TOPICS:

1. Start
2. Personal background (25 secs)
3. What happened at Gallaudet while you were a student? (35 secs)
4. Grad school and career development after Gallaudet (45 secs)
5. What is the FCC? (30 secs)
6. What parts of government does the FCC report to? (35 secs)
7. What is the purpose of the FCC? (1 min)
8. Is the FCC important to deaf people? (1 min)
9. Have the responsibilities of the FCC grown with technological change? (3 mins)
10. What are the responsibilities of the Disabilities Rights Office (DRO)? (2.1 mins)
11. Describe your own role in policy decisions (3.75 mins)
12. Can FCC enforce its rules? How? (2.6 mins)
13. Laws compared to rules: Example of FCC's role in relay service funding (4 mins)
14. How has DRO's responsibility grown? (1 min)
15. Explain the issue of VRS and VRI (2 mins)
16. How large is the FCC? What types of professionals work there? (2.5 mins)
17. Is your workplace accessible to you as a deaf professional? (1.9 mins)
18. Is your job fulfilling? Do you sense your impact? (1.5 min)
19. How can people effectively communicate with the FCC about issues and problems? (2.8 mins)
20. What are some areas that FCC cannot regulate (as of 2008)? (2 mins)
21. What about the Internet? Can FCC help with deaf-access problems there? (1.75 min)

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