Word:  http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-13-2039A1.docx

Text:  http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-13-2039A1.txt

 

For more information, contact Eliot Greenwald at eliot.greenwald at fcc.gov or
(202) 418-2235, or Elaine Gardner at elaine.gardner at fcc.gov or (202)
418-0581 in the FCC's Disability Rights Office.

 

 

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