Personnel Office

Personnel Office
(202) 358-0000 (General information)
(202) 358-3723 (TDD - Equal Opportunity)
(202) 358-1255 (TDD - Management Systems and Facilities)

Greenbelt Personnel Office
(301) 286-3729 (voice/TDD)

National Archives and Records Administration
Multimedia and Publications Distribution Division
Washington, DC 20408
1 (800) 788-6282 (toll free voice)
(301) 763-4385 (TDD)

National Council on Disability
1331 F Street, N.W., Suite 1001
Washington, DC 20004-1107
(202) 267-3846 (voice)
(202) 267-3232 (TDD)

National Endowment for the Arts
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20506
(202) 682-5496 (voice/TDD)

National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Stafford Place
Arlington, VA 22230
(703) 306-1234 (voice)
(703) 306-0090 (TDD)

Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, DC 20555
(301) 492-4626 (voice/TDD)

Office of Personnel Management
1900 E Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20415

Equal Employment Opportunity Division
(202) 606-2460 (voice/TDD)

Job Employment Center
(202) 606-0848 (TDD)

The President's Committee on Employment of People with
Disabilities 1331 F St., N.W., Suite 300
Washington, DC 20004-1107
(202) 376-6205 (TDD)

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
(202) 272-2552 (voice/TDD)

Small Business Administration
409 Third Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20416
(202) 205-7333 (TDD)

Smithsonian Institution
Accessibility Program
Arts & Industries Building
Room 1410
Washington, DC 20560
(202) 786-2414 (TDD)
(202) 357-1729 (TDD - Visitor Information Line)

Tennessee Valley Authority
400 West Summit Hill Drive
Knoxville, TN 37902
(615) 751-8500 (TDD)

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Washington, DC 20207
1 (800) 638-8270 (TDD)

United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20215
(202) 225-1904 (TDD)

United States Information Agency
301 4th Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20547
(202) 619-5157 (voice)
(202) 619-5156 (TDD)

United States Postal Service
475 L'Enfant Plaza West, S.W.
Washington, DC 20260
(202) 268-2310 (voice/TDD)

United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-4049, 4075 (TDD)


TDD Operator Services and TDD Relay Services

TDD Operator Services

Hearing- or speech-impaired individuals who use a
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD, also called a TTY or
TT) can get assistance for calls to a TDD number by calling
Operator Services for the Deaf: 1 (800) 855-1155 (toll free). If
you need assistance and you have TDD equipment, this number will
put you in touch with a TDD operator who can help you with the
following:
o calling card calls (with an accepted telephone calling card); o
collect calls (paid for by the person you are calling); o person-
to-person calls (a call to a specific person);
o third-party calls (calls billed to a number other than the one
you are calling to or from);
o calls from a public phone (only calling card, collect, person-
to-person or third-party); and
o directory assistance (provide the person's name, street
address, city and state).

Telecommunications Relay Services

Telecommunications relay services are a way to link telephone
conversations between hearing individuals, using a standard (voice)
telephone, and hearing- and speech-impaired individuals, using a
TDD. Relay services allow hearing individuals to call TDD numbers
and allow hearing- and speech-impaired individuals to call standard
(voice) telephone numbers. Calls can be made from a standard
(voice) telephone number to a TDD number or from a TDD number to a
standard (voice) telephone number.

Local Telecommunications Relay Services

To comply with the "Telecommunications" portion of the Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA), a number of states have begun to
operate their own local relay services to link hearing and
hearing- and speech-impaired individuals in their local areas.
Consult your telephone directory for information on the use,
services provided and dialing instructions for your local relay.

Federal Information Relay Service

The Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) is available for the
general public seeking information from Federal agencies and for
Federal employees conducting official government business. FIRS
provides a link between both hearing and hearing- and speech-
impaired individuals. To use the FIRS, call 1 (800) 877-8339 (toll
free - voice or TDD). The FIRS operates from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.,
Eastern time, Monday through Friday, except for Federal holidays.


Books for Blind and Physically Handicapped Persons

The Library of Congress has a free reading program for blind and
physically handicapped individuals. Books, magazines and other
publications are available in Braille and/or audio recordings to
persons who cannot hold a book or see to read regular print.
Special playback equipment is available on loan from the Library of
Congress. Cassettes and records can be ordered from
approximately 158 cooperating libraries. Anyone who is medically
certified as unable to hold a book, or who is unable to read
ordinary print because of a visual handicap, may borrow and return
these materials, postage-free. For more information, send name and
address to: National Library Service for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped, The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20542.

Recording for the Blind (RFB) is a national, non-profit
organization providing recorded textbooks, library services and
other educational resources to people who cannot read standard
print because of a visual, physical or perceptual disability. RFB
has an 80,000-volume lending library of audio books. RFB's E-Text
collection, books on computer disk, comprises more than 500 titles,
ranging from computer manuals and works of literature to an
assortment of reference works, including dictionaries, law books
and a thesaurus. RFB also offers a software reading
program for IBM computers which works in conjunction with RFB's
electronic books. RFB's line of high-quality adapted recorders,
for example, the Talkman IV, V and VI and Desktalk, are
affordable, lightweight and readily available. There is a
one-time, lifetime registration fee of $37.50 (U.S. dollars). For
more information or to request an application, call or write:
Recording for the Blind, 20 Roszel Road, Princeton, NJ 08540, (609)
452-0606, 1 (800) 221-4792 (toll free).