[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 225 (Monday, November 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 64676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31253]
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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 December 1
and 2, 1998, 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 28, 1998, the Access Board
published a notice appointing 23 members to its Electronic and
Information Technology Access Advisory Committee (Committee). 63 FR
51891 (September 28, 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
subcommittee 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. The Committee
will meet again on January 5-6, 1999; February 8-9, 1999; March 29-30,
1999; and, May 11-12, 1999.
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. 98-31253 Filed 11-20-98; 8:45 am]
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