Category Archives: Ztech This Week

News-Week of 6/28/2009

  • Julius Genachowski has been confirmed by the Senate and sworn in as the new FCC Chairman. (link)
  • Rep. Markey Introduces 21st Century Communications & Video Accessibility Act of 2009 to make Broadband More Accessible. (link)
  • The Supreme Court on Monday made it easier for parents of special education students to get reimbursement for private school tuition. (link)
  • The White House has nominated 2 new FCC commissioners. (link)

News-Week of 6/21/2009

  • The Grand Ole Opry is now providing closed captioning at their Nashville, Tennessee site (link)
  • Hearing aids are now covered in Oregon with mandated insurance coverage (link)
  • The FCC is revisiting VRS rates that are currently set for 3 years until 2010 (link)
  • Apple has announced the Iphone 3G S with TTY capability (link)