[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2622-2623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-988]
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ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD
Electronic and Information Technology Access Advisory Committee;
Meeting
AGENCY: Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
(Access Board) has established an advisory committee to assist it in
developing a proposed rule on accessibility standards for electronic
and information technology covered by the Rehabilitation Act Amendments
of 1998. This document gives notice of the dates, times, and location
of the next meeting of the Electronic and Information Technology Access
Advisory Committee (Committee).
DATES: The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for February 8
and 9, 1999, beginning at 9:30 a.m. and ending at 5:00 p.m. each day.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 1331 F Street, NW., Washington,
DC, in the third floor training room.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Wakefield, Office of Technical
and Information Services, Architectural and Transportation Barriers
Compliance Board, 1331 F Street, NW., suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004-
1111. Telephone number (202) 272-5434 extension 39 (Voice); (202) 272-
5449 (TTY). E-mail address: wakefield@access-board.gov. This document
is available in alternate formats (cassette tape, Braille, large print,
or computer disk) upon request. This document is also available on the
Board's Internet Site at http://www.access-board.gov/notices/
eitaacmtg.htm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 29, 1998, the Access Board
published a notice appointing 23 members to its Electronic and
Information Technology Access Advisory Committee (Committee). 63 FR
51891 (September 29, 1998). The Committee will make recommendations to
the Access Board on accessibility standards for electronic and
information technology covered by the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of
1998. The Committee is composed of Federal agencies and Federal
contractors; the electronic and information technology industry;
organizations representing the access needs of individuals with
disabilities; and other persons affected by accessibility standards for
electronic and information technology. At its first meeting on October
15 and 16, 1998, the Committee took the following actions:
Added Compaq Computers, Pitney Bowes, Sun Microsystems,
and the Information Technology Industry Council to the Committee;
Formed three subcommittees. One subcommittee will examine
the definitions needed for the recommended standards. Another
subcommittees will examine the various functions that are performed by
electronic and information technology. These functions include
creating, processing, transmitting, and interacting with information
and the technology involved. A third subcommittee will begin the
process of classifying the variety of products covered by the standards
into product families;
Created a listserv to facilitate communications between
meetings. To subscribe to the listserv send an e-mail message to:
listproc@trace.wisc.edu.; and
Established a schedule of meeting dates. In addition to
the meeting on February 8-9, 1999, the Committee will meet again on
March 29-30, 1999 and, May 11-12, 1999.
At its second meeting on December 1 and 2, 1998, the Committee
addressed the scope of the standards it will be recommending to the
Access Board. This included defining the term ``electronic and
information technology.'' A three person group was appointed to develop
a recommended definition and present it to the Committee at its January
meeting.
Additionally, four subcommittees were formed. These include:
installation and setup, information presentation, control and
operation, and user information. The subcommittees will examine these
specific areas and identify access barriers in each area, and recommend
standards that could lower or eliminate these barriers. The
subcommittees will continue their work on the listserv.
During the January meeting, the committee adopted a working
definition for electronic and information technology based on the
definition of information technology in the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996
(40 U.S.C. 1401(3)).
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The four subcommittees, created during the December meeting, continued
work on their specified areas.
The meetings are open to the public. There will be a public comment
period each day for persons interested in presenting their views to the
Committee. The facility is accessible to individuals with disabilities.
Sign language interpreters, assistive listening systems and real-time
transcription will be available.
Lawrence W. Roffee,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 99-988 Filed 1-14-99; 8:45 am]
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