81 FR 45181 - Sunshine Act Meetings

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 133 (July 12, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 45181]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16539]


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NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY


Sunshine Act Meetings

TIME AND DATE: The Members of the National Council on Disability (NCD) 
will hold a quarterly meeting on Thursday, July 28, 2016, 9 a.m.--4:15 
p.m. (Central Time), and on Friday, July 29, 2016, 9 a.m.--12:30 p.m. 
(Central Time) in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

PLACE: This meeting will occur in the Bergen I Meeting Room, Radisson 
Blu Downtown Minneapolis at 35 South 7th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
55402. Interested parties are welcome to join in person or by phone in 
a listening-only capacity (other than the period allotted for public 
comment noted below) using the following call-in number: 888-510-1765; 
Conference ID: 5785469; Conference Title: NCD Meeting; Host Name: Clyde 
Terry.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Council will receive an update on the 
mental health in postsecondary education report; as well as hear policy 
presentations on the topics of the connection between disability and 
poverty; economic mobility gridlock for people with disabilities; the 
direct care workforce; and what a system designed to help people with 
disabilities out of poverty would look like. The Council will receive 
public comment during three town halls, on the topics of disability and 
poverty; economic mobility gridlock for people with disabilities; and 
what a system designed to help people with disabilities out of poverty 
would look like. The Council will also receive reports from its 
standing committees; and discuss policy priorities for the next fiscal 
year. The Council is expected to vote on a final draft of the 2016 
Progress Report as well as its slate of policy priorities for the next 
fiscal year.
    Agenda: The times provided below are approximations for when each 
agenda item is anticipated to be discussed (all times Central):

Thursday, July 28

9-9:30 a.m.--Call to Order, Welcome and Introductions
9:30-10:15 a.m.--Update on the Mental Health in Postsecondary Education 
Report
10:15-10:30 a.m.--Break
10:30-11:15 a.m.--Connection between Disability and Poverty Panel
11:15-11:45 a.m.--Town Hall to Receive Comments on Disability and 
Poverty 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.--Lunch Break
12:45-1:30 p.m.--Economic Mobility Gridlock: Systemic Challenges & 
Incompatibilities, & Contradictions Panel
1:30-2 p.m.--Town Hall to Receive Comments on Economic Mobility 
Gridlock: Systemic Challenges & Incompatibilities, & Contradictions
2-2:15 p.m.--Break
2:15-3 p.m.--Direct Care Workforce Panel
3-3:45 p.m.--What would a system look like if it was designed to get 
person with a disability out of poverty? Panel
3:45-4:15 p.m.--Town Hall to Receive Comments on What would a system 
look like if it was designed to get person with a disability out of 
poverty?
4:15 p.m.-Adjourn

Friday, July 29

9-11:15 a.m.--Council Discussion of Proposed Priorities
11:15-11:30 a.m.--Break
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.--NCD Business Meeting
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 27, 2016. 
Priority will be given to those individuals who are in-person to 
provide their comments during the town hall portions of the agenda. 
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 quarterly meeting will be limited to those regarding what a 
system would look like if it was designed to get person with a 
disability out of poverty; economic mobility gridlock; and the 
connection between disability and poverty, each during its respective 
slot of time for the themed town hall as previously noted in the 
agenda.
    Accommodations: A CART streamtext link has been arranged for this 
teleconference meeting. The web link to access CART on Thursday, July 
28, 2016 is: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=072816ncd900am; 
and on Friday, July 29, 2016 is: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=072916ncd900am.
    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.

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: Anne Sommers, NCD, 1331 F Street, NW., 
Suite 850, Washington, DC 20004; 202-272-2004 (V), 202-272-2074 (TTY).

    Dated: July 7, 2016.
Rebecca Cokley,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 2016-16539 Filed 7-8-16; 11:15 am]
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