Notice2023-08638
Comment Sought on GlobalVRS Request for Exogenous VRS DeafBlind Costs
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Published
April 25, 2023
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comment on the petition of ASL Services Holdings, LLC dba GlobalVRS (GlobalVRS) for exogenous cost reimbursement for the provision of Video Relay Service (VRS) to people who are deafblind. Specifically, GlobalVRS seeks reimbursement from the Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) Fund for costs associated with the development of its call distribution platform, outreach, and other costs associated with its provision of VRS to individuals who are deafblind.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 24986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08638]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[CG Docket Nos. 03-123 and 10-51; DA 23-289; FRS 137191]
Comment Sought on GlobalVRS Request for Exogenous VRS DeafBlind
Costs
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission) seeks comment on the petition of ASL Services Holdings,
LLC dba GlobalVRS (GlobalVRS) for exogenous cost reimbursement for the
provision of Video Relay Service (VRS) to people who are deafblind.
Specifically, GlobalVRS seeks reimbursement from the Telecommunications
Relay Services (TRS) Fund for costs associated with the development of
its call distribution platform, outreach, and other costs associated
with its provision of VRS to individuals who are deafblind.
DATES: Comments on the Petition must be filed on or before May 9, 2023.
Reply comments must be filed on or before May 19, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments and reply comments may be filed, identified by CG
Docket Nos. 03-123 and 10-51, using the Commission's Electronic Comment
Filing System (ECFS).
<bullet> Electronic Filers: Comments and reply comments may be
filed electronically using the internet by accessing the ECFS: <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/standard">https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/standard</a>.
<bullet> Paper Filers:
[cir] Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and
one copy of each filing. If more than one docket or rulemaking number
appears in the caption of this proceeding, filers must submit two
additional copies for each additional docket or rulemaking number.
[cir] Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by
commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S.
Postal Service mail. All filings must be addressed to the Commission's
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
[cir] Currently, the Commission does not accept any hand delivered
or messenger delivered filings as a temporary measure taken to help
protect the health and safety of individuals, and to mitigate the
transmission of COVID-19. In the event that the Commission announces
the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, a filing window will be opened at
the Commission's office located at 9050 Junction Drive, Annapolis
Junction, MD 20701.
[cir] Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service
Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9050 Junction Drive,
Annapolis Junction, MD 20701.
[cir] U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority mail
may be addressed to 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554.
[cir] During the time the Commission's building is closed to the
general public and until further notice, if more than one docket or
rulemaking number appears in the caption of a proceeding, paper filers
need not submit two additional copies for each additional docket or
rulemaking number; an original and one copy are sufficient.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Slutsky, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4b192438386518273e3f3820320b2d2828652c243d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83d1ecf0f0add0eff6f7f0e8fac3e5e0e0ade4ecf5">[email protected]</span></a> or Michael
Scott, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-1264 or
email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d09db9b3b8b1b5bcfe83b3bfa4a490b6b3b3feb7bfa6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1954707a71787c75374a7a766d6d597f7a7a377e766f">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Public
Notice, DA 23-289, in CG Docket Nos. 03-123 and 10-51, released on
April 4, 2023. The full text of the Petition can be accessed online via
the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System at <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/10321175009780/1">https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/10321175009780/1</a>. To request materials in
accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print,
electronic files, audio format), send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7b1d18184e4b4f3b1d1818551c140d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="62040101575256220401014c050d14">[email protected]</span></a> or
call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at: (202) 418-0530.
Ex Parte Rules. This proceeding shall be treated as a ``permit-but-
disclose'' proceeding in accordance with the Commission's ex parte
rules. 47 CFR 1.1200 et seq. Persons making ex parte presentations must
file a copy of any written presentation or a memorandum summarizing any
oral presentation within two business days after the presentation
(unless a different deadline applicable to the Sunshine period
applies). Persons making oral ex parte presentations are reminded that
memoranda summarizing the presentation must (1) list all persons
attending or otherwise participating in the meeting at which the ex
parte presentation was made, and (2) summarize all data presented and
arguments made during the presentation. If the presentation consisted
in whole or in part of the presentation of data or arguments already
reflected in the presenter's written comments, memoranda, or other
filings in the proceeding, the presenter may provide citations to such
data or arguments in his or her prior comments, memoranda, or other
filings (specifying the relevant page and/or paragraph numbers where
such data or arguments can be found) in lieu of summarizing them in the
memorandum. Documents shown or given to Commission staff during ex
parte meetings are deemed to be written ex parte presentations and must
be filed consistent with Sec. 1.1206(b) of the Commission's rules. In
proceedings governed by Sec. 1.49(f) or for which the Commission has
made available a method of electronic filing, written ex parte
presentations and memoranda summarizing oral ex parte presentations,
and all attachments thereto, must be filed through the electronic
comment filing system available for that proceeding, and must be filed
in their native format (e.g., .doc, .xml, .ppt, searchable .pdf).
Participants in this proceeding should familiarize themselves with the
Commission's ex parte rules.
Synopsis
In its 2017 VRS Compensation Order, published at 82 FR 39673,
August 22, 2017, the Commission authorized VRS providers to request
exogenous cost recovery from the Interstate TRS Fund. In its Petition,
GlobalVRS seeks reimbursement from the TRSFund for costs associated
with the development of its call distribution platform, outreach,
operations, and other costs associated with its provision of VRS to
individuals who are deafblind.
Federal Communications Commission.
Eliot Greenwald,
Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office, Consumer and Governmental
Affairs Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2023-08638 Filed 4-24-23; 8:45 am]
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