FW: Chairman Kennard Statement

["Gregg Vanderheiden" <gv@trace.wisc.edu>]

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Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D.
Professor - Human Factors
Dept of Ind. Engr. - U of Wis.
Director - Trace R & D Center
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 -----Original Message-----
From:   owner-telecom-l@trace.wisc.edu
[mailto:owner-telecom-l@trace.wisc.edu]  On Behalf Of DITF (Meryl Icove)
Sent:   Monday, January 24, 2000 12:46 PM
To:     Multiple recipients of list
Subject:        Chairman Kennard Statement

January 21, 2000

FCC CHAIRMAN KENNARD APPLAUDS INDUSTRY DECISION TO PROVIDE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

The deadline for mounting a legal challenge to our Section 255 rules which
provide access for people with disabilities to telecommunications in the
information age passed, with no challenges being filed.    I am pleased that
the industry is focusing its considerable talents on implementing the rules
rather than on challenging them.

I welcome the industry's willingness to focus on increasing access to people
with disabilities, rather than on litigation, is a testament to the enormous
amount of work industry representatives put into developing these rules.  It
proves that collaborative problem solving yields the best result.
-FCC-