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\n\t\"fcc\"<\/a>Click to view FCC Press Release (PDF)<\/a><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tClick here to View Presentation<\/a><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tFederal Communications Commission<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tNews Media Information 202 \/ 418-0500
\n\t445 12th Street, S.W.
\n\tInternet: http:\/\/www.fcc.gov<\/a>
\n\tWashington, D. C. 20554
\n\tTTY: 1-888-835-5322
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\n\tFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<\/strong>
\n\tJuly 19, 2013<\/strong>
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\n\tNEWS MEDIA CONTACT:
\n\tMike Snyder, 202-418-0997
\n\tE-mail: Michael.Snyder@fcc.gov<\/a>
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\n\tFCC COMMEMORATES 23rd<\/sup> ANNIVERSARY<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tOF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tCommission Highlights Milestones in Effort to Ensure Access by Americans with Disabilities to Innovative Communications and Video Technologies <\/em><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWashington, D.C.<\/strong> – In recognition of the 23rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the FCC today highlighted milestones in its efforts to bring the accessibility provisions of the Communications Act into the digital age by implementing the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA). Signed into law by President Obama on October 8, 2010, the CVAA ensures that people with disabilities have equal access to Internet communication and video programming technologies of the 21st<\/sup> century. Milestones in the Commission’s implementation of the CVAA include:\n<\/p>\n

\n\tCommunications <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n