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November 10, 2010

UPDATE ON: DOJ Public Hearings

on Technology Accessibility Rules

 

The Department of Justice has scheduled three public hearings on four Advance Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRMs), which seek public comment on the possibility of revising the ADA regulations to address accessible web information and services, movie captioning and video description, accessibility of Next Generation 9-1-1, and accessible equipment and furniture. The ANPRMs were published in the Federal Register on July 26, 2010, and the comment period for them closes on January 24, 2011.

Here  is the latest information on hearing times and locations:
  • November 18, 2010, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., CST, at Access Living, 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60654.
  • December 16, 2010, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., EST, at the United States Access Board, 1331 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20004.
  • January, 10th 2011 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., PST, at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis, 55 Fourth Street, San Francisco, CA 94103



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