[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 53 (Thursday, March 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14413-14414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06481]
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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 Monday and Tuesday, May 4-5, 2015, in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The meeting on May 4 will begin at 9:30 a.m.
and conclude at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, and the meeting on May 5 will
begin at 9:00 a.m. and conclude at 12:30 p.m., Eastern Time.
PLACE: This meeting will occur in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and take
place at the University of Pittsburgh at the William Pitt Union in the
Kurzman Room, 3959 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213.
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 Tuesday, May 5) using the following call-in number:
1-888-438-5524; Conference ID: 9117323; Conference Title: NCD Meeting;
Host Name: Jeff Rosen.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Council will release its latest report on
transportation; host a ``How I Got to Work'' symposium of presentations
and discussions connecting transportation, asset building, and
employment efforts in Pennsylvania; and receive public comment on
education-related topics.
AGENDA: The times provided below are approximations for when each
agenda item is anticipated to be discussed (all times Eastern):
Monday, May 4
9:30-10:30 a.m.--NCD Transportation Report Release
10:30-11:30 a.m.--Panel: ``We Are the ADA Generation''
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.--Break
(1:00-3:00 p.m.--``How I Got to Work'' Symposium)
1:00-2:00 p.m.--Panel 1: Transition-age Youth Getting to the
Marketplace
2:00-3:00 p.m.--Panel 2: Adults with Disabilities at Work
3:00-3:15 p.m.--Break
3:15-5:00 p.m.--Town Hall: How I Got to Work
5:00 p.m.--Adjournment
Tuesday, May 5
9:00-10:15 a.m.--Call to Order and Council Reports
10:15-10:30 a.m.--Break
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.--Panel: Renewing the Federal Commitment to
Students with Disabilities
12:00-12:30 p.m.--Public Comment (Note: Comments received will be
limited to those regarding education-related issues)
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 Friday, May 1, 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.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 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
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teleconference meeting. The web link to access CART on May 4, 2015 is
http://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=050415ncd0930am; and on May
5, 2015 is http://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=050515ncd0900am.
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: March 17, 2015.
Rebecca Cokley,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 2015-06481 Filed 3-17-15; 4:15 pm]
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