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On February 10, 2015, the FCC released a Public Notice announcing the membership of the new Disability Advisory Committee (DAC) and the date of the first meeting. In addition to the Chair, thirty-six members and 3 ex officio government representatives were named to the committee. Additional individuals were invited to sit on the DAC’s subcommittees.
The DAC will provide advice and recommendations to the Commission on a wide array of disability matters within the jurisdiction of the Commission and facilitate the participation of people with disabilities in proceedings before the Commission. The DAC is being organized under, and operated in accordance with, the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
The DAC will hold its first meeting on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET, at the FCC’s headquarters, Room TW-C305 (Commission Meeting Room), 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20554. The meeting will be open to the public and webcast with open captioning at www.fcc.gov/live. Notice of this meeting will be published in the Federal Register. Meeting minutes will be available for public inspection on the Committee’s website at http://www.fcc.gov/disability-advisory-committee.