Oppositions due:  April 2, 2021
Reply comments due:  April 9, 2021

On March 23, 2021, the FCC released a Public Notice seeking comment on the General Services Administration’s (GSA) petition for waiver of certain user registration requirements for Internet Protocol Relay Service (IP Relay) and Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS).  GSA requests a waiver of the registration requirements for federal government users to relieve the burden associated with the collection of personally identifiable information for federal government users.  Instead, GSA proposes to use a registration procedure comparable to the Commission’s “enterprise registration” procedure for video relay service (VRS).

Public Notice:
URL:   https://www.fcc.gov/document/comment-sought-gsa-petition-waiver-trs-registration  
Word:  https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-340A1.docx  
PDF:   https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-340A1.pdf  
Text:   https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-340A1.txt  

General information on TRS is available at https://www.fcc.gov/trs.  For further information, please contact Halie Peacher, Disability Rights Office, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, at (202) 418-0514, or Halie.Peacher@fcc.gov.  Individuals who use videophones and are fluent in American Sign Language (ASL) may call the FCC’s ASL Consumer Support Line at (844) 432-2275 (videophone).

Updated:
Tuesday, March 23, 2021