This page includes links to documents and comments generated as input to the Access Board during develoment of the Telecommunications Act Accessibility Guidelines (TAAG).
Access Board Rulemaking
- Access Board releases Telecommunication Act Accessibility Guidelines (TAAG)(February 3, 1998)
- Telecommunication Industries Association (TIA) submits proposal for FCC guidelines for implementing Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act (December 12, 1997)
- Disability groups submit comments to FCC in response to TIA proposal
- Comments by industry, consumers, organizations, etc., on the NPRM (on Access Board Site)
- 3 Renditions of the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) from the U.S. Access Board (ATBCB)
- Access Board's Electronic Information Technology Access Advisory (EITAAC) Committee Workspace
FCC Rulemaking on Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act
Summarized version of the FCC NPRM:
The National Association for the Deaf Telecommunications Committee (NADTC) has produced a summary of the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) to implement Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (15 page summary of the official 149 page FCC document)
- Summary in HTML Format (48 KB) Single Document (TRACE site)
- Summary in Text Format (34.1 KB)
- Summary in Word 6.0/95 (91 KB)
Full version of the FCC NPRM:
The full text of the FCC NPRM is available in the following formats:
- Full NPRM in HTML Format (431 KB) single file (TRACE Site)
- Full NPRM in HTML Format (multiple files at FCC Site)
- Full NPRM in Acrobat Format (155 pages, 822 KB)
- Full NPRM in WordPerfect Format (739 KB)
- Full NPRM in Text Format (295 KB)
- Full NPRM in Word 6.0/95 (485 KB)
Trace Center Comments to the FCC:
- Ex parte Comments - Reference Design (July 7, 1999)
- In the Matter of Implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (October 1998)