80 FR 38475 - Sunshine Act Meetings

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 128 (July 6, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 128 (Monday, July 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 38475]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16559]


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NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY


Sunshine Act Meetings

TIME AND DATES:  The Members of the National Council on Disability 
(NCD) will hold a quarterly meeting on Thursday, July 23, 2015, 9:00 
a.m.-4:30 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time), and on Friday, July 24, 2015, 
9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) in Washington, DC.

PLACE:  This meeting will occur in Washington, DC, at the Access Board 
Conference Room, 1331 F Street NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20004. 
Interested parties are welcome to join in person or by phone in a 
listening-only capacity (other than the period allotted for by-phone 
public comment on Friday, July 24) using the following call-in number: 
888-523-1225; Conference ID: 7629517; Conference Title: NCD Meeting; 
Host Name: Jeff Rosen.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:  The Council will receive reports from its 
standing committees; release its annual Progress Report; review and 
vote on proposed policy projects for FY16 and FY17; discuss updates on 
the rights of parents with disabilities; host a discussion on emerging 
technologies; and receive public comment focused on future directions 
in technology policy.

AGENDA:  The times provided below are approximations for when each 
agenda item is anticipated to be discussed (all times Eastern):

Thursday, July 23

9:00-10:15 a.m.--Call to Order, Standing Committee Reports
10:15-11:15 a.m.--Release of the NCD Progress Report and Discussion 
Panel
11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.--Remarks by Maria Town, Associate Director for 
Public Engagement, The White House (tentative)
12:00-12:30 p.m.--Impact of the ADA in American Communities 2025
12:30-1:30 p.m.--Lunch Break
1:30-2:00 p.m.--Discussion of Proposed Changes to Congressional 
Justification
2:00-3:00 p.m.--Council Presentations of Proposed FY16, FY17 Policy 
Projects
3:00-3:15 p.m.--Break
3:15-4:30 p.m.--Continuation of Presentations and Vote
4:30 p.m.--Adjournment

Friday, July 24

9:00-10:15 a.m.--Civil Rights of Parents with Disabilities Discussion
10:15-11:45 a.m.--Accessibility in Emerging Technologies Discussion
11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.--Public Comment (Note: Comments received will be 
limited to those regarding future directions in technology policy.)
12:30 p.m.--Adjournment

    Public Comment: To better facilitate NCD's public comment, any 
individual interested in providing public comment is asked to register 
his or her intent to provide comment in advance by sending an email to 
[email protected] with the subject line ``Public Comment'' with 
your name, organization, state, and topic of comment included in the 
body of your email. Full-length written public comments may also be 
sent to that email address. All emails to register for public comment 
at the quarterly meeting must be received by Wednesday, July 22, 2015. 
Priority will be given to those individuals who are in-person to 
provide their comments. Those commenters on the phone will be called on 
according to the list of those registered via email. Due to time 
constraints, NCD asks all commenters to limit their comments to three 
minutes. Comments received at the July quarterly meeting will be 
limited to those regarding future directions in technology policy.
    Contact Person: Anne Sommers, NCD, 1331 F Street NW., Suite 850, 
Washington, DC 20004; 202-272-2004 (V), 202-272-2074 (TTY).
    Accommodations: A CART streamtext link has been arranged for this 
teleconference meeting. The web link to access CART on July 23, 2015 is 
http://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=072315ncd900am; and on July 
24, 2015 is http://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=072415ncd900am.
    Those who plan to attend the meeting in-person and require 
accommodations should notify NCD as soon as possible to allow time to 
make arrangements. To help reduce exposure to fragrances for those with 
multiple chemical sensitivities, NCD requests that all those attending 
the meeting in person refrain from wearing scented personal care 
products such as perfumes, hairsprays, and deodorants.

    Dated: June 30, 2015.
Rebecca Cokley,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 2015-16559 Filed 7-1-15; 11:15 am]
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