COAT Affiliate NAD Urges FCC & Industry to Protect Video Relay Service

The National Association of the Deaf learned in November 2009 that individuals across the United States were arrested for conspiring to defraud the Video Relay Service (VRS) program, administered by the FCC. NAD is disappointed by these serious and significant allegations. VRS is a critical service that gives deaf and hard of hearing people the ability to communicate in American Sign Language with hearing people over the telephone network.

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AAPD supports protecting the

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 11/23/2009 - 18:53.

AAPD supports protecting the VRS program and thanks the enforcers for cracking down on waste, fraud and abuse. JFA story at http://jfactivist.typepad.com/jfactivist/2009/11/video-relay-abusers-ind...