The Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT), of which HLAA is a member organization, issued a news release May 5, 2010, thanking Senators Mark Pryor and John Kerry for introducing the “Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act (S. 3304). Similar to the “21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act” (HR 3301) introduced in the house, S. 3304 would modernize disability accessibility mandates in the Communications Act, bringing existing requirements up to date as television and phone services connect via the Internet and use new digital and broadband technologies.

For the full press release from COAT visit: www.coataccess.org/node/7159

HLAA Sent Letter of Thanks to US Senate for S 3304 [View PDF]