FCC Invites Nominations for the 3rd Annual Chairman's Awards for Advancement in Accessibility

By Renee Dopplick, ACM Director of Public Policy

March 3, 2014

The FCC is seeking nominations for the 3rd Annual FCC Chairman’s Awards for Advancement in Accessibility until March 31, 2014.

The Chairman’s Awards aim to highlight and encourage innovation in accessible technologies, standards, and best practices that will benefit people with disabilities. Nominations can include a product, service, technology, or practice introduced publicly between August 1, 2012 and December 31, 2013. Individuals, businesses, organizations, or other public or private entities can submit nominations. Self-nominations also will be accepted.

Award categories include:

Mobile Web Browsers
Social Media
Closed Captions
Video Descriptions
Advanced Communications Services
Employment Opportunities
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Criteria include:

Unique and inventive
Extent to which disability needs are addressed
Number of people likely to benefit
Affordability and availability
Whether recognition would help foster additional innovation and accessibility

Nominations should include a brief description of the innovation, the award category, the date the innovation was introduced to the public, and why the innovation qualifies for the Chairman’s Award.

For more information, visit: http://www.fcc.gov/document/chairmans-accessibility-awards-nomination-period-opening